Tenses

TENSES V2A
PRESENT SIMPLE
Present Simple:
 When sth is a fact/true
 Habits
 Things that happen regularly (regelmatig)
 Keywords: usually, often, sometimes, always, never,

every week/year/day/month, on Mondays, daily, etc.
 Example sentences:
Jimmy usually has football practice on Tuesdays.
Peter and Amy like horror films.
PRESENT SIMPLE
Present Simple:
HOW?
+ ? -
 Infinitive
 Shit: +s I work Do I work? I don’t work
You work Do you work? You don’t work
 Do/don’t He works Does he work? He doesn’t work
 Shit: does/ She works Does she work? She doesn’t work
doesn’t
It works Does it work? It doesn’t work
 DO/DON’T/ We work Do we work? We don’t work

DOES/DOESN’T You work Do you work? You don’t work
followed by: They work Do they work? They don’t work
infinitive
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Present Continuous:
 When sth is happening right now/at this moment
 Arrangement in the future
 Something that is only temporary
 A change that takes place over a period of time
 Keywords: right now, at the moment, look!
 Example sentence:
She is doing a project this term.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Present Continuous:
HOW? + ? -
Am/are/is I am working Am I working? I’m not working
+ verb You are working Are you working? You aren’t working
+ ing
He is working Is he working? He isn’t working
She is working Is she working? She isn’t working
It is working Is it working? It isn’t working
We are working Are we working? We aren’t working
You are working Are you working? You aren’t working
They are working Are they working? They aren’t working
PAST SIMPLE
Past Simple:
 When sth happened at a particular/specific moment in the
past.
 Multiple actions that took place one after another in the past.
 Sth that ended in the past.
 Keywords: in 1967, yesterday, ...ago, last night/week/year

/month, and when.
 Example sentences:
He worked in a factory in 1834
I wrote this letter when I was 16.
PAST SIMPLE
Past Simple:
HOW? + ? -
 Verb+ed/ I worked Did I work? I didn’t work
2nd column You worked Did you work? You didn’t work
 Did/didn’t He worked Did he work? He didn’t work
She worked Did she work? She didn’t work
 DID/DIDN’T It worked Did it work? It didn’t work
folowed by: We worked Did we work? We didn’t work
infinitive You worked Did you work? You didn’t work
They worked Did they work? They didn’t work
PAST CONTINOUS
Past Continuous:
 When an action went on for some time in the past.
 When an action was taking place in the past and another
interrupted it.
 Keywords: while
and other past time expressions: yesterday, ...ago, last
night/week/etc.
We were having dinner last night, when the phone rang.
PAST CONTINUOUS
Past Continuous:
HOW? + ? -
 Was/were I was working Was I working? I wasn’t working
+ verb You were working Were you working? You weren’t working
+ ing He was working Was he working? He wasn’t working
She was working Was she working? She wasn’t working
It was working Was it working? It wasn’t working
We were working Were we working? We weren’t working
You were working Were you working? You weren’t working
They were working Were they They weren’t working
working?
PRESENT PERFECT
 When sth started in the past and is still happening/true right

now.
 Events/experiences that have happened in the past. (NO
SPECIFIC MOMENT IS MENTIONED)
 When sth happened in the past and is finished, but still has
an effect/result in the present.
 Keywords: for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since, always
I have never seen this film before!
She has lived in Eindhoven since she was 10.
PRESENT PERFECT
Present Perfect:
HOW? + ? -
Have/has I have worked Have I worked? I haven’t worked
+ p.p. You have worked Have you worked? You haven’t worked
(past participle) He has worked Has he worked? He hasn’t worked
She has worked Has she worked? She hasn’t worked
Past participle: It has worked Has it worked? It hasn’t worked
verb+ed or We have worked Have we worked? We haven’t worked
3rd column
You have worked Have you worked? You haven’t worked
They have worked Have they They haven’t worked
worked?
FUTURE FORMS
There are three verb forms that you can use to talk about the
future:
 Will + infinitive
 ‘Be’ going to + infinitive
 Present Continuous
 We use WILL to talk about a PREDICTION for the future.

 We use GOING TO to talk about an INTENTION for the future.
 We use PRESENT CONT. to talk about an ARRANGEMENT in
the future
FUTURE FORMS
WILL BE GOING TO PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I will work I am going to work I am working
You will work You are going to work You are working
He will work He is going to work He is working
She will work She is going to work She is working
It will work It is going to work It is working
We will work We are going to work We are working
You will work You are going to work You are working
They will work They are going to work They are working
- - -
I won’t work I’m not going to work I’m not working
? ? ?
Will I work? Am I going to work? Am I working?

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TENSES V2A

 Keywords: usually, often, sometimes, always, never,

 DO/DON’T/ We work Do we work? We don’t work

 Keywords: right now, at the moment, look!

 Keywords: in 1967, yesterday, ...ago, last night/week/year

 When sth started in the past and is still happening/true right

 Keywords: for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since, always

 We use WILL to talk about a PREDICTION for the future.

WILL BE GOING TO PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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