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Simple Present
Infinitive
- Something happens repeatedly
- How often something happens
- One action follow another
- Things in general ○ To love ○ To hate ○ To think
- With verbs like: ○ Timetables ○ Programmes
- Future meaning:
Use
Present Progressive
Be (am/are/is) + ing
- Sth is happening at the same time of speaking or around it ○ When you have already decided and arrenged to do it
- Future meaning:
Use
Simple Past
- Every day
- Sometimes
- Always
- Often
- Usually
- Seldom
- Never
- First…then
Signal words
- I work
- He works
- I don't work
- He doesn't work
- Do I work?
- Does he work?
Examples
- Now
- At the moment
- Look
- Listen
Signal words
- I'm working
- He's working
- They are working
- I'm not working
- He isn't working
- They aren't working
- Am I working?
- Is he working?
- Are they working?
Examples
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Simple Past
Infinitive + ed // Infitive + 2 nd^ column of irregulars
- Action took place in the past
Use
Past Progressive
Was/were + ing
- Action happened in the middle of another action
- Someone was doing something at a certain time
- Speaker doesn't know if it was finished or not
Use
- I was working
- They were working
Examples
- I wasn't working
- They weren't working
- Was I working?
- Were they working?
Simple Present Perfect
Have/has + ed // Have/has + 3rd^ column of irregulars
- Action started in the past and continues up to the present
Use
- I have worked
- He has worked
Examples
- I haven't worked
- He hasn't worked
- Have I worked?
- Has he worked?
Present Perfect Progressive
- Last…
- …ago
- In (especific date)
- Yesterday
Signal Words
- I worked
- I didn't work
- Did I work?
Examples
Signal Words
- Just
- Yet
- Never
- Ever
- Already
- So far
- Up to now
- Since
- For
- Recently
Signal words
Future - Will
Will + infinitve
- Predictions about the future
- You decide to do something spontaneously at the time of speaking
Use
Examples
- I won't work
- Will I work?
Future - Going to
Be (am/are/is) + going to + infinitive
- When you have already decided to do sth in the future.
- What you think what will happen.
Use
- I'm going to work
- He's going to work
- They're going to work
Examples
- I'm not going to work
- He's not going to work
- They aren't going to work
- Am I going to work?
- Is he going to work?
- Are they going to work?
Future Progressive
Will + be + ing
- An action will be in progress at a certain time in the future.
- This action has begun before the certain time.
- Something happens because it normally happens.
Use
Examples
- I won't be working.
- Will I be working?
Future Perfect Simple
Will + have + ed // Will + have + 3 rd^ column of irregulars
- Sth will already have happened before a certain time in the future
Use
Examples
- I won't have worked
- Will I have worked?
Future Perfect Progessive
Will + have + been + ing
- Sth will already have happened before a certain time in the future.
Use
Examples
- I won't have been working
- Will I have been working?
Conditional Simple
Would + infinitive
Use
Conditional Progressive
Would + be + ing
Use
Examples
- I wouldn't work
- Would I work?
Examples
Type 1
If + simple present + simple future If + (infinitive) + (will + infinitive / be (am/is/are) + going to + infinitive)
Use
A posible condition and its probable result.
Type 2
If + simple past + present conditional / progressive conditional If + (infinitive + ed/2nd column) + (would + infinitive / would + be + ing)
Use
A hypothetical condition and its probable result
Type 3
If + past perfect + perfect conditional / perfect progressive conditional If + (had + ed/ 3rd column) + ( would + have + ed/3rd column / would + have + been + ing)
Use
An unreal past condition and its probable result in the past
Example
If I had accepted that promotion, I would have been working in Milan.
Mixed
If + past perfect / simple past + present conditional / perfect conditional) If + (had + ed/3rd column / infinitive + ed/2nd column) + (would + infinitive / would + have + ed/3rd column)
Use
An unreal past condition and its proable result in the present.
Example:
If we had looked at the map, we wouldn't be lost.
Example
If it rains today, you'll be wet
Example
If you went to bed earlier, you wouldn't be tire.
Simple Present → Simple Past
Infinitive → Infinitive + ed / 2nd column I always drink coffee I always drank coffee
Present Progressive → Past Progressive
Be (am/is/are) + ing → was/were + ing I'm reading a book He explained that he was reading a book
Simple Past → Past Perfect
Infitnive + ed/2nd column → had + ed/3rd column 'Bill arrived on Saturday', he said He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday
Present Perfect → Past Perfect
Have/has + ed/3rd colmun → Had +ed/3rd column 'I have been to Spain', he told me He told me that he had been to Spain
Past Perfect → Past Perfect
Had + ed/3rd column → Had + ed/3rdcolumn 'I had turned out the light', he explained He explained that he had turned out the light.
Present Perfect Progressive → Past Perfect Progressive
