Tenses 2

Review of Tenses 2

TENSES		FORMS                                                              (Affirmative - A/Negative - N                     Question - Q)	USE	TIME  PHRASES
CONTINUOUS  (progressive)	PRESENT	A:  I                           am  (I’m)     working.       He/she/is             is   (he’s)    working.       You/we/they        are (we’re)  working. N:  I                      am not (I’m not)   working.       He/she/it         is not   (isn’t)       working.       You/we/they/  are not (aren’t)    working.       Q: Am                    I                       working?      Is                      he/she/we        working?      Are                   you/we/they      working?	1-to talk about  actions that are happening now, at the moment of speaking:                                            Look! The boys are playing football.  Hurry up! The train is coming.   2- to talk about actions that are happening around now, but not exactly at  the moment of speaking:                            We are studying very hard these days. We have to prepare for our exams. 3-to speak about what you have already arranged to do:                          -What are you doing on Saturday?        -I am meeting my  friend at the station.                                 She is arriving at 8 pm.	now,                                    at the moment,                              at present;       Look!, Listen! these days, this morning, today
	PAST	A: I                           was         working.     He/she/it              was         working.     You/we/they        were        working. N: I                      was not (wasn’t)     working.      He/she/it         was not (wasn’t)     working.      You/we/they   were not (weren’t)  working. Q: Was               I                       working?      Was              he/she/it          working?      Were             you/we/they     working?	1-to talk about a temporary action taking place at a given moment in the past:                                                            What were you doing at 6 o’clock yesterday?                                                  2-two or more actions happening at the same time in the past:                            She was cooking dinner and her kids were watching TV.    3- action interrupted by another shorter action in the past:                      I was working on computer when the telephone rang. 4- background information in a story: The sun was shining and the birds were singing…	at  6 o’clock yesterday, from 3 to 6 On Monday, when Mum came, while
	FUTURE	A: I/we           shall*/will   be   working.     He/she/it    will               be   working.     You/they    will               be   working. N: I/we       shall not (shan’t) *be working.                   will not  (won’t)       be working.     He/she/it   will not  (won’t)     be working.     You/they   will not  (won’t)     be working. Q: Shall/will     I/we          be  working?      Will              he/she/it   be  working?      Will              you/they   be working?	1- to talk about an action at a particular moment in the future. The action will start before that moment but it will not have finished at that moment:                                                               I will be playing tennis at 10am tomorrow.                                                           This time on Sunday I'll be bathing in the sea.                                                                  When you arrive, he will be waiting for you.	at 5 o’clock tomorrow, this time on Sunday, when I come