Tenses (6)

Tense
Form
Use
Hints
Example
Present Simple
+ I pv ((e)+s)
-? do/does not+I pv
1. daily routines, habits or repeated actions
2. permanent states
Every hour /day/week etc ,
usually , always, in the morning / evening / night , at night
I always play football in the evenings
Present Continuous
Am/is/are+Iing
1. actions happening now, at the moment of speaking
2.actions happening around the time of speaking
3. fixed arrangements in the near future
Now, at the moment, these days , at present, tonight etc.
I am writing a lettesat the moment.
Past Simple
+ II / -ed
-?did+I
1. actoins which happened or finished at a definite time in the past
2. actions which happened repeatedly in the past but don’t happen anymore. In this case we can use adverbs of frequency
Yesterday , last night/week/ year / month , wtc, a month/two years /three years ago, in 1964, etc.
I went to the gym yesterday.
Past Countinuous
Was/were+I-ing
1. actions which was in progress at a stated time in the past. We don’t know when the action started or finished
2. past action which was in progress when another action interrupted it.
3. two or more actions which were happening at the same time in the past
4.to give backround informationin a story
While , when, as
I was doing my homework when somebody knocked on my door.
Future Simple
+ ? will+ I
- won’t+I

Going to
1. predictions based on what we belive or think
2. on-the- spot decisionsor promises
3. request
1. plans and intentions
2.predictions based on what we see or know
Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. next week/month/year, tonight, soon, in a week/month/year
She will not visit us.

I am going to pass the exam.
Present Perfect
Have/has + III/ed
1. actions which happened at an unsteated time in the past, action is more important than the time
2. actions which started in the past and are stillcontinuing in the present
3.actions which have recently finished and their results are visible in the present
4. to talk about an experience
For, since , just, already , yet, lately, recently, so far, ever
I have been achef for two years
Present Perfect Counituous
+ Have/has+been+-in
1. an action which started in the past and countinues up to the present
2.an action which has recently finished and its result is evident now
For, since, all morning/afternoon etc.
I have been singing for two hours .
Past Perfect
Had + III/ed
Action which happened in the past before another past action
Already, by the time, never , as soon as, just, after, when, before
H ehad not watered the plants .