arabera Inoussa mouminatou 3 years ago
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Honelako gehiago
Tenses demonstrate the time of actions centered around the subject of the sentence. These actions are called verbs and change according to tenses.
There are four Past tenses:
Past Perfect Simple is used for:
The Past Perfect tense is not normally used alone. It is used to denote the earlier of two past actions. We use Past Simple for the latter action.
Some adverbs used with Past Perfect Simple:
Structure:
Had + Subject + Past Participle?
e.g. Had they met Sarah before the party?
Structure:
Subject + hadn’t (had not) + Past Participle
e.g. They hadn’t met Julia before the party.
Structure:
Subject + had + Past Participle
e.g. They had already met Julia before the party.
There are four Present tenses:
Present Perfect is used for:
Some adverbs used with Present Perfect:
Structure:
Subject + have/ has + Past Participle (3rd Form of the Verb)
e.g. She has finished the letter.
Present Continuous is used to indicate the ongoing time (now).
Some adverbs used with Present Continuous:
Structure:
Subject + BE (am/is/are) + Verb-ING
e.g. You are eating now.
Present Simple is used for:
Some adverbs used with Present Simple:
Interrogative form:
Do + Subject (I, You, We, They)+ V1 (First Form of Verb)
Does + Subject (He, She, It)+V1 (First Form of Verb)
Example:
Do I write?
Do you write?
Does he/she/it write?
Do we write?
Do you write?
Do they write?
Type in your own example of a Present Tense verb, interrogative form.
Structure:
Do + Subject (I, You, We, They)+ V1 (First Form of Verb)?
Does + Subject (He, She, It)+V1 (First Form of Verb)?
e.g. Where does he work?
Structure:
Subject (I, You, We, They) + do not / don’t + V1 (First Form of Verb)
Subject (He, She, It) + does not / doesn’t + V1 (First Form of Verb)
e.g. He doesn’t work in a bank.
Structure:
Subject (I, You, We, They) + V1(First Form of Verb)
e.g. I usually go jogging at weekends.
Subject (He, She, It)+ V1(First Form of Verb) + s/es
e.g. She writes every day.
