REVISION ON TENSES
TENSES
USES
PRESENT SIMPLE
to show - habitual actions
- general truths
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
to show - moment of speech
- planned future action
PRESENT PERFECT
to show an action that has just
been completed recently
PAST SIMPLE
to show an action in the past.
The time is usually mentioned
PAST CONTINUOUS
to show an action that was
happening at some past time
PAST PERFECT
to show which of the two past
actions happened first
FUTURE SIMPLE
to show - future actions
- sudden decision
- requests/suggestion
to show an action will be going
on at a time in the future
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
STATEMENT
He writes .
They write .
He is writing.
They are writing.
He has written.
They have written.
QUESTION
NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWER
Does he write?
Do they write?
No, he doesn't write.
No, they don't write
Is he writing?
Are they writing?
No, he isn’t writing.
No, they aren’t writing.
Has he written?
Have they written?
No, he hasn't written.
No, they haven't written.
He wrote.
They wrote.
Did he write?
Did they write?
He was writing.
They were writing.
Was he writing?
Were they writing?
No, he wasn't writing.
No, they weren't writing.
He had written.
They had written.
Had he written?
Had they written?
No, he hadn't written.
No, they hadn't written.
Will he write?
Will they write?
No, he won't write.
No, they won't write.
Will he be writing?
Will they be writing?
No, he won't be writing
No, they won't be writing.
He will write.
They will write.
He will be writing.
They will be writing.
No, he didn't write.
No, they didn't write.