Tenses Usages Keywords Examples I shall trade in my
Every morning, He washes his face old computer Soon, tomorrow, Simple weekly, seldom, every morning. Future action tomorrow. Habit next week, the day 1 Present always, often, Do you watch TV Future action Joey will attend the Truth or fact Simple after tomorrow, Tense Sometimes, at night? 5 in a meeting next Future Tense later, next year, in monthly, annually A tiger has stripes. conditional month. ten minutes, later I am studying now. sentence If you fail your on Look! She is exams, father will A continuous Present Now, Look!, at the crying. scold you. action or 2 Continuous moment, at this Mother is cooking An action Mary will be event that is At 9am tomorrow, at Tense moment at the moment. that will be seeing you at 5pm still going on Future this time next week, Are they reading taking place this Monday. 6 Continuous at 10pm this now? at a given Tense Sunday Ali ate lunch just time in the An action now. future that takes Last week, last She played Past action Since, for, yet, She has just left. Simple Past place in the month, just now, two 3 basketball when Present with the time lately, just, never, Have you eaten Tense past hours ago, in 2001, 7 she was young. Perfect Tense not already, recently, your breakfast Habitual past yesterday Did you read the mentioned before already? action book yesterday? The film hadnt An action I was doing my started before I that was done homework at that entered the cinema Past Perfect before After/before + past moment. 8 hall. A past action Tense another past tense, when Wasnt my brother The plane had left taking place action took At that moment, at sleeping all when Amy reached at a given place Past 5pm yesterday, yesterday? airport. time 4 Continuous (when/while + past My father was Aunt Annie has Two or more An action Tense tense/past jogging when he For the last two been crying since past actions Present that has not continuous) saw the accident. hours, since 1999, last night. happening at Perfect been While the cat was 9 since 10 oclock, We have been the same time Continuous interrupted sleeping, the dog since last night, for learning English Tense and is still was playing the hours since the age of going on ball. three. After the kids came An action Was the boy To look back back from the Simple Past that takes Last week, last scolded by Mr Lim at a situation garden, they felt Tense place in the month, just now, two yesterday? in progress 15 hungry. They had (Passive past hours ago, in 2001, Those books An action Past Perfect Before/after/when + been playing in the Form) Habitual past yesterday werent bought by had been 10 Continuous simple past tense + garden all action Zoe last week. happening Tense for/all afternoon. Soon, tomorrow, Will the party be before Future action James was drunk Simple next week, the day organized by Betty something Future action after he had been Future Tense after tomorrow, tomorrow? else 16 in a drinking for all (Passive later, next year, in The injured boy happened conditional night. Form) ten minutes, later will be taken to sentence If the weather is on hospital soon. If-conditional An action hot, I will wear a 11 Tense that will If + present tense cap. (Likely) happen
An action If I were Tom, I
that is would enter the If-conditional impossible to competition. 12 Tense If + past tense happen If I were rich, I (Unlikely) (imaginary would study condition) overseas. If you had gone An action with us, you would that might If-conditional have seen him. happen in the 13 Tense If + past perfect If she had won the past but is (Impossible) competition, she impossible would not have now cried. Simple Every morning, The apple is eaten Present weekly, seldom, by Cindy every Habit 14 Tense always, often, day. Truth or fact (Passive Sometimes, Are the netballs Form) monthly, annually played weekly?