engels tw1

Present simple

facts, habits, regular occurences

Present continuous

Things happening right now, trends, future arrangements

Past simple

actions that are fully finished, habits/facts in the past

Past continuous

interrupted actions in the past, repeated actions in the past, something that happened before and after a specific time

Present perfect

activities that happened and are still happening, when you say something about the past with an influence on the present (I have never liked fish)

Present perfect continuous

have/has been -ing, Unfinished actions, temproary/unusual situations

Past perfect

A finished action before a certain point in the past (by the time we arrived, the train had left), Past explanations (i had already eaten)

Past perfect continuous

Had been -ing, Ongoing actions leading up to a recent past event (They had been walking for hours when they arrived), Background information (she was tired because she had not been sleeping), Emphasizing the duration of an activity (we had been walking for days)

future continuous

will be -ing, with a future time expression, to state that at a specific point in the future, there will be an action in progress and for a fixed future action (he will be biking)

future perfect

will have + past participle, To talk about a finished action in the future (I will have already eaten dinner)

future perfect continuous

will have been -ing, To talk about actions that will continue up to a particular time in the future (how long will you have been playing volleyball next year?)

Will + infinitive

Promises/hopes for the future, Predictions, future uncertain predictions (with ‘probably’), Decisions made at the moment of speaking

going to + infinitive

Intentions and plans in the future, Predictions based on things we can see in the present (evidence)