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I had I hadn't Had I

mostly when two actions in a story worked. worked. worked?


had + past
already are related to each other: the
participle*
action which had already happened He had He hadn't Had he
Simple Past is put into past perfect, the other worked. worked. worked?
just
Perfect action into simple past *(infinitive + -ed) or
never (3rd column of table
I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone?
of irregular verbs)
the past of the Present Perfect
He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone?
I had been I hadn't been Had I been
working. working. working?

how long He had been He hadn't been Had he been


how long something had been working. working. working?
Past Perfect had + been +
since happening before something else
Progressive Infinitive + ing
happened
for I had been going. I hadn't been going. Had I been going?

He had been He hadn't been Had he been


going. going. going?

predictions about the future (you I'll work. I won't work. Will I work?
think that sth will happen)
He'll work. He won't work. Will he work?
will - future you decide to do sth. spontaneously will + Infinitive
at the time of speaking, you I'll go. I won't go. Will I go?
haven't made a main clause in type
I of the if clauses He'll go. He won't go. Will he go?
I'm going to I'm not going to Am I going to
work. work. work?

when you have already decided to


He's going to He's not going to Is he going to
do sth. in the future be (am/are/is) +
going to - future work. work. work?
going to + Infinitive
what you think what will happen
I'm going to go. I'm not going to go. Am I going to go?

He's going to go. He's not going to go. Is he going to go?


An action will be in progress at a I'll be working. I won't be working. Will I be working?
certain time in the future. This
action has begun before the certain He'll be working. He won't be working. Will he be working?
Future time. will + be + Infinitive
Progressive + ing
I'll be going. I won't be going. Will I be going?
Something happens because it
normally happens. He'll be going. He won't be going. Will he be going?
I'll have worked. I won't have worked. Will I have worked?
will + have + past
participle* He'll have He won't have Will he have
Future Perfect worked. worked. worked?
sth. will already have happened
Simple
before a certain time in the future *(infinitive + -ed) or
(3rd column of table I'll have gone. I won't have gone. Will I have gone?
of irregular verbs)
He'll have gone. He won't have gone. Will he have gone?
I'll have been I won't have been Will I have been
working. working. working?

sth. will already have happened He'll have been He won't have been Will he have been
Future before a certain time in the future working. working. working?
will + have + been +
Perfect
Infinitive + ing
Progressive emphasis: length of time of an I'll have been I won't have been Will I have been
action going. going. working?

He'll have been He won't have been Will he have been


going. going. working?
I would work. I wouldn't work. Would I work?

sth. that might happen


He would work. He wouldn't work. Would he work?
Conditional
would + Infinitive
Simple main clause in type II of the if
I would go. I wouldn't go. Would I work?
clauses

He would go. He wouldn't go. Would he work?

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