PRESENT SIMPLE • VERB – INFINITIVE (+ -S → 3rd person sg.) • Negatives & questions: DO – DOES / DON'T – DOESN'T PRESENT CONTINUOUS • I am writing an e-mail now. We are watching TV. She is playing football with her friends. I eat an apple every day. She eats an apple every day. I am not listening; I'm not interested. I don't eat meat. I am a vegetarian. John isn't having a shower right now. John doesn't eat pizza. He doesn't like it. The children aren't playing in their room. Do you play basketball? Am I going crazy? Why are they talking so loudly? Are you doing your homework, Mary? Where does she live? PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE • BE (AM – IS - ARE) + VERB -ING HAS – HAVE + 3rd column / -ed • HAS – HAVE + BEEN + VERB -ING I have finished my homework. Can I go out, mum? I am very tired. I have been working non-stop. Carol and Jim have been friends since they were 8 years old. My parents have been watching TV for 3 hours. Trevor has visited the UK many times before. Come on! Sarah has been waiting for you for over an hour! I haven’t been drinking a lot of water recently... I haven’t finished reading the novel yet. My friends haven’t passed all their exams. Jim and Sam haven’t been studying all night. Mary hasn’t arrived home. She hasn’t been working in the bank for very long. Have you drunk my Coca-cola, David? How long have you known Simon? Has she ever eaten sushi? What have you been doing? You are filthy! Have they been living here for a long time? Has it been raining? PAST SIMPLE • VERB – 2nd column / VERB + -ED • Negatives & questions: DID / DIDN’T + INFINITIVE PAST CONTINUOUS • BE (WAS - WERE) + VERB -ING This time last year I was living tin Bristol When she lived in Manchester, Hazel worked in a bank. I very much enjoyed the party last night. When she lived in Manchester, Hazel worked in a bank. Tom wasn’t cooking; he wasn’t at home. We weren’t waiting for the teacher. I didn’t take any money with me, so I didn’t buy anything. John didn't pass his final exam. Was your brother singing in the shower? Where were they doing at 10 o’clock last night? Did you play football last Saturday? Where did you go on holiday last summer? PAST PERFECT SIMPLE • HAD + 3rd column / -ed The house was very quiet. Everybody had gone to bed. When we arrived at the cinema the film had already begun. I was very nervous on the plane; I hadn’t flown before. He felt guilty because he hadn’t told her the truth. Had he cleaned the kitchen when you got back home? Had you had lunch before the kids arrived? PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS • HAD + BEEN + VERB -ING I was very tired when I arrived home; I had been working hard all day He was in trouble with the teacher because he hadn’t been going to classes. How long had you been waiting when the bus finally came?