Kategorier: Alle - future - past - questions - present

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The text outlines English grammar rules for different tenses and their specific uses. It discusses the "be going to" form for expressing future events tied closely to the present, plans, intentions, and predictions.

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future simple

promises
voluntary actions
tonight, next week, in X days...
questions: will+subject+verb will you call me tonight?
negative: subject+won't+verb I won't call you tonight
afirmative: sujeto+will+verb I'll call you tonight

be going to

predictions
plans and intentions
future events with a solid link with the present
tomorrow, next week, in X days...
questions: to be+subject+going+infinitive is she going to die?
negative: subject+to be+not+going+infinitive He's not going to come
afirmative: subject+to be+going+infinitive He's going to jog

past continuous

actions in an especific period of time
actions being developed in the past when other interrupts
when
while
questions: to be+subject+verb -ing Were you eating? was he talking?
negative: subject+to be+not+verb -ing I wasn't talking They weren't eating
afirmative: subject+to be+verb -ing I was talking They were eating

past simple

repetitive actions in the past
serie of events in the past
actions that happened in the past
questions: to be/to do+subject+verb in infinitive Did I ask her to stop? Does she walk through bullets and haze?
negative: subject+to do/to be+not+verb in infinitive I didn't ask her to stop She doesn't walk through bullets and haze
afirmative: subject+verb -ed/inf. form I asked her to stop she walked through bullets and haze
in 2010, 1973..
yesterday, last night...

present perfect

for, since
just, ever, never, already, yet
questions: to have+subject+p. participe Have you walked? Has he eaten?
negative: subject+to have+ not+p.participe I haven't walked He hasn't eaten
afirmative: subject+to have+p. participe I've walked He has eaten
actions in an inespecific period of time
repetitive action in a period of time
action that happens in the past and continues in present

present continuous

near future
talk about something that happens nowadays
talk about something that´s happening now
questions: to be+subject+verb in -ing are you talking? is he eating?
negative: subject+to be+not+verb in -ing I am not talking
afirmative: subject+to be+verb in -ing I am talking
lately, currently
now, at the moment

programmed events

scientific facts

general statements and actions

habits, facts, thoughts and feelings

present simple

form

questions: do/does+subject+verb Do you eat? Does he walk?
negative: subject+don't/doesn't+verb I don't talk He doesn't eat
afirmative: subject+verb I talk He eats

uses

keywords

on Mondays, Tuesdays
sheldom, whenever

often, always, every day...

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