TENSES

Description

Flashcards on TENSES, created by citlaly romero on 20/11/2014.
citlaly romero
Flashcards by citlaly romero, updated more than 1 year ago
citlaly romero
Created by citlaly romero over 9 years ago
40
0

Resource summary

Question Answer
VERB TOBE (present and past) It is used with: 1.-names 2.- births 3.-ages 4.- marital status 5.- nationalities 6.- addressess 7.-professions 8.- descriptions 9.- emotions (feelings) 10.- locations
PRESENT CONTINUOUS we used it to talk about: 1.- actions happenning in the moment 2.- temporary activities 3.- future arregments TIME EXPRESSIONS: *On mondays, on fridays, on weekends *From Mondays to Fridays *Once a week. twice a week, three times *In the mornings, in the afternoons *At midday, at midnight *Once in a while
PAST CONTINUOUS we use it to talk about: 1.- backgrounds events 2.- temporary past actions 3.-interrupted actions TIME EXPRESSIONS: *On mondays, on fridays, on weekends *From Mondays to Fridays *Once a week. twice a week, three times *In the mornings, in the afternoons *At midday, at midnight *Once in a while
we used it to talk about: 1.- habits, costumbs and routines 2.-- facts and general true 3- feeling and opinions FREQUENCY ADVERBS: *Always *Almost always *Often *Frequently *Normally *Usually *Sometimes *Rarely *Seldom *Almost never *Never TIME EXPRESSIONS: *On mondays, on fridays, on weekends *From Mondays to Fridays *Once a week. twice a week, three times *In the mornings, in the afternoons *At midday, at midnight *Once in a while
It is used to talk about: 1.-completed situations in the past 2.-past habits that is not longer true 3.- a past state that has changed 4.- a single action in the past TIME EXPRESSIONS: *On mondays, on fridays, on weekends *From Mondays to Fridays *Once a week. twice a week, three times *In the mornings, in the afternoons *At midday, at midnight *Once in a while
FUTURE WITH "GOING TO" AND THE "PRESENT CONTINUOUS"
Image: 0 (image/jpg)
We used it to talk about: 1.-future planes and arrangements when the time has been decided. 2.- fixed future planes both are correct, however PRESENT CONTINUOUS is more natural. TIME EXPRESSIONS: *On mondays, on fridays, on weekends *From Monday to Friday *Once a week. twice a week, three times *In the mornings, in the afternoons *At midday, at midnight *Once in a while
FUTURE WITH " WILL", " GOING TO" ", "MAY AND MIGTH" 1.- We use "Will" to talk about future predictions based on a personal view point. 2.-we can use " Going to" to talk about future intentions . 3.- we use "Going to" to talk about a future predictions based on strong evidence. 4.- we can use "Might/ Mightn't" to talk about possible future events. TIME EXPRESSIONS: *On mondays, on fridays, on weekends *From Mondays to Fridays *Once a week. twice a week, three times *In the mornings, in the afternoons *At midday, at midnight *Once in a while
PRESENT PERFECT It is used to talk about: 1.- action that happened on an indefinite unespecified time in the past.the action is more important that the time it happended 2.- a situation that started in the past and continuous in the present when you using in the state 3.- repeated action in the indefinite past 4.-to emphasize that an action finished at an indefinite time in the past 5.- action not done in the past but the intention to do it in the future exists QUESTION WORDS *How long? *How many? TIME EXPRESSIONS: *On mondays, on fridays, on weekends *From Mondays to Fridays *Once a week. twice a week, three times *In the mornings, in the afternoons *At midday, at midnight *Once in a while
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS we used to talk about: 1.- an action or activity that started in the past and continuous in the present 2.- a reason activity when the activity is more important to result 3.-to express an action that began the past and is still continuing TIME EXPRESSIONS: *On mondays, on fridays, on weekends *From Mondays to Fridays *Once a week. twice a week, three times *In the mornings, in the afternoons *At midday, at midnight *Once in a while
PAST PERFECT we used it to talk about: 1.- a completed action that happened before another action in the past
Show full summary Hide full summary

Similar

English tenses
juank2000
Present Perfect- Past Simple
Alejandra Castil9123
TENSES
sogcas
Passive voice quiz
cristydelrin4681
Present Perfect Vs. Simple Past
Liliana Quesada
simple future tense
abriliayalioni
Present tense
Miguel Ham Ruiz
VERB TENSES
Juan Perez Reyes
Basic English
Jorleny Romero