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The document discusses the use of verbs in positive and negative sentences in the simple present, past, and present perfect tenses. For the simple present tense, it provides examples of using verbs to express general time, present time, with verbs of saying and telling, and for stage directions. For the simple past tense, it discusses using verbs to express one completed event in the past. For the present perfect tense, it discusses using verbs to express actual past-to-present time and psychological past-to-present time. For each tense, it provides examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentence structures.
The document discusses the use of verbs in positive and negative sentences in the simple present, past, and present perfect tenses. For the simple present tense, it provides examples of using verbs to express general time, present time, with verbs of saying and telling, and for stage directions. For the simple past tense, it discusses using verbs to express one completed event in the past. For the present perfect tense, it discusses using verbs to express actual past-to-present time and psychological past-to-present time. For each tense, it provides examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentence structures.
The document discusses the use of verbs in positive and negative sentences in the simple present, past, and present perfect tenses. For the simple present tense, it provides examples of using verbs to express general time, present time, with verbs of saying and telling, and for stage directions. For the simple past tense, it discusses using verbs to express one completed event in the past. For the present perfect tense, it discusses using verbs to express actual past-to-present time and psychological past-to-present time. For each tense, it provides examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentence structures.
How do we use verb 1 in positive and negative sentence?
Use of the Simple Present Tense
1. To express general time For example : The sun rises in the east and sets in the west 2. To express present time For example : He is an intelligent man (present tense using be) 3. With verbs of saying and telling For example : She says that she cannot come tonight 4. For stage directions For example : Ana walks to the window and waves good-bye to her departing guests Sentence Subject Aux-not Verb 1 (+) He goes to school everyday (-) He doesn’t go to school everyday (?) Does he go to school everyday
(+) They listen to the radio
(-) They don’t listen to the radio (?) Do They listen to the radio He, she, it singular subject I, you, we, they plural subject How do we use verb 2 in positive and negative sentence? Use of the Simple Past Tense - One event completed in the past For example : I saw him last morning Sentence Subject Aux-not Verb 2 (+) She bought a book yesterday (-) She didn’t buy a book yesterday (?) Did She buy a book yesterday
(+) We watched film last night
(-) We didn’t watch film last night (?) Did We watch film last night How do we use verb 3 in positive and negative sentence? Use of the Present Perfect Tense 1. Actual past-to-present time. An actual even starts in the past and continues up in the present For example : He has worked in the same company for ten years 2. Psychological past-to-present time. The time exists only in the mind of the speaker. It is the time of statement itself, not the time of an actual event, that extends up to the present. For example : The critics has praised the author Sentence Subject Aux-not Verb 3 (+) He has seen that film twice (-) He hasn’t seen that film twice (?) Has he seen that film twice
(+) They have done their home work
(-) They haven’t done their home work (?) Have They done their home work