Present progressive/ present continuos

 Present progressive/ present continuos

The action is happening right now

·         (+) S + tobe ( is, am, are) + V-ing + O

·         (-) S + tobe + not + V-ing+ O

·         (?) tobe + S + V-ing + O?

·         Is -> he,she,it

·         Am -> I

·         Are -> we, you, they

Example

·         (+) we are studying English right now.

·         (-) we are not(aren’t) studying English right now.

·         (?) are we studying English right now?

·         Right now -> show exact time

·         Now

Simple past tense -> Verbal (with verb)

·         (+) S + V2 + O

·         (-) S + did + not + VI + O

·         (?) did + S + VI + O

·         Did -> I, we, you, they, he, she, it

Examples

(a)    I walk to school every day

(b)   I walked to school yesterday

Past progressive -> an activity in progress at a particular

·         (+) S + tobe  (was, were) + V-ing + O

·         (-) S + tobe+ not + V-ing + O

·         (?) tobe + S + V-ing + O

·         Was -> I, he, she, it

·         Were -> we, you, they

Examples

·         (+) we ware studying English

·         (-) we ware not ( weren’t) studying English.

·         (?) were we studying English?

Be going go

·         (+) S + Tobe (is, am, are) + going + to +VI + O

·         (-) S + Tobe + not + going + to +VI + O

·         (?) Tobe + S + going + + to + VI + O?

·         Im going to leave at 9 a.m tomorrow morning

·         I am not going to leave at 9 a.m tomorrow morning

·         Am I going to leave at 9 a.m tomorrow morning?

Will

·         (+) S + will + VI + O

·         (-) S + will + not + VI + O

·         (?) will + s + VI + O?

·         I will study hard

·         I will not (won’t) study hard

·         Will I study hard?

Past progressive -> an actity in progress at a particular time in the past

·         (+) S + Tobe (was, were) + V-ing + O

·         (-) S + Tobe + not + V-ing + O

·         (?) tobe + s + V-ing + O?

·         was -> I, he, she, it

·         were -> we, you, they

simple past tense -> Nominal (with be)

Present time	Past time
a.I am in class today. b.Alice is at the library today. e.My friends at home today	b.I was in class yesterday. d.Alice was at the library yesterday f. my friends were at home yesterday

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE

Singular                                        Plural

I was                                              we ware

You were (one person)         you were ( more then  one person)

She was                                       they were

He was

It was