Basic English tenses
for young learners
present actions
habits
facts
Subject + V1/-s+ Object
I run every day
х S + don’t/doesn’t + O
I don’t run every day
? Do/does + S + O?
Present Continuousactions happening now
future plans
temporary situations
S + to be + Ving+ O
Anne is eating
х S + to be + not + Ving+O
Anne isn’t eating
? To be + S + Ving+ O?
Do you run every day?
Marker words
always, usually, often, never, sometimes, every day/week/year
Is Anne eating?
Marker words
now, right now, at the moment
completed actions
habits the past
main events in the story
S + V-ed/2 + O
He liked my T-shirt
past actions in progress
past simultaneous actions
S + was/were +Ving+ O
Kate was reading
Future Simplefuture actions
predictions, promises
S + will + V + O
Mike will go to Moscow
х S + didn’t + V + O
S + wasn’t + Ving + O
х
weren’tх S+ won’t + V +O
He didn’t like my T-shirt
Kate wasn’t reading
Mike won’t go to Moscow
? Did + S + V + O?
Did he like my T-shirt?
Marker words
yesterday, 2 days ago, last week/ month/ year, in 2011 etc.
Was + Ving+ S + O? Were
?
Was Kate reading?Marker words
at that moment, while, as, all morning/ night/ day,
from … till ...
? Will + S + V + O?
Will Mike go to Moscow?
Marker words
tomorrow, next week/ year, in a month, soon, in 2030
