Present, Past, Present Perfect and Will and Going to

Present Simple:

Used for speak about routines and habitually actions, for speak about real matters and about permanent situations.

Examples: I drink

You drink

He/She/It drinks

We drink

You drink

They drink

The present simple has the same form as the infinitive for all the persons; only for the third person, that you have to add -s or -es.

For the negative and the questions you have to use do/don‘t, in third person, does/doesn’t.

Examples: Do you drink? I don’t drink

Does he drink? He doesn’t drink

Present Continuous:

Used for express an action that is happening just at the moment.

It is also used to speak about actions thar are happening temporally, it don‘t have to be just at the moment.

The present continuous is formed with the present simple from the verb to be + the principal verb finished in -ing.

Examples: I am drinking

You are drinking

He/She/It is drinking

We are drinking

You are drinking

They are drinking

Examples: Is he drinking? He isn’t drinking

Are you drinking? You aren’t drinking

Past Simple:

Used for indicate an action that happened in the past.

You have to distinguish between regular and irregular verbs.

The past simple of the regular verbs is formed adding -ed to the infinitive.

Examples: I drank

You drank

He/She/It drank

We drank

You drank

They drank

The negative and the interrogative are formed with did.

Examples: Did you drink? You didn’t drink

Did he drinks? He didn’t drinks

Past Continuous:

Used when a past action was interrupted with another one.

To describe an activity that occurred in a specify moment in the past.

To speak about two actions that were happening at the same time at thee past.

The past continuous is font with the past simple of the verb to be + the principal verb finished in -ing.

Examples: I was drinking

You were drinking

He/She/It was drinking

We were drinking

You were drinking

They were drinking

Examples: What were you drinking when…? You weren’t drinking

What was he drinking when…? He wasn’t drinking

Present Perfect Simple:

Used to speak about actions that occurred in the past but don‘t saying in what specific moment..

Whith the adverb just, it express actions that have just occurred.

The present perfect simple is formed with the present simple of the verb to have + the past participle of the principal verb.

Examples: I have drunk

You have drunk

He/She/It has drunk

We have drunk

You have drunk

They have drunk

Examples: Have you drunk? You havn’t drunk

Has he drunk? He hasn’t drunk

Present Perfect Continuous:

Used for indicate an action started in the past and that continue until now.

For speak of an action that was started in the past and can have finished newly.

To speak about actions in the past that have just concluded and that the result is evident.

The present perfect continuous is formed with the present perfect of the verb to be + the form -ing of the principal verb.

Examples: I have been drinking

You have been drinking

He/She/It has been drinking

We have been drinking

You have been drinking

They have been drinking

Examples: Have you been drinking? You haven’t been drinking

Has he been drinking? He hasn’t been drinking

Will:

To do predictions for the future.

To do promises.

To offer for help someone to do something.

In the first conditional phrases.

The future simple is formed with will + infinitive for all the persons.

Examples: I will drink

You will drink

He/She/It will drink

We will drink

You will drink

They will drink

Examples: Will you drink? You won’t drink

Will he drink? He won’t drink

Be Going to:

To express intentions.

For speak about future planes.

To do predictions of the future that are based in evidence matters of the present.

It is formed with the present continuous of the verb to go + the infinitive of the principal verb.

Examples: I am going to drink

You are going to drink

He/She/It is going to drink

We are going to drink

You are going to drink

Examples: Are you going to drink? You aren’t going to drink

Is he going to drink? He isn’t going to drink