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B1 Narrative Tenses Filled in

The document outlines the structure and usage of different verb tenses in English, including Present Simple, Past Simple, and Present Perfect. It details how to form affirmative, negative, and question sentences for each tense, along with their specific uses. The document emphasizes the distinctions between actions that are routine, completed in the past, or have relevance to the present.

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B1 Narrative Tenses Filled in

The document outlines the structure and usage of different verb tenses in English, including Present Simple, Past Simple, and Present Perfect. It details how to form affirmative, negative, and question sentences for each tense, along with their specific uses. The document emphasizes the distinctions between actions that are routine, completed in the past, or have relevance to the present.

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PRESENT

PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE PERFECT
IRRE.
SIMPLE

Use the infinitive Use have/has +


+ Use the second past participle
-s/es for 3rd Use infinitive + -ed column of the
AFFIRMATIVE
person singular irregular verbs I have finished
She speaks He cooked paella my report.
English. I found my keys. He has cut some
They live in Spain. paper.
Use don´t/ doesn Use didn´t + Use didn´t + Use haven´t or
´t + infinitive infinitive infinitive hasn´t + past
NEGATIVE I don´t play participle
She doesn´t speak I didn´t go to high I didn´t have the We haven´t had
English. school. homework. an exam.

Use Do/ does + S Use did + S + Use have/has +


Use did + S +
+ infinitive infinitive? Sub. + past
infinitive?
QUESTION Do we play participle
Did he sing at the
football? Did you drink Has she run that
concert?
Does it work fast? Coca-Cola? race.
An action that
happened in an
An action that started An action that started indetermined
For routines, facts, and finished in a and finished in a
past, a repeated
USAGE never changing specific time in the specific time in the
past. Not connected to action in the past
situation (states) past. Not connected
the present. or an action in the
to the present.
past that affects
the present.

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