simple and progressive tenses ppt

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SIMPLE AND PROGRESSIVE TENSES

Simple Present

 It expresses events or situations that exist always, habitually or usually.

Sentences: Subject + verb in present form + complement.

 Meyer teaches English during the week

 Tom studies every day

 They study after school.

 When you use the simple present, you must take in consideration the spelling of the third person (singular)

• HE / SHE / IT

 1 Most verbs add –S in the third person Ex Wear (he wears) / Speak (she speaks) / play (it plays)

 2 Verbs ending in CH, s, sh, x, z, O; the letter e is added before the s ending Ex

Go (He goes) / Do (she does), Pass ( she passes), push (He pushes), Fix ( She

fixes)

 3 If the verb ends in a consonant +Y, the Y changes to –IES Ex Fly ( He flies) / Study ( She studies)

 4 If the verb ends in a vowel +Y, the Y does not change, only add –S to the verb

Ex Play (She plays)

 5 Have is irregular Ex Have (He has)

Simple Past

 It expresses an event that happened in the past It began and ended in the past.

Sentences: Subject + verb in past + complement.

 Raúl ate a hamburger last week

 The dog played with the ball yesterday.

 Erika drove her new car last weekend

 Expressions: Last week, yesterday, last month, last year, last weekend

Simple Future

future To express a formal plan or prediction you use “be going to”, but if the situation is informal, you use “will”

 **Be going to: Subject + be going to + simple verb + complement.

EXAMPLES:

 Meyer is going to teach English next week

 They are going to work tonight.

 **Will: Subject + will + simple verb + complement.

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 EXAMPLES:

 Meyer will play soccer next Saturday

 Tom will study tomorrow

 Expressions: Tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, next weekend

The Progressive Tenses

 Verb Be: *Present tense of verb be ( is - are – am).

 *Past tense of verb be (was – were)

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 To form the progressive tenses we need to combine the verb be with a verb in

present participle (add –ING to the verb Ex WorkING) The progressive tenses give

the idea that an action is in progress during the past, present or future

Present Progressive or continuous

 It expresses that an action is in progress during a particular time in the present To form it, we need to combine the verb be with a verb in present participle

 Sentences: Subject + verb be + verb present participle + complement.

 Examples:

 She is wearing jeans today

They are drinking a cup of coffee in the kitchen

I am working right now

She is watching a soap opera in the bedroom They are playing chess in the Library.

Past Progressive

 It expresses that an action was in progress during a particular time in the past To form it, we need to combine the past tense of verb be with a verb

in present participle

 Sentences: Subject + past Tense verb be + verb present participle +

complement

 Examples:

 They were working hard yesterday

 Tom was sleeping when I arrived

 Manuel was listening to music yesterday

 We were cooking last night

 I was fixing the car when they arrive.

Future Progressive

 It expresses that an action will be in progress during a particular time in the future To form it, we need to combine “Will” and the simple form of verb be (Be) with a verb in present participle

 Sentences: Subject + will + simple form of verb be + verb present participle +

complement

 Examples: Juan and Julio will be playing soccer when I arrive.

 I will be studying English until next Friday

 Susan will be working for INTEL next month.

 I will be studying for the next English exam.

 You will be practicing hard for the next competition