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The Verbal Tenses - Outline
The Verbal Tenses - Outline
VERBAL
Crt. TENSE
1.
PRESENT
SIMPLE
2.
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
3.
4.
PRESENT
PERFECT
SIMPLE
PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
FORM + - ?
USE/ USAGE
TIME
MARKERS
EXAMPLES
-permanent states
-habitual actions
-general truths
-cognitive verbs
-likes+ dislikes
-sports
-stage directions
-timetables
I am talking.
-temporary actions
Am I talking?
-actions happening at
I am not talking. the time of speaking
-actions with the
future meaning-plans,
arrangements
-repeated actions
which are unpleasent
I have walked.
-actions which started
Have I walked? in the present and
I havent
still continued
walked.
-an action which has
recently finished
-an action when the
time is not expressed
-actions which refer
to somebodys lifer
experience
every, in the
afternoon/evening
/morning, often,
never, always,
rarely, at night,
usually,
sometimes,
seldom
now, at the
moment, at
present
ever, never,
already, yet,
sincer, for,
recently, just, how
long, so far
I have been
studying.
Have I been
studying?
I havent been
studying.
since, for
I talk.
She talks.
Do I talk?
Does she talk?
I dont talk.
She doesnt
talk.
I wiil go.
Will I go?
I wont go.
5.
FUTURE
SIMPLE
tomorrow, next
week/year/month
Nr.
Crt.
6.
VERBAL
TENSE
PAST SIMPLE
7.
PAST
CONTINUOUS
8.
PAST PERFECT
SIMPLE
9.
10.
PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
GOING TO
FUTURE
TIME
MARKERS
EXAMPLES
yesterday,
last,in
1997, a long
time ago,
when, then,
ago, at that
time
I was talking
-incomplete actions at a when, while,
with you.
certain moment in the
at 3 oclock,
Was I talking
past
yesterday
with you?
-actions in progress
I wasnt talking interrupted by an event
with you.
-two actions in progress
at the same time
-to describe details
about nature
I had visited
-a past action which
before, after
the museum.
finished before another
Had I visited
past action
the museum?
I hadnt visited
the museum.
He had been
talking.
He had not
been talking.
Had he been
talking?
1.I am going to
spend my holida
the seaside.
I am going to
learn.
Am I going to
learn?
I am not going
to learn.
-actions which
happened and finished
in the past