VERB TENSE
REVIEW
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Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Simple Present
Simple Past
Future – Going to
¹SIMPLE PRESENT
Talk about habits and routine
Tom studies every day.
*Affirmative sentences: add ‘s’, ‘es, ‘ies for he, she, it.
auxiliaries: Do / Does
SIMPLE PRESENT
ADVERBS
ALWAYS (sempre)
USUALLY / GENERALLY (geralmente)
SOMETIMES (às vezes)
NORMALLY (normalmente)
NEVER (nunca)
OFTEN / FREQUENTLY (frequentemente)
EVERY... (day, week) (todo...)
ON + day of the week (Saturday, Monday...)
²PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Talk about actions that are still in progress at
the moment we are speaking
Tom is studying right now.
• auxiliary: am/is/are
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
ADVERBS
AT THE/THIS MOMENT ( nesse momento)
TODAY (hoje)
NOW / RIGHT NOW (agora)
LISTEN! (Escute!)
LOOK! (Olhe!)
³PAST CONTINUOUS
Talk about an action that were in progress in
certain moment in the past when another
action happened or at the same moment of
another action (while)
Tom was studying when they arrived.
• auxiliary: was/were
PAST CONTINUOUS
ADVERBS
• when another action happened
Tom was studying when they arrived.
• at the same moment of another action
Tom was studying while they were playing
soccer.
4Simple
Past
Talk about actions that happened in a certain
moment in the past and they’re already
finished
Tom studied last night.
*Affirmative sentences: verb in the 2nd column.
auxiliary: Did
SIMPLE PAST
ADVERBS
YESTERDAY (ontem)
LAST .... (NIGHT / WEEK / MONTH / YEAR)
(passado(a)...)
.... AGO (TWO DAYS AGO) (atrás)
WHEN .... (WHEN YOU ARRIVED) (quando...)
5Future
(plans) –
‘GOING TO’
Talk about an action that is going to happen in
the future
Tom is going to study in Canada next month.
auxiliary: am/is/are + going to + verb
FUTURE ‘GOING TO’
ADVERBS
TOMORROW (amanhã)
NEXT .... (WEEK / MONTH / YEAR) (próximo...)
SOON (em breve)
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (depois de amanhã)
IN ... (TWO DAYS / 2015) (em...)