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FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA
DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS
REA CS. DE LA SALUD
U.C. INGLS I
PROGRAMA: MEDICINA TRADICIONAL
PROF. AUDREY GUIGAN
CATEGORAS GRAMATICALES
PARTE I-B
SANTA ANA DE CORO, ENERO DE 2016
Verb To Be
Am
Is
AUXILIARY
I
SHE
HE
IT
YOU
Are WE
THEY
YOU
Present
Was
I
SHE
HE
IT
YOU
Were WE
THEY
YOU
Past
Does
SHE
HE
IT
Did
Do
I
YOU
WE
THEY
YOU
Present
SHE
HE
IT
I
YOU
WE
THEY
YOU
Past
Structure
Structure
Present Simple
Structure
Structure
Past Simple
Present Continuous
The Present Continuous is mainly used to express the idea that something is happening at the
moment of speaking.
Use:
Present actions: He is eating a dinner.
Temporary actions: I'm riding a bike to get to work because my car is broken. Temporary Action (His
car will soon be repaired)
Present Continuous
Structure
go + ing = going
Contracted forms
I + am = I'm
is + not = isn't
he + is = he's
she + is = she's
it + is= it's
Past Continuous
We usually use the Past Continuous to talk about activities that lasted for some time in the
past. The actions can be interrupted by something or can be happening at the same time.
Use:
Duration in the past: I was watching TV yesterday in the evening.
Interrupted actions in progress: Sentence in past continuous + when + sentence in past simple
Ex:I was singing when my sister came home
When/While + Sentence in past continuous + sentence in past simple
Ex: While Angelica was playing tennis, the plane crashed.
When Bob was painting windows, it started raining.
Past Continuous
Structure
Present Perfect
Structure
Example:
He's studying to become lawyer one day.
Has anyone taken my bag?
He hasn't taken any drug for two years
Actions which happened at an indefinite (unknown) time before now: Use the Present Perfect to
talk about actions that happened at some point in the past. It does not matter when exactly they
happened.
Ex: He has been to England.
Actions in the past which have an effect on the present moment: We also use this tense when an
activity has an effect on the present moment.
Ex: I have already eaten the dinner. (so I'm not hungry)
Actions which began in the past and continue in the present: We often use the Present
Perfect when we want to emphasize that an event continues in the present.
Past Perfect
Structure
Structure
Future simple
Contracted forms
Structure
Negative: Subject
(INFINITIVE)
WILL
not
Verb