Verb Tobe, Comparative and The Superlative, Simple Present, Present Continuous
Verb Tobe, Comparative and The Superlative, Simple Present, Present Continuous
Verb Tobe, Comparative and The Superlative, Simple Present, Present Continuous
• We present some tables with the conjugations of the following tenses: present, simple
past, simple future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect, conditional and
conditional perfect. We also include its affirmative, negative and question forms.
PRESENT
• The comparative is used in English to compare differences between the two objects it
modifies (larger, smaller, faster, higher). It is used in sentences where we compare two
names, as follows:Noun (subject) + verb + adjective in comparative degree + than +
noun (object).
EXAMPLES
The superlative is used to describe an object that is at the upper or lower end of a quality
(the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest).Noun (subject) + verb + the + superlative
adjective + noun (object).
EXAMPLES
• Examples
• My house is the largest one in our neighborhood.
• This is the smallest box I've ever seen.
• Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the race.
• We all threw our rocks at the same time. My rock flew the highest.
SIMPLE PRESENT
The present simple is used to talk about things that happen regularly. Unlike Spanish, the
present simple is not used to talk about something that is happening at the moment we
speak
is used to describe actions that are happening at this moment, that is, at the moment in
which one is speaking. It can also be used to talk about the future
It is formed with the verb to be in the present simple (am, is, are) plus the main verb in a
gerund (ending in –ing).
Affirmative Subject + am | is | are + verb ending in -ing
• I am not learning English.
• We are not learning German.
• We aren't learning German.
• We're not learning German.
• He is not learning Spanish.
• He isn't learning Spanish | He’s not learning Spanish.
• interrogative Am | is | are + subject + verb ending in –ing
• To ask questions, all you have to do is reverse the order of the subject and the verb to
be. oh! And here nothing to contract. To answer with short answers, you just have to put
the verb to be in the affirmative or in the negative, after the subject
• Am I am learning English? Yes, you are.
• Are they learning German? No, they aren't.
• Is it working? Yes, it is.
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