ENGLISH CLASS

Class 1 

Tiempos Verbales

The basic tenses in English are: Past, Present and Future, but not everything is that simple, otherwise there would be no reason to explain this topic. These grammatical tenses have variabilities that make expressions more specific and describe the exact time in which an action takes place.

Afirmative 

+ = Subject + verb + complement 

whith regular verb 

when the verb is regular, the statements are constructed using the verb in the infinitive and the ending ED is added

Whith irregular verb 

when the verb is irregular, you have to look for them in the second column (in the list of the past simple)

Interrogative 

Auxiliary + subjetect + verb + complement 

to ask questions it is necessary to use the auxiliary DID + the subject + verb in infinitive + the complement

Verb to be Past tense

Affirmation. Subject + verb (was, were) + complement

Denial. Subject + verb (was, were) + not + complement

Question. Verb (was, were) + subject + complement

Verb to be Present

Affirmation. Subject + verb (am, is, are) + complement

Denial. Subject + verb (am, is, are) + not + complement

Question. Verb (am, is, are) + subject + complement

Verb to be Future

Affirmation. Subject + will + be + complement

Denial. Subject + will + not + be + complement

Question. Will + subject + be + complement

Class 2

The present perfect continuous (also called present perfect progressive) is a tense used to show that an action began in the past and has continued up to the present moment. The present perfect continuous generally emphasizes duration, or the amount of time that an action has been taking place.

we use this verb tense to talk about something that happens repeatedly or continuously from a time in the past until now

Forms 

Affirmative : it is formed with the verb have or has + been + main verb in the ING form 

Negative: we use have or has _not_ + been + main verb in the ING form 

Question : Have or has + subject + been + main verb in the ING form 

Past Perfect Form 

Had + past participle 

Affirmative

The Past Perfect is formed with had + past participle of the verb. For example, she had asked him.

Negative

The order of the negative form is subject, auxiliary verb had, not and past participle. For example, he had not asked.

Interrogative

The structure of the interrogative form is the auxiliary verb had, subject and past participle. For example, have you made up your mind?

USE 1 

Completed action before something in the past 

The past perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. it can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past 

 

USE 2 

Duration before something in the past (non-continuos verbs)

with non-continuous verbs and some non-continuoous uses of mixed verb, we use the past and the continued up until another action in the past 

PASSIVE VOICE

The passive voice is used when you want to emphasize the object that receives the action and not the subject that performs the action.

How is it formed?

the passive voice is composed of two elements: the appropriate form of the verb "to be" + verb "past participle"

PASSIVE VOICE IN THE PRESENT

Grammar structure

The structure of the passive voice is very simple

Object + verb to be + verb in past participle + subject