The feeling wheel

Overview Time tenses

tense	Affirmative/Negative/Question	Use	Signal Words
Simple Present	A: He speaks. N: He does not speak. Q: Does he speak?	action in the present taking place once, never or several times facts actions taking place one after another action set by a timetable or schedule	always, every …, never, normally, often, seldom, sometimes, usually if sentences type I (If I talk, …)
Present Progressive	A: He is speaking. N: He is not speaking. Q: Is he speaking?	action taking place in the moment of speaking action taking place only for a limited period of time action arranged for the future	at the moment, just, just now, Listen!, Look!, now, right now
Simple Past	A: He spoke. N: He did not speak. Q: Did he speak?	action in the past taking place once, never or several times actions taking place one after another action taking place in the middle of another action	yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday if sentence type II (If I talked, …)
Past Progressive	A: He was speaking. N: He was not speaking. Q: Was he speaking?	action going on at a certain time in the past actions taking place at the same time action in the past that is interrupted by another action	when, while, as long as
Present Perfect Simple	A: He has spoken. N: He has not spoken. Q: Has he spoken?	putting emphasis on the result action that is still going on action that stopped recently finished action that has an influence on the present action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking	already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now
Present Perfect Progressive	A: He has been speaking. N: He has not been speaking. Q: Has he been speaking?	putting emphasis on the course or duration (not the result) action that recently stopped or is still going on finished action that influenced the present	all day, for 4 years, since 1993, how long?, the whole week
Past Perfect Simple	A: He had spoken. N: He had not spoken. Q: Had he spoken?	action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive putting emphasis only on the fact (not the duration)	already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day if sentence type III (If I had talked, …)
Past Perfect Progressive	A: He had been speaking. N: He had not been speaking. Q: Had he been speaking?	action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple putting emphasis on the duration or course of an action	for, since, the whole day, all day
Future I Simple	A: He will speak. N: He will not speak. Q: Will he speak?	action in the future that cannot be influenced spontaneous decision assumption with regard to the future	in a year, next …, tomorrow If-Satz Typ I (If you ask her, she will help you.) assumption: I think, probably, perhaps
Future I Simple(going to)	A: He is going to speak. N: He is not going to speak. Q: Is he going to speak?	decision made for the future conclusion with regard to the future	in one year, next week, tomorrow
Future I Progressive	A: He will be speaking. N: He will not be speaking. Q: Will he be speaking?	action that is going on at a certain time in the future action that is sure to happen in the near future	in one year, next week, tomorrow
Future II Simple	A: He will have spoken. N: He will not have spoken. Q: Will he have spoken?	action that will be finished at a certain time in the future	by Monday, in a week
Future II Progressive	A: He will have been speaking. N: He will not have been speaking. Q: Will he have been speaking?	action taking place before a certain time in the future putting emphasis on the course of an action	for …, the last couple of hours, all day long
Conditional I Simple	A: He would speak. N: He would not speak. Q: Would he speak?	action that might take place	if sentences type II (If I were you, I would go home.)
Conditional I Progressive	A: He would be speaking. N: He would not be speaking. Q: Would he be speaking?	action that might take place putting emphasis on the course / duration of the action
Conditional II Simple	A: He would have spoken. N: He would not have spoken. Q: Would he have spoken?	action that might have taken place in the past	if sentences type III (If I had seen that, I would have helped.)
Conditional II Progressive	A: He would have been speaking. N: He would not have been speaking. Q: Would he have been speaking?	action that might have taken place in the past puts emphasis on the course / duration of the action

 

List of verbs - Past tense

List of verbs

Infinitive (infinitivo)	Simple Past (Passado)	Translation (Tradução)
to arise	arose	surgir, erguer-se
to awake	awoke	despertar
to be	was, were	ser, estar
to bear	bore	nascer
to beat	beat	bater
to become	became	tornar-se
to begin	began	começar
to bet	bet	apostar
to bite	bit	morder
to bleed	bled	sangrar
to blow	blew	soprar
to break	broke	quebrar
to bring	brought	trazer
to build	built	construir
to burn	burnt (burned)	queimar
to buy	bought	comprar
to catch	caught	Caçar, pegar
to choose	chose	escolher
to come	came	vir
to cost	cost	custar
to cut	cut	cortar
to dig	dug	cavar
to do	did	fazer
to draw	drew	desenhar
to drink	drank	beber
to drive	drove	dirigir
to eat	ate	comer
to fall	fell	cair
to feed	fed	dar de comer
to feel	felt	sentir
to fight	fought	lutar
to find	found	encontrar
to fly	flew	voar
to forbid	forbade	proibir
to forget	forgot	esquecer
to forgive	forgave	Desculpar-se
to forsake	forsook	abandonar
to freeze	froze	congelar
to get	got	receber; conseguir; obter; adquirir...
to give	gave	dar
to go	went	ir
to grow	grew	crescer
to have	had	ter
to hear	heard	ouvir, escutar
to hide	hid	esconder, ocultar
to hit	hit	bater, ferir
to hold	held	segurar
to hurt	hurt	machucar
to keep	kept	manter
to know	knew	saber, conhecer
to lead	led	conduzir, comandar
to lend	lent	emprestar
to lose	lost	perder
to make	made	fazer, criar
to meet	met	encontrar
to pay	paid	pagar
to put	put	colocar
to read	read	ler
to ride	rode	andar, passear
to ring	rang	tocar (sino, campainha)
to rise	rose	levantar, erguer
to run	ran	correr
to say	said	dizer
to see	saw	ver
to sell	sold	vender
to send	sent	enviar
to shut	shut	fechar
to sleep	slept	dormir
to speak	spoke	falar, dizer
to swim	swam	nadar
to take	took	pegar
to teach	taught	ensinar
to tell	told	dizer
to think	thought	pensar, acreditar
to throw	threw	jogar, arremessar
to win	won	ganhar
to write	wrote	escrever