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Abucejo, Jhael Hazel Marie Alvarado, Mary Raydelle BSED ENGLISH 2A
Alonso, Rutchie Aguipo, Jasmine TTH 1:30- 3:00 PM
Babor, Jovie Cordova, Jeanmarie
 Life is a one
time offer, use
it well!
PRESENT AND PAST
SIMPLE AND
PROGRESSIVE
Content and Scope:

Present Progressive
Simple Present

Simple Past Past Continuous

 01
SIMPLE
PRESENT
FUNCTION
S:
 1. Customary present action or happens at the
present time (habitual action).

Mary Rose likes to go to school every day. (1)

My father eats lechon all the time.

I turn (not am turning) the music every
morning after I wake up.
all the time every month often
always every semester rarely
every class every week sometimes
every day every year usually
every holiday most of the time
every hour never
 2. universal truths

Water boils at 100˚C.

The Philippines is one of the Asian countries. (21)

The sun rises at the east.

The average heart is the size of a fist in an adult.

 2. State of being, basic facts, and feelings

Jasmine likes everyone she knows. (10) (basic fact)

Erica prefers to use her drawing tablet for her art-making. (11) (basic
fact)
I am his younger sister. (12) (basic fact)
Mary Jane prefers Mr. Queen to True Beauty because it is funnier.
(14) (basic fact)
Sometimes, a person forgets how important life is more than money.
(22) (basic fact)

I am tired. (feelings)
Erica and Ed are so excited for WandaVision. (feelings)
 3. instructions or directions.

Do this individually. (3)

Go down this road, and then the
first right.
 4. express fixed arrangements, present or future.

Your course finishes at 5.00 p.m.

High tide is at 3:15 p.m.
The Super Bowl starts at 6:15 p.m.
The cruise *departs at nine o’clock tonight.
The train from Boston *arrives this afternoon at two
o'clock.

* future = especially with verbs such as arrive, come, and

leave (or depart) that suggest a kind of plan or schedule
 5. Performative verbs

I promise I won’t be late.

They guarantee the quality of their service. I
suggest we go for a walk.
 STRUCTURE:
POSITIVE
• Subject ( I, You, We, They ) + V1 ( Base Form of Verb)
Subject ( He, She, It ) + VERB – S / ES / IES

I prefer my shirts neutral.

She puts the laptop on the bed.
NEGATIVE
• Subject ( I, You, We, They ) + do not / don’t + V1 ( Base Form of
Verb )
Subject ( He, She, It ) + does not / doesn’t + V1 ( Base Form of Verb )
I do not (don’t) prefer my shirts neutral.
She does not (doesn’t) put the laptop on the
bed.
QUESTION
• Do + Subject ( I, You, We, They ) + V1 ( Base Form of Verb )
Does + Subject ( He, She, It ) + V1 ( Base Form of Verb )

I prefer my shirts neutral.

I do not (don’t) prefer my shirts neutral.
Do you prefer your shirts neutral?

She puts the laptop on the bed.

She does not (doesn’t) put the laptop on the bed.
Does she put the laptop on the bed?
 5. Question words (Who, What, Why, How much /
many, How often etc.)

What does she need?

How often do you exercise?
What makes you sad?
Who loves you?
 STRUCTURE:
(Who, What, Why, How much / many, How often etc.) + do / does +
subject pronoun ( he, she, it, I, you, we, they) + V1 ( First Form of Verb
)
How often do you
exercise?
How much does it cost?
OR (Who, What) + V1 / V (-s,-es,-ies) +
object pronouns ( me, you, him, her,it, us, them)

What makes you sad?

Who loves you?
DON’T YOU
KNOW?
The PRESENT TENSE is flexible as
it can be used in the past, present,
and future context.
 02
SIMPLE PAST
FUNCTION
S:
action that began and was completed at some specific point
in the past; associated with certain past time expressions

a definite point in time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday,

Dexter watched the play, Les Miserables last year. (17)
Klaire forgot to drink her vitamins last night. (19)
Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.

an indefinite point in time: ages ago, a long time ago

People lived in caves a long time ago.
 ○ frequency: often, sometimes, always, never, usually

■ I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.

■ I often brought my snacks to school.

●

○ duration: for decades, a couple of months, for two years

■ I worked in Ireland for three years.

■ Hazel played the guitar for a couple of weeks.

 STRUCTURE:
REGULAR VERBS
•(Subject + verb with -d or -ed)

Last night I heard a shriek outside. (4)

Last year, I visited Chongqing, China.
(9)
IRREGULAR VERBS
•(subject + past tense of the verb)

Bianca went to church last Sunday. (18)

I ate dinner already.
NEGATIVE
(Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Not + Base form of the verb)
Last night I heard a shriek outside. (4)
I did not (didn’t) hear a shriek last night.
Bianca went to church last Sunday. (18)
Bianca did not (didn’t) go to Church last
Sunday.
QUESTION
(Auxiliary Verb (Did) + Subject + Base form of the verb)

Did I hear a shriek last night?

Did Bianca go to church last Sunday?
● *NOTE: What tense do we use for "today" in a letter context?

● We can use the simple present tense, the present continuous

tense, the simple past, the future, and the present perfect, as in:

● “I sit here today writing this letter to you.”

● “I am sitting here today writing this letter to you.”

● “I sat here earlier today and began writing this letter to you.”

● “I will sit here later today and finish writing this letter to you.”

● “I have been sitting here today writing this letter to you.”

●
 03
PRESENT
PROGRESSIVE
FUNCTION
S:
 1. describe an action that is,
or is not, happening right now

I am doing my assignment right now. (16)

Eduardo is writing his essay at this moment. (2)
I am driving to work.
 2. describe a longer, or temporary, action in process
that may, or may not, be happening right now.

Francis is still waiting. (7)

Jhael is studying Korean.
The Pascuals are building their
mansion.
3. indicate something that has been planned, and will,
or will not, be happening in the near future; often
used to express immediate plans.

The Alvarados are fishing later.

Rolito is going to Japan tomorrow. (13)
They are meeting Kylie Jenner tonight.
Rose is shopping with us after school.
 4. describe a habitual action, or something that is
always happening.

They are always talking too loudly.

I am constantly biting my fingernails.
She is always taking too long to get ready.
 STRUCTURE:
POSITIVE
Subject + BE ( am / is / are ) + Verb-ING
She is listening. We are learning Spanish at this moment.

Jovie is cooking lunch in the kitchen now.

NEGATIVE
Subject + BE ( am / is / are ) + NOT + Verb-ING

She is not listening.

We are not learning Spanish at this moment.
Jovie is not cooking lunch in the kitchen now.
QUESTION
• BE ( am / is / are ) + Subject + Verb-ING

She is listening.
Is she listening?
We are learning Spanish at this moment.
Are we learning Spanish at this moment?
Jovie is cooking lunch in the kitchen now.
Is Jovie cooking lunch in the kitchen now?
 04
PAST
PROGRESSIVE
FUNCTION
S:
 1. describe conditions 2. refer to a
that existed in the past habitual action in
and continued . the past.

As I tripped, the She was swimming

ladies were constantly in those
laughing at my days.

clumsiness.
 3. describe something that 4. happening at a
was happening continuously
in the past when another precise time in the
action interrupted it. past.

They were sleeping At 6 o’clock, I was

when I left the dorm. (6) eating dinner.

Alanis was crying when Owin was playing at

I found her in her room. 1 in the afternoon.
(20)
5. actions that were
both going on at the
same time in past
Raydelle was answering the quiz while
she was listening to music. (8)

Creselle was taking down notes while

the president was giving his idea
about the upcoming event. (15)
 STRUCTURE:
POSITIVE
Subject + BE ( was / were ) + Verb-ING

You were eating popcorn.

She was sweeping the floor when the phone rang.
NEGATIVE
Subject + BE ( was/were) + NOT + Verb-ING

You were not (weren’t) eating popcorn.

She was not (wasn’t) sweeping the floor
when the phone rang.
QUESTION
• BE ( was / were ) + Subject + Verb-ING

Were you eating popcorn?

Were they cutting classes?
Was she sweeping the floor
when the phone rang?
Note: The usage of was + -ing for of the verb to refer to a habitual
action in the past with the usage of past continuous is very rare
nowadays, since used to and would are the most commonly used
expressions even with the native speakers, but this forms or
expressions are all correct.

She was talking constantly in class in those days.

She used to talk constantly in class in those days.
She would talk constantly in class in those days.
 ONE FINAL CAUTION:
Certain verbs can’t be used in the continuous tense.
STATIVE VERBS

feeling: hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish

senses: appear, feel, hear, see, seem, smell, sound, taste
communication: agree, deny, disagree, mean, promise,
satisfy, surprise
thinking: believe, imagine, know, mean, realize, recognize,
remember, understand
other states: be, belong, concern, depend, involve, matter,
need, owe, own, possess
 EXAMPLES:
I want some milktea.
(not I am wanting some milktea.)

She does not understand me well.

(not She is not understanding me well.)
 …but the verbs that are usually used as stative can be dynamic as
well, especially if it pertains to senses.
Example: (Be, Think, Have, See, Taste)

I am hearing noises. (in the context

of imagining or hallucinating; not
"hearing right now")
Let’s check!
 I am drinking milk
every morning after I
wake up.
drink

You were watching

Alanis cooked later. Netflix.
is cooking
 I am Heart
Evangelista. I come
from Philippines. Our family goes to
Baguio during
summer
I receive the package today.
received You are
sounding like
sound Katy Perry
The plane left at
I drive.
six o’ clock
tonight
leaves
is leaving

I am
driving
 Thanks!

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