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ENGLISH – VERB TENSES ( Present and Past Simple )

Teacher’s name: Ricardo Vernaut Junior ( rvj1444@gmail.com )
Student’s name: __________________________________________________

The TO BE verb - PRESENT SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE Note

I am > I’m Am I? I’m not 1) We may use aren’t and isn’t

You are> You’re Are you? You’re not * You are a teacher, aren’t you?

He is > He’s Is he? He’s not

* She isn’t from Korea, is she?
She is > She’s Is she? She’s not

It is > It’s Is it? It’s not

We are> We’re Are we? We aren’t

You are > You’re Are you? You aren’t

They are > They are Are they? They aren’t

I’m a salesperson. It’s cold. Who's winning? Is there anybody here?

They’re married It's heartbreaking. Who's there? Is anybody else scared?
She’s nice. This is interesting. Is anybody hurt? S'up?
It’s up to you. Are you OK? Is anybody awake? Time is up.

The TO BE verb – PAST SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I was Was I? I wasn’t

You were Were you? You weren’t

He/ She/ It was Was he/ she/ it He / She / It wasn’t

We were Were we? We weren’t

You were Were you? You weren’t

They were Were they? They weren’t

Was anybody else Was I wrong? How was your day? What was stolen?
hurt?
It was nothing. All were silent. Where were you? I was hungry.
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Exercise:

1) Put the sentences into the negative, interrogative and/or affirmative form.

a) AFF I’m happy.

INT

NEG

b) AFF They’re students.

INT

NEG

c) AFF

INT
Is it bad?
NEG

d) AFF

INT

NEG
It’s not mine.

e) AFF
Her name is Samantha.
INT

NEG

f) AFF

INT
Are you crazy?
NEG
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g) AFF They were here.

INT

NEG

2) Create sentences with the to be verb in the present and past simple tenses

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)

PRESENT SIMPLE – OTHER VERBS

To live (morar, viver, habitar)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE Note

I live Do I live? I don’t live Don’t = do not

You live Do you live? You don’t live I don’t/do not live in Argentina.

He/ She/ It lives Does he /she / it live ? He / She / It doesn’t live.

We live Do we live? We don’t live

You live Do you live? You don’t live

They live Do they live? They don’t live

Mary lives in New York. // Does Mary live in Spain? // Nobody here lives in Spain.
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To want (querer)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE Note

I want Do I want? I don’t want Don’t = do not

You want Do you want? You don’t want I don’t/do not live in Argentina.

He/ She/ It wants Does he /she / it want ? He / She / It doesn’t want.

We want Do we want? We don’t want

You want Do you want? You don’t want

They want Do they want? They don’t want

To Watch (assistir, ver)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I watch Do I watch? I don’t watch

You watch Do you watch? You don’t watch

He/ She/ It watches Does he /she / it watch ? He / She / It doesn’t watch.

We watch Do we watch? We don’t watch

You watch Do you watch? You don’t watch

They watch Do they watch? They don’t watch

To Have (ter)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I have Do I have? I don’t have

You have Do you have? You don’t have

He/ She/ It has Does he /she / it have ? He / She / It doesn’t have.

We have Do we have? We don’t have

You have Do you have? You don’t have

They have Do they have? They don’t have

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To study (estudar)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I study Do I study? I don’t study

You study Do you study? You don’t study

He/ She/ It studies* Does he /she / it study ? He / She / It doesn’t study.

We study Do we study? We don’t study

You study Do you study? You don’t study

They study Do they study? They don’t study

* Consonant(C) + Vowel (V)

3) Put the sentences below into the affirmative, negative and/or interrogative form:

a) AFF I like to go to the beach.

INT

NEG

b) AFF

INT She drives very well.

NEG

c) AFF

INT

NEG
They don’t speak Portuguese.
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d) AFF She has two kids.

INT

NEG

e) AFF John loves Amy

INT

NEG

f) AFF I wake up around 4 in the morning.

INT

NEG

g) AFF My friend studies German.

INT

NEG

4) Describe your routine.

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PAST SIMPLE – REGULAR VERBS

In the most of the verbs, we should add – ed

To live (morar, viver, habitar)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE Note

I lived Did I live? I didn’t live didn’t = did not

You lived Did you live? You didn’t live I didn’t/did not live in

Argentina.

He/ She/ It lived Did he /she / it live ? He / She / It didn’t live.

We lived Did we live? We didn’t live

You lived Did you live? You didn’t live

They lived Did they live? They didn’t live

 Como o verbo já terminava em “e”, apenas acrescentamos “d”

Mary lived in New York. // Did Mary live in Spain? // Nobody here lived in Spain.

To want (querer)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I wanted Did I want? I didn’t want

You wanted Did you want? You didn’t want

He/ She/ It wanted Did he /she / it want ? He / She / It didesn’t want.

We wanted Did we want? We didn’t want

You wanted Did you want? You didn’t want

They wanted Did they want? They didn’t want

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To Watch (assistir, ver)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I watched Did I watch? I didn’t watch

You watched Did you watch? You didn’t watch

He/ She/ It watched Did he /she / it watch ? He / She / It didn’t watch.

We watched Did we watch? We didn’t watch

You watched Did you watch? You didn’t watch

They watched Did they watch? They didn’t watch

To Have (ter)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I had Did I have? I didn’t have

You had Did you have? You didn’t have

He/ She/ It had Did he /she / it have ? He / She / It didn’t have.

We had Did we have? We didn’t have

You had Did you have? You didn’t have

They had Did they have? They didn’t have

To study (estudar)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I studied Did I study? I didn’t study

You studied Did you study? You didn’t study

He/ She/ It studied Did he /she / it study ? He / She / It didn’t study.

We studied Did we study? We didn’t study

You studied Did you study? You didn’t study

They studied Did they study? They didn’t study

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* Consonant(C) + Vowel (V)

5) Put the sentences below into the affirmative, negative and/or interrogative form:

a) AFF He tried to figure out what was going on.

INT

NEG

b) AFF

INT She studied Spanish with her friends.

NEG

c) AFF

INT

NEG
They didn’t like it

d) AFF She had a red car.

INT

NEG

e) AFF John loved Amy

INT

NEG

f) AFF I woke up around 4 in the morning today.

INT

NEG
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g) AFF My friend lived in Japan.

INT

NEG

PAST SIMPLE – IRREGULAR VERBS

To go (querer)

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE

I went Did I go? I didn’t want

You went Did you go? You didn’t want

He/ She/ It went Did he /she / it go ? He / She / It didesn’t want.

We went Did we go? We didn’t go

You went Did you go? You didn’t go

They went Did they go? They didn’t go

Another verbs:

bear Bore (Born) nascer; produzir

become became tornar-se; transformar-se

begin began começar

break broke quebrar; romper

bring brought trazer; executar

build built construir; fabricar

buy bought comprar

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choose chose escolher; preferir

come came vir; chegar

do did fazer; cuidar; funcionar

drink drank beber

drive drove dirigir; guiar

eat ate comer; mastigar

feed fed alimentar; nutrir

feel felt sentir; perceber

find found encontrar; decobrir

forbid forbade proibir; impedir

forget forgot esquecer

get got receber; conseguir

give gave dar; entregar

go went ir; partir

have had ter; possuir

hear heard ouvir; escutar

hide hid ocultar; esconder

keep kept manter; guardar

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know knew saber; conhecer

lead led comandar; guiar

learn learnt aprender; estudar

lose lost perder; desperdiçar

make made fazer; criar

mean meant pensar; significar

meet met conhecer; encontrar

pay paid pagar; saldar

put put pôr; colocar

read read ler; aprender

ride rode andar; passear

run ran correr; fugir

say said dizer; contar

see saw ver; observar

sell sold vender; negociar

send sent enviar; mandar

sleep slept dormir; descansar

speak spoke falar; dizer

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take took pegar; tirar

tell told contar; saber

think thought pensar; acreditar

wake woke acordar; despertar

win won ganhar;conseguir

write wrote escrever; anotar

6) What did you do today?

7) Complete the sentences below with the present or the past form of the verbs:

1. She (go) to Australia in 1994 and she liked it very much.

2. My father usually (like) his steak well-done.

3. The dog (eat) its toy last night.

4. The policeman (talk) to the burglar yesterday.

5. (you /have) a test last week?