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PRESENT SIMPLE (Jo estudio)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you study

Do I / you study?

I / you don’t study

He / she / it studies

Does he / she / it study?

He / she / it doesn’t study

We / you / they study

Do we / you / they study?

We / you / they don’t study

·Use: Habits and repeated actions / True statements.

·Adverbs: never, rarely, not often, seldom, occasionally, sometimes, often, usually, always.

·Position: Before verb / After “to be”.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (Estic estudiant)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I am studying

Am I studying?

I am not studying

You are studying

Are you studying?

You aren’t studying

He / she / it is studying

Is he / she / it studying?

He / she / it isn’t studying

We / you / they are studying

Are we / you / they studying?

We / you / they aren’t studying

·Use: Actions we’re doing now / Plans for a near future.

·Adverbs: Now, right now, at the moment.

·Position: Beginning or end.


PAST SIMPLE (Jo estudiava)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you studied

Did I / you study?

I didn’t study

He / she / it studied

Did he / she / it study?

He / she / it didn’t study

We / you / they studied

Did we / you / they study?

We / you / they didn’t study

·Use: For a past finished action.

PAST CONTINUOUS (Jo estava estudiant)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I was studying

Was I studying?

I wasn’t studying

You were studying

Were you studying?

You weren’t studying

He / she / I t was studying

Was he / she / it studying?

He / she / it wasn’t studying

We / you / they were studying

Were we / you / they studying?

We / you / they weren’t studying

·Use: For an incomplete action in progress.

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE (Jo havia caminat)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you had studied

Had I / you studied?

I hadn’t studied

He /she / it had studied

Had he / she / it studied?

He / she/  it hadn’t studied

We / you / they had studied

Had we / you / they studied?

We / you / they hadn’t studied

·Use: For a past action that happened before another past action.


PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE (Jo he caminat)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you have studied

Have I / you studied?

I / you haven’t studied

He / she / it has studied

Has he / she / it studied?

He / she / it haven’t studied

We / you / they have studied

Have we / you / they studied?

We / you / they haven’t studied

·Use: For an incomplete action in progress.

·Adverbs: For, since, already, yet.

FUTURE SIMPLE (Jo caminaré)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you will study

Will I / you study?

I / you won’t study

He / she / it will study

Will he / she / it study?

He / she / it won’t study

We / you / they will study

Will we / you / they study?

We / you / they won’t study

·Use: Future predictions, spontaneous decisions.

BE GOING TO (Jo vaig a caminar)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I’m going to study

Am I going to study?

I’m not going to study

You’re going to study

Are you going to study?

You aren’t going to study

He / she / it is going to study

Is he / she / it going to study?

He / she / it isn’t going to study

We / you / they are going to study

Are we / you / they going to study?

We / you / they aren’t going to study

·Use: Intentions and plans, predictions based on evidence.


FUTURE CONTINUOUS (Jo estaré caminant)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you will be studying

Will I / you be studying?

I / you won’t be studying

He/she/it will be studying

Will he/she/it be studying?

He/she/it won’t be studying

We / you / they will be studying

Will we / you / they be studying?

We / you / they won’t be studying

·Use: For the future actions in progress at specific moment.


FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE (Jo hauré caminat)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you will have studied

Will I / you have studied?

I / you won’t have studied

He / she / it will have studied

Will he / she / it have studied?

He / she / it won’t have studied

We / you / they will have studied

Will we / you / they have studied?

We / you / they won’t have studied

·Use: For the future actions in progress at specific moment.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS (Jo he estat caminant)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you have been studying

Have I / you been studying?

I / you haven’t been studying

He / she / it has been studying

Has he / she / it been studying?

He / she / it hasn’t been studying

We / you / they have been studying

Have we / you / they been studying?

We / you / they haven’t been studying

·Use: An action that started in the past and which still continues in the present. An action whose results are still apparent.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS (Jo vaig estar caminant)

Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

I / you had been studying

Had I / you been studying?

I / you hadn’t been studying

He / she / it had been studying

Had he / she / it been studying?

He / she / it hadn’t been studying

We / you / they had been studying

Had we / you / they been studying?

We / you / they hadn’t been studying

·Use: An action which continued up to another past action.