Summarize tenses in English language Tenses combinedDifferent between tensesHanoi University Business and TechnologyPastPresentFuture Simple TensePastPresentFuture Continuous TensePastPresentFuture Perfect TensePastPresentFuture Perfect Continuous Tense
Summarize Tenses in English language Thai Thi Van Anh Hanoi University of Business and Technology Contents Tenses Understand the concept of tense Some note Learn how to differentiate some tenses Tenses combined The combination of tenses Struct ure 01 PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE + Affirmative SUBJECT I/you/we/they he/she/it VERB + + (speak) (speaks) … … I speak in Vietnamese He speaks in English They live in Hanoi She talks too much Third person verbs need the final ‘s’ in affirmative sentences - Negative SUBJECT I/you/we/they he/she/it AUXILIARY + + Don’t Doesn’t + VERB Speak Need like • The base form of the infinitive = to go, to need, to live • Third person verbs lose the final ‘s’ in affirmative sentences She doesn’t live in Italy We don’t go there ? QUESTION AUXILIARY Do Does SUBJECT + + you/we/they he/she/it + VERB Speak Need like • Yes, S + / does… No, S + not (don’t) / does not (doesn’t)… • Third person verbs lose the final ‘s’ in question Do you think so? => Yes, I / No, I not (don’t) TO BE SINGULAR NEGATIVE I You He She It Am Are Is Is Is A teacher My life My boyfriend A good girl A red car Am not I You Aren’t Isn’t He Isn’t She Isn’t It Happy At home My brother A doctor Small PLURAL AFFIRMATIVE We You They Are Are Are Early My destiny Quiet We Aren’t You Aren’t They Aren’t Late Teachers Noisy Constraction of ‘am not’ is not possible ‘amn’t’ Isn’t = Is not Aren’t = Are not ? QUESTION + Affirmative They are happy She is rich ? Question Are they happy? Is she rich? Yes, they are/ No, they aren’t Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t Short answer CONTRACTIONS = = I am not I’m not X (not possible) He is not He’s not He isn’t You are not You’re not You aren’t We are not We’re not We aren’t They are not They’re not They aren’t USage Actions that happen frequently • She always goes to the gym Habits, repeated actions and permanent situations • She usually gets up at 6a.m The facts • Water boils at 100’C Timetables, schedules, notifications • Our train leaves at 7.30 tomorrow morning Jobs, favorites, thought, feelings, opinions • I really hope everything goes well