Verbs

Verbs

Present
1. Present Continuous
  1. The action is not finished, the thing are happening at or around time of speaking.
  2. Am/is/are + ing
  3. Use with today/this week / this year ( periods around now)
  4. Uses specially with these verbs: get/change/become/increase/rise/fall/improve/begin/start
  5. Uses the continuos for temporary situations
2. Present Simple
  1. To talk about things in general, when something happens all time or repeatdly, or something is true in general.
  2. Spelling (-s or -es)
  3. Do/Does to questions and negative sentences
  4. do/don´t -> I/we/you/they - does/doesn´t -> he/she/it
  5. Uses to say how often do thing
  6. I advise, I promise, I Insist, I apologise, I agree, I refuse, ... Dont use Present Continuous
  7. Uses the simple for permanent situations
3. Extras
  1. I Always do and I´m always doing
    1. I Always do (something) = I do it every time
    2. I´m always doing something = do a thing very often, perhapd too often, or more often than normal
  2. Dont use this verbs in continuous form: like, want, need, prefer, know, realise, suppose, mean, understand, believe, remember, belong, fit, contain, consist, seem, etc.
  3. Think
    1. Meaning believe or have an opinion dont use the continuous
    2. Meaning consider can use continuous
  4. See/hear/smell/taste
    1. Uses normally the present simple with these verbs
    2. We often use can + see/hear/smell/taste
  5. Look/Feel
    1. Can use the present simples or continuous to say how somebody looks or feels now
    2. with usually dont use continuous - I usually fell well
  6. Being
    1. Uses am/is/are being to say how somebody is behaving
Past
1. Past Simple
  1. Very often the past simple ends in -ed(regular verbs)
  2. Many verbs are irregular, dont end in -ed.
  3. In questions and negatives uses did/didn´t + infinitive
  4. The past of be (am,is,are) is was/were
  5. i/he/she/it was/wasn´t - we/you/they were/weren´t. Dont use did in negative and questions with was/were
2. Past Continuous
  1. was/were -ing is the past continuous
  2. The action or situation had already started before this time, but had not finished
  3. Some verbs like know and want are not normally used in the continuous.
Present Perfect
1. Have/has + past participle is the present perfect simple
2. I/we/they/you have (i´ve) - he/she/it has (he´s)
3. Past Participle often ends in -ed, but has irregular verbs too
4. 'something has happened' this is associate with new information
5. Connection with 'now' - The action has a result in the present
6. Uses with just, already and yet - Just = short time ago; Already = something happened sooner than expected; Yet = until now. Only in negative and questions
7. Present Perfect Continuous
  1. Uses for an activity that has rencently stopped or just stopped.
  2. Uses with How Long, for ... and since ... The activity is still happening or has just stopped
  3. Can use for actions repeated over a period of time
  4. has been or have been -> The activity has not been finished
  5. Uses to say how long. How long have you been sleeping?
  6. Some verbs like know/like/believe are not used in the continuous
8. Period of time that continues from past until now
9. Been(to) = Visited
10. uses with recently, in the last few days, so far, since breakfast, etc.
11. Can uses with today / this evening / this year / etc. when this periods are not finished at the time os speaking
12. When it is the first time something has happened
13. Extras
  1. Can uses present perfect or continuous with live and work
  2. With always only use Present Perfect
  3. We use for + period of time. I´ve been waiting for two hours
  4. Uses since + the start of a period. I´ve been waiting since 7 o´clock

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