A summary of the verb tenses covered during the 1st and 2nd terms at the EOI

1. 2 NB

2.  HABITS
 TIMETABLES
 WITH FREQUENCY ADVERBS AND
PHRASES
 NEVER, HARDLY EVER,SOMETIMES, OFTEN, ALWAYS - BEFORE
MAINVERB,AFTER TO BE
 EVERY DAY, ONCE AWEEK,TWICE AYEAR … – ATTHE ENDOFTHE
SENTENCE
 V+(E)S FORTHETHIRD PERSON (HE, SHE, IT)
 AUXILIARY DO/DOES IN QUESTIONS,
DON’T/DOESN’T IN NEGATIVES.
 QUESTIONS: A.S.I./Q.A.S.I.?

3.  THINGS HAPPENING NOW OR AROUND
NOW
 FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS
 Positive: am/is/are +V-ing,
 Negative: ‘m not, isn’t, aren’t +V-ing
 Questions:
(question word)+ am/is/are + subject +V-ing ?

4.  COMPLETEDACTIONS OR STATES INTHE
PAST
 Dates in the past, ago, last …
 AUXILIARY DID QUESTIONS, DIDN’T IN
NEGATIVES.
 QUESTIONS: A.S.I./Q.A.S.I.?

5.  ACTIONS IN PROGRESS INTHE PAST
 WHILE/WHEN
 Positive: was/were +V-ing,
 Negative: wasn’t, weren’t +V-ing
 Questions:
(question word) was/were + subject +V-ing ?

6.  PRESENT SIMPLE –TIMETABLES
 PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ARRANGEMENTS
 GOINGTO +V – PLANS, INTENTIONS,
PREDICTIONS
 WILL/WON’T + INFINITIVE – PREDICTIONS,
PROMISES, REQUESTS (?), DECISIONS
 SHALL I/WE + INFINITIVE (?) – OFFERS,
SUGGESTIONS

7.  RECENT ACTIONSAND STATES INTHE PAST
 YET, ALREADY, JUST
 YET (– AND ?) – END OFTHE SENTENCE
 ALREADY (+) – BETWEENAUXILIARYANDVERB
 JUST (VERY RECENT) – BETWEEN AUXILIARYAND
VERB
 POSITIVE: HAS/HAVE, ‘S/’VE + PAST PARTICIPLE
 NEGATIVE: HASN’T/HAVEN’T + PAST PARTICIP.
 QUESTIONS:A.S.PP/Q.A.S.PP