Verbs Tenses

Verbs Tenses

1. Present Tenses

   • Present Simple
     • It is used to express rutines or habits.You can use frecuecy adverbs to talk about it.
       • Ex: I usually brush my teeth after diner.
   • Present Continuous
     • It is used to talk about an action which is happening now.In the sentence,the verb has to be ended in -ing.
       • Ex: Look! He is washing his car.
   • Present Progressive
     • It is used to talk about actions that will happen in the future when the time is mentioned:we need to use the same structure as in present continuous one.
       • Ex: They are watching a film at 8 p.m.

2. Future tenses

   • Future(planned action)
     • It is used to talk about actions which are planned.To this we need to use going to structure.
       • Ex: I´m going to Paris next holidays because my father booked the tikets yesterday.
   • Future Simple
     • It is used to talk about actions that maybe will happen in the future bot they are not planned.afor this we will need to use will.
       • Ex: I think that it will rain tomorrow.

3. Past Tenses

   • Past Simple
     • It is used to talk about actions that happened in the past.
       • Ex: I went to the theatre last week.
   • Past Continuous
     • It is used to talk about an action that happened in the past and we don´t know if it finished. Sometimes this action is interropted by another one.
       • Ex: I was playing handball when someone called the pone.

4. Imperative

   • It is used to give an order or a command
     • Buy the train tickects!

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