ENGLISH VERBAL TENSES

Past simple
1. Regular +ed
2. Irregular 2nd column
3. Uses:
  1. Completed actions
  2. Repeated actions in the past:I went to the theater four times last month.
  3. General truths about the past: 50 years ago, people didn't spend as much on enterteiment as they do today.
  4. Main events in a story: John pust the door openand looked inside the room.
Present simple
1. Infinitive (3rd person singular)
  1. Uses:
    1. Present habits (Rutines): Masha goes to dance lessons every Saturday.
    2. Permanent situations: Does dan works at the cinema?
    3. States: I like the new James Bond film
    4. General truths:You play chess with 32 pieces.
Past continuous.
1. Form: to be (past)+ing
2. Uses:
  1. Actions happening at the moment in the past.
  2. 2 actions progres at the same time: It was reading a book while you were doing the washing up.
  3. Background information in a history: It was raining so Wendy decided to go to the cinema.
Present perfect simple
1. Form: to have (present)+past participle
2. Uses:
  1. Situations that started in the past and are still true: Misster Jackins has been the head teacher for three years
  2. Completed actions where the important thing is the resoult now: They have all done their homework.
  3. Completed actions at a time in the past wich is not mentioned.
Present perfect continuous
1. To have (present)+been+ing
2. Uses:
  1. Actions continouing app to now or just before now: We've been grammar exercises for over an hour.
3. Helpful hints:
  1. Is often use with the following words:
    1. For: I've been learning English for over three years.
    2. Since:He's been learning Chinese since 2004.
    3. Just: I've just been reading the school newspaper.
Past perfect simple
1. Had+past participle
2. Uses:
  1. when we need to make it clear that one action happened before another action in the past.
    1. Example: She didn't watch the film because she had seen it.
Past perfect continuous
1. had (not) been+ing
2. Uses:
  1. To talk about situations that started in the past and were still continuing at another time in the past.
    1. Example: When he got there, she had been waiting for an hour.
Present continuous
1. be+ing
2. Uses:
  1. Express actions that occur in the moment of speaking
    1. Example: She's watering the plants now.
  2. actions that are temporarily taking place
    1. Example: my brother is working in a pizza restaurant at the moment.

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