Verb Tenses

VERB TENSES Present simple

Present continuous

Past simple

She writes

She is writing

She wrote

Is she writing?

Did she write?

She isn’t writing Time expressions

She didn’t write

Does she write? She doesn’t write

Every day, year… / Frequency adverbs: always, usually, sometimes, never

Ell escriu (regularment)

Right now, now, today, at the moment, at present …

Ella escriu o està escrivint

Yesterday, three days ago --fa tres dies (acció acabada), in 1987,

Past continuous She was writing Was she writing? She wasn’t writing

When ……., While ….., As …,

Ella estava escrivint o escrivia. Ella va escriure Ella estava cantant o cantava

Present perfect She has written Has she written? She hasn’t written Just – acabo de.. Already (+) ja Yet (-/?) encara Since -- des de For – Durant / fa deu anys ( encara vigent) Ever (?) mai Have you ever written a letter? Ella ha escrit. Ella acaba d’escriure. Fa deu anys que escriu. Ha escrit mai? Encara no ha escrit.

Past perfect She had written Had she written? She hadn’t written

After I had got up, I got dressed. Mo didn’t go to work because her car had broken down

Future She will write Will she write? She won’t write

Soon, tomorrow, in 2056,

Després que m’hagués llevat,

modals

She would write Would she write? She wouldn’t write

She should write Should she write? She shouldn’t write

What would you like to drink? If I wrote more often, I would make fewer mistakes.

advice.

Escriuria. Ella escriurà

.. perquè el seu cotxe s’havia avariat.

conditional

Si escrigués més sovint, faria menys errors

Ella hauria d’escriure.