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last ... the past, mostly I worked. I didn't work. Did I work?
action took place in regular:
Simple
Past infinitive + -ed He worked. He didn't work. Did he work?
... ago connected with an
or irregular:
expression of time (no I went. I didn't go. Did I go?
Past in 1990 2nd column of table
connection to the
Simple of irregular verbs
present) He went. He didn't go. Did he go?
yesterday
an action happened in Was I
I was working. I wasn't working.
the middle of another working?
action
Past Was he
was/were + He was working. He wasn't working.
Progressive or while someone was doing working?
infinitive + -ing
Past Continuous sth. at a certain time Was I going?
I was going. I wasn't going.
(in the past) - you do
not know whether it Was he
He was going. He wasn't going.
was finished or not going?
just Have I
I have worked. I haven't worked.
worked?
yet
Has he
He has worked. He hasn't worked.
never worked?
you say that sth. has
happened or is I have gone. I haven't gone. Have I gone?
ever have/has + past
Simple finished in the past
participle*
Present and it has a
Perfect already connection to the
*(infinitive + -ed) or
or present
so far, (3rd column of
Present
table of irregular
Perfect action started in the
up to now, verbs)
past and continues up He has gone. He hasn't gone. Has he gone?
to the present
since
for
recently
all day action began in the I have been I haven't been Have I been
past and has just working. working. working?
Present Perfect the whole day stopped He has been He hasn't been Has he been
Progressive or working. working. working?
have/has + been +
Present how long how long the action
infinitive + -ing
Perfect has been happening I haven't been Have I been
I have been going.
Continuous since going. going?
emphasis: length of
time of an action He hasn't been Has he been
for He has been going.
going. going?
I had worked.
mostly when two Had I
actions in a story are I hadn't worked.
worked?
Simple related to each other: had + past
Past already the action which had participle* He had worked. Had he
He hadn't worked.
Perfect already happened is worked?
or just put into Past Perfect, *(infinitive + -ed) or I had gone.
(3rd column of I hadn't gone. Had I gone?
Past the other action into
Perfect never Simple Past table of irregular
(Simple) verbs)
He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone?
the past of the
Present Perfect
I hadn't been Had I been
I had been working.
working. working?
how long He had been He hadn't been Had he been
Past Perfect how long something
Progressive or had been happening had + been + working. working. working?
since
Past Perfect before something else infinitive + ing
Had I been
Continuous happened I had been going. I hadn't been going.
for going?
He wouldn't be Would he be
He would be going.
going. going?
Conditional Perfect sth. that might have would + have + I would have I wouldn't have Would I have
happened in the past past participle* worked. worked. worked?
(It's too late now.)
*(infinitive + -ed) or He would have Would he
He wouldn't have
main clause in type III (3rd column of have
worked. worked.
worked?
of the if clauses table of irregular
verbs)
I would have gone. I wouldn't have Would I have
gone. gone?
He would have He wouldn't have Would I have
gone. gone. gone?
Would I have
I would have been I wouldn't have
been
working. been working.
working?
Conditional Perfect sth. that might have Would he
Progressive happened in the past He would He wouldn't have
would + have + have been
or (It's too late now.) have been going. been going.
been + infinitive + working?
Conditional
ing
Perfect emphasis: length of I would have been I wouldn't have Would I have
Continuous time of an action going. been going. been going?
Would he
He would have been He wouldn't have
have been
going. been going.
going?