AG1 - CLASS 01/18 - 2016 July

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016.

today's objectives:
- to learn about tenses, time , and verb forms
- to master the use of present tenses


1. What is the difference between a tense and time?
Time:  past, present and future
Remember that time is lineal.

Tense:
A grammatical structure
a formula (auxiliaries and verb forms)

indicates how an action is performing
4 main categories among other tenses
simple tenses --> progressive tenses
perfect tenses --> perfect progressive

simple tenses
present tense
past tense
future tense with will
future tense with going to

progressive tenses
present progressive
past progressive
future progressive with will
future progressive with going to

perfect tenses
present perfect
past perfect
future perfect with will
future perfect with going to

perfect progressive tenses
present perfect progressive
past perfect progressive
future perfect progressive with will
future perfect progressive with going to

The verb forms
They are:
base form     ---> be
present form  --> am, are
3rd person singular --> is
past form --> was , were
present pàrticiple --> being
past participle  ---> been

go
go
goes
went
going
gone

Exercise:
What are the tenses for : I / study ?
Simple tenses
I study
I studied
I will study
I am going to study

Progressive Tenses
I am studying
I was studying
I will be studying
I am going to be studying

Perfect Tenses
I have studied
I had studied
I will have studied
I am going to have studied

Perfect Progressive Tenses
I have been studying
I had been studying
I will have been studying
I am going to have been studying

Special Case
I will have studied --> will you have studied ? Yes, I will (have)
I will have been --> will you have been?  Yes, I will have been