PRESENT

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PAST
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FUTURE
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INDEFINITE

usually, seldom, often,sometimes, every day (week, month), from time to time,regurlarly
BUILDING I/we/you/they + V he/she/it + V(e)s EXAMPLE I go to work every day. He goes to work every day. I don't go to work every day. He doesn't go to work every day. Do you go to work every day? Does he go to work every day?

yesterday, last week, two years ago, this morning (when meaning is past), WHEN, today at 5
BUILDING I/we/you/they/he/she/it + Ved (II) EXAMPLE I went to work yesterday I didn't go to work yesterday

tomorrow, next week, in two days

BUILDING I/we/you/they/he/she/it + will + V EXAMPLE I will go to work tomorrow I won't go to work tomorrow

I/we/you/they + don't + V he/she/it + doesn't +V

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + didn't + V

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + won't + V

Do + I/we/you/they + V Does + he/she/it + V USAGE

Did + I/we/you/they/he/she/it + V USAGE

Did you go to work yesterday?

Will + I/we/you/they/he/she/it + V USAGE

Will you go to work tomorrow?

1. Facts, generalizations and universal truths 2. Habits and routines 3. Arrangements that we can't change (e.g. timetables) 4. State verbs (e.g. be, have, suppose, know) 5. Permanent situations 6. A series of usual actions

1. Events in the past that are now finished 2. Situation in the past 3. A series of actions in the past

1. Promises 2. Unplanned actions 3. Predictions based on experience or intuition 4. Habits (obstinate insistence, usually habitual)

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CONTINUOUS

now, at the moment, right now, still, tomorrow, constantly

BUILDING I + am + Ving he/she/it + is + Ving we/you/they + are + Ving EXAMPLE I am going to work now He is going to work now They are going to work now I am not going to work now He isn't going to work now They aren't going to work now Am I going to work now? Is he going to work now? Are they going to work now?

while, when, at 5 o'clock yesterday

BUILDING EXAMPLE I was going to work yesterday at 5 We were going to work yesterday at 5

at 3 o'clock tomorrow
BUILDING EXAMPLE I will be going to work at 5 o'clock tomorrow

I/he/she/it + was + Ving we/you/they + were + Ving

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + will be + Ving

I + am not + Ving he/she/it + isn't + Ving we/you/they + aren't + Ving

I/he/she/it + wasn't + Ving we/you/they + weren't + Ving

I wasn't going to work yesterday at 5 We weren't going to work yesterday at 5

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + won't be + Ving

I won't be going to work at 5 oclock tomorrow

Am + I + Ving Is + he/she/it + Ving Are + we/you/they + Ving USAGE

Was + I/he/she/it + Ving Were + we/you/they + Ving

Were you going to work yesterday at 5?

Will + I/we/you/they/he/she/it + be + Ving

Will you be going to work at 5 oclock tomorrow?

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1. Present actions 2. Temporary actions 3. Longer actions in progress 4. Future (personal) arrangements and plans 5. Tendencies and trends 6. Irritation

1. Duration in the past 2. Interrupted actions in progress 3. Actions in progress at the same time in the past 4. Irritation 5. Polite question

1. Future actions in progress 2. Guesses about the present or the future 3. Polite questions about somebody's intention

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PERFECT

already, yet, just, ever, never, ___ times, today

BUILDING I/we/you/they + have + Ved (III) he/she/it + has + Ved (III) EXAMPLE I have already gone for work He has already gone for work I haven't gone for work yet He hasn't gone for work yet Have you already gone for work? Has he already gone for work?

already, before, by the time

BUILDING I/we/you/they/he/she/it + had + Ved (III) EXAMPLE

when, by the time

BUILDING I/we/you/they/he/she/it + will have + Ved (III) EXAMPLE I will have gone for work by 5 o'clock tomorrow I won't have gone for work by 5 o'clock tomorrow Will you have gone for work by 5 o'clock tomorrow?

I had gone for work by the time he came

I/we/you/they + haven't + Ved (III) he/she/it + hasn't + Ved (III)

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + hadn't + Ved (III)

I hadn't gone for work by the time he came

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + won't have + Ved (III)

Have + I/we/you/they + Ved (III) Has + he/she/it + Ved (III) USAGE

Had + I/we/you/they/he/she/it + Ved (III) USAGE

Had he gone for work by the time we came?

Will + I/we/you/they/he/she/it + have + Ved (III) USAGE

1. Actions which happened at an indefinite (unknown) time before now 2. Actions in the past which have an effect on the present moment 3. Actions which began in the past and continue in the present

1. Completed action before another action in the past 2. Third conditional sentences 3. Reported speech 4. Dissatisfaction with the past

1. Completion before a specified point in the future 2. Actions or situations that will last in the future (for a specified time) 3. Certainty that an action was completed

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PERFECT CONTINUOUS

for, since
BUILDING I/we/you/they + have been + Ving he/she/it + has been + Ving EXAMPLE I have been going to work for 15 min He has been going to work for 15 min I haven't been going to work for 15 min He hasn't been going to work for 15 min Have you been going to work for 15 min? Has he been going to work for 15 min? BUILDING

for, since
EXAMPLE I had been going to work for 15 min when I met Angela I hadn't been going to work for 15 min when I met Angela Had you been going to work for 15 min when you met Angela?

for, by the time

BUILDING I/we/you/they/he/she/it + will have been + Ving EXAMPLE I will have been going to work for 15 min when I reach the stadium I won't have been going to work for 15 min when I reach the stadium Will you have been going to work for 15 min when you reach the stadium

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + had been + Ving

I/we/you/they + haven't been + Ving he/she/it + hasn't been + Ving

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + hadn't been + Ving

I/we/you/they/he/she/it + won't have been + Ving

Have + I/we/you/they + been + Ving Has + he/she/it + been + Ving USAGE

Had + I/we/you/they/he/she/it + been + Ving USAGE

Will + I/we/you/they/he/she/it + have been + Ving USAGE

1. Actions that started in the past and continue in the present 2. Actions that have recently stopped 3. Temporary actions and situations

1. Duration of a past action up to a certain point in the past 2. Showing cause of an action or situation 3. Third conditional sentences 4. Reported speech

1. Duration at a definite moment in the future 2. Cause of a future situation