1. The document outlines different verb tenses including present, past, and future forms.
2. For each tense, it provides examples of simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive verb forms.
3. It also notes common time expressions and contexts that each tense is used in.
1. The document outlines different verb tenses including present, past, and future forms.
2. For each tense, it provides examples of simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive verb forms.
3. It also notes common time expressions and contexts that each tense is used in.
1. The document outlines different verb tenses including present, past, and future forms.
2. For each tense, it provides examples of simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive verb forms.
3. It also notes common time expressions and contexts that each tense is used in.
1. The document outlines different verb tenses including present, past, and future forms.
2. For each tense, it provides examples of simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive verb forms.
3. It also notes common time expressions and contexts that each tense is used in.
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TENSES
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
(do, does) V(s) (did) V ed will V SIMPLE 1.regular, repeated actions in the present 1. simple past action (with the given 1. on –the-spot decision (making a He works at a hotel. time usually) decision at the moment of speaking: 2.universal truth They spent their holidays in England promising, offering, agreeing to do It rarely rains in the desert. last summer. sth) 3.planned future action for schedules and 2. succession of actions in the past I’ll take this jacket. timetables First she paid the driver, then she 2. prediction about the future (with The plane for London takes off at 6 p.m. got out of a taxi. verbs think, believe, expect, be 4.future actions in clauses of time and yesterday, then, when, last afraid, be sure, perhaps, probably) condition night/week/ month, three days ago, I’m afraid we won’t be on time for If you have some money, we will go to the in 1997 the meeting. cinema. 3. actions which will definitely I will have tidied up by the time you get happen and which we cannot control back. The temperature will definitely 5.sport commentaries, reviews, narration reach 40 degrees tomorrow. Hill kicks the ball and passes it to David. tomorrow, tonight, soon, next always, usually, every day/ week, at week/month night/ the weekend (am, is, are) TO BE V ing was (were) V ing will be V ing SIVEPROGRES
1.action that is happening now 1. unfinished, background, 1. action which will be in progress He is reading now. prolonged action (very often goes at a stated future time 2.temporary action in present together with a single action in the This time next week I’ll be skiing in I’m looking for a new job these days. past simple) Austria. 3.future planned action for personal He was walking down the street 2. action which will definitely plans when he ran into an old friend. happen in the future as a result of a Jill is getting married at 3 this afternoon. 2. action that was in progress at a routine or arrangement 4.action that happens more often than stated time in the past Don’t call Jane. I’ll be seeing her normal - irritation (emotional) At 7 o’clock yesterday she was later, so I’ll pass the message on. You’re always forgetting to pay bills. reading a book. 3. when we ask politely about 5.for changing or developing situations 3. two or more simultaneous someone’s plans for the near future More and more forests are disappearing actions in the past (what we want to know is if our because of fires. She was talking on her mobile wishes fit in with their plans) now, at the moment, these days, at phone while she was driving to Will you be going out later? present, nowadays work. while, when, as, all morning/evening have (has) V ed had V ed will have V ed PERFECT
1.completed action up to now a) news, 1. action that had finished by some 1. action that will have finished by experience, changes definite moment in the past (prior, some definite moment in the future She has picked a lot of apples. flashback) They will have finished their b) finished action in an unfinished period She had finished work when she meeting by 4 o’clock. of time met her friends for coffee. He has broken his arm. before, after, already, just, for, by, by the time, before, until, by 2.action that started in the past and is still since, by, by the time then going on or has just finished (non-action verbs) She has had a dog for 3 years. for, since, already, yet, just, ever, never, so far, recently, how long PROGRESSIVEPERFECT
have (has) been V ing had been V ing will have been V ing 1.action that started in the past and still 1. action that had been happening 1. action that will have been going on or has just finished (action verbs) before something else happened happening before something else She has been talking on the phone for an (prolonged and completed by some happens (future prolonged and hour. definite moment) completed) for, since, how long, lately, recently They had been looking for a house by…for for 3 months before they found one for, since, how long, before, until
