BEAT

Conversation "beat"

MEANING

TO HIT

TO DEFEAT

SIMPLE

PRESENT

IDIOMATIC

FUTURE

DO / DOES

ADD "S" HE, SHE, IT

AM

IS + GOING TO + V. PRESENT

ARE

Simon always beats

me

in tennis.

PAST

TENSES

DID + V. PRESENT (neg./int.)

V. PAST (aff.)

You are going to beat

the ground with

your hands.

Did she beat the world

record last year?

FUTURE

TO BEAT

INFINITIVE

WILL + V. PRESENT

We won´t beat

the table anymore.

BEAT

PRESENT

BEAT

PAST

PERFECT

BEATEN

PROGRESSIVE

FUTURE

BEATING

PROGRESSIVE

WILL BE + ING

Will I be beating

the table with

a pencil?

PRESENT

AM

IS + ING

ARE

PAST

The rain isn´t beating

on the roof

anymore.

+ ING

WAS

WERE

French were beating

Russians during war.

PERFECT

FUTURE

WILL HAVE + V. PERFECT

The runners will have

beaten the others by tomorrow.

PAST

HAD + V. PERFECT

They had not beaten

the piñata yet.

PRESENT

HAVE / HAS + V. PERFECT

Has our team beaten

them

in soccer?