English Tenses Review

Flashcards for reviewing English tenses based on lecture notes.

What is the USE of Simple Present tense?

something happens repeatedly, how often something happens, things in general, with the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.), future meaning: timetables, programmes

What are the SIGNAL WORDS for Simple Present tense?

every day, sometimes, always, often, usually, seldom, never

What are the SIGNAL WORDS for Present Continuous tense?

first … then, now, at the moment, Look!, Listen!

What is the USE of Present Continuous tense?

one action follows another, 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)

What are the SIGNAL WORDS for Simple Past tense?

in 1990, yesterday, last …, … ago

What is the USE of Simple Past tense?

action finished in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present)

What are the SIGNAL WORDS for Past Continuous tense?

while

What is the USE of Past Continuous tense?

an action happened in the middle of another action, someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) - you do not know whether it was finished or not

What are the SIGNAL WORDS for Simple Present Perfect tense?

just, yet, never, ever, already, so far, up to now, since, for, recently

What is the USE of Simple Present Perfect tense?

you say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present, action started in the past and continues up to the present

What are the SIGNAL WORDS for Present Perfect Continuous tense?

all day, the whole day, how long, since, for

What is the USE of Present Perfect Continuous tense?

action began in the past and has just stopped how long the action has been happening, emphasis: length of time of an action

What are the SIGNAL WORDS for Simple Past Perfect tense?

just, already, never

What is the USE of Simple Past Perfect tense?

mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: the action which had already happened is put into Past Perfect, the other action into Simple Past the past of Present Perfect

What are the SIGNAL WORDS for Past Perfect Continuous tense?

how long, since, for

What is the USE of Past Perfect Continuous tense?

how long something had been happening before something else happened

What is the USE of will - future?

predictions about the future (you think that sth. will happen), you decide to do sth. spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven't made a decision before, main clause in type I of the if clauses

What is the USE of going to - future?

when you have already decided to do sth. in the future, what you think what will happen

What is the USE of Future Continuous tense?

An action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. This action has begun before the certain time., Something happens because it normally happens.

What is the USE of Simple Future Perfect tense?

sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future

What is the USE of Future Perfect Continuous tense?

sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future, emphasis: length of time of an action