Signal words For, since, already, yet, always, just, ever, never, so far, today, this week/month…, how long, lately, recently Signal words Before, after, already, just, for, since, till, until, when, by, by the time, never
Form will + be + base form + ing I'll be doing / He'll be doing I won’t be doing / He won’t be doing Will I be doing? Will he be doing? EXAMPLES At 5 PM I will be doing my homework. An action which will definitely happen in the future as the result of a routine or arrangement. This action has begun before the certain time. Signal words This time next week/year/month… and other time expressions with future reference Use -An action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. Signal words Now, at the moment, at present, these days, still, nowadays, today, tonight… (except for future use) Look! Listen! Use -something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it -future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)įorm S+ (am/are/is) + base form + -ing I am doing He is doing / They are doing He isn't doing / They aren't doing Is he doing? / Are they doing? EXAMPLES Sorry, I am doing my homework at the moment. spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven't made a decision before -main clause in type I of the if clauses Form will + base form I will work / do / go I won’t work / do / go will I work/ do / go? EXAMPLES Signal words Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, tonight, soon, next week/year…, in a week/month…, in two/three days/weeks… Use -predictions about the future (you think that sth. at a certain time (in the past) - you do not know whether it was finished or not -Simultaneous past actions Form S+ was/were +base form + -ing He was doing / They were doing He wasn't doing / They weren't doing Was he doing? / Were they doing? EXAMPLES I was doing my homework when my friend Isabel arrived. Use -an action happened in the middle of another action -someone was doing sth.
I did my homework last night Signal words While, when, as, all morning/evening… Use -something happens repeatedly -how often something happens -one action follows another -things in general after the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.) future meaning: timetables, programmesįorm Base form + -ed (regular) Irregular: 2nd column I worked / did / went I didn't work / do / go Did I work/ do / go?įorm Base form / he/she/it + -s I do/go / I don't do/go / Do I do/go? He does/ goes / He doesn't do/go Does he do/go? Use action took place in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present) -Complete actions in the past -Past habits Signal words every day - sometimes – always - often usually seldom- never first. Thus it will be very helpful for you to remember all the tenses easily.Table of English Tenses Simple tenses THE PAST Signal words last.
The charts contain the structure of each tense, with a common example modified for each tense. In this article, all the 12 Tenses in English grammar are explained in verb tenses chart, one for each of the Present, Past, and Future Tenses.Īs we all know, there are 12 Tenses I English Grammar, four from each of the Present, Past, and Future.
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