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Tense
Signal
words
PRESENT SIMPLE
Every day
Sometimes
Always
Often
Seldom
Usually
Never
Firstthen
PRESENT CONTINOUS
PAST SIMPLE
Now
At the
moment
Look!
Listen!
Last
ago
In 1999
yesterday
Use
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
1.
PAST CONTINOUS
PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE
While/when
Just
Yet
Never
Ever
Already
So far
Up to now
Since
For
recently
Already
Just
An action happens
repeatedly.
How often a thing
happens.
An action follows
another.
Stative verbs.
Sense future: timetables
Sth. That happens at
the moment of
speaking.
Sense of future: When
you have decided and
planned to do sth.
2.
1.
2.
1.
Form
Infinitive
(1st column)
He/she/it
add an S
Am/is/are
+
Infinitive
+
ing
Regular:
infinitive +
-ed
Irregular: 2
column of
table of
irregular
verbs.
nd
Example
+
Example
-
Example
?
I work
He works
I go
He goes
I dont work
He doesnt work
I dont go
He doesnt go
Do I work?
Does he work?
Do I go?
Does he go?
I am going
He is going
I am working
He is working
I am not going
He isnt going
I am not working
He isnt working
Am I going?
Is he going?
Am I working?
Is he working?
I worked
He worked
I went
He went
I didnt work
He didnt work
I didnt go
He didnt go
Did I work?
Did he work?
Did I go?
Did he go?
An action happened in
the middle of another
action.
Someone doing sth. at a
certain time (in the
past) you do not know if
it was finished or not.
Was/were +
infinitive +
ing
I was working
He was working
I was going
He was going
I wasnt working
He wasnt
working
I wasnt going
He wasnt going
Was I working?
Was he working?
Was I going?
Was he going?
Have/has
+
Past
Participle
(3rd column)
I have worked
He has worked
I have gone
He has gone
I havent worked
He hasnt worked
I havent gone
He hasnt gone
Have I worked?
Has he worked?
Have I gone?
Has he gone?
Had
+
I had worked
He had worked
I hadnt worked
He hadnt worked
Had I worked?
Had he worked?
Never
each other.
The past of the past
simple and present
perfect simple.
Past
Participle
(3rd column)
I had gone
He had gone
I hadnt gone
He hadnt gone
Had I gone?
Had he gone?
Will
+
Infinitive
(1st column)
I will work
He will work
I will go
He will go
I wont work
He wont work
I wont go
He wont go
Will I work?
Will he work?
Will I go?
Will he go?
Am/is/are
+
going to
+
Infinitive
(1st column)
I am going to
work
He is going to
work
I am going to go
He is going to
go
I am not going to
work
He isnt going to
work
I am not going to
go
He isnt going to
go
Am I going to
work?
Is he going to
work?
Am I going to go?
Is he going to go?
Will
+
have
+
Participle
(3rd column)
I will have
worked
He will have
worked
I will have gone
He will have
gone
I wont have
worked
He wont have
worked
I wont have
gone
He wont have
gone
Will I have
worked?
Will he have
worked?
Will I have gone?
Will he have
gone?
Would
+
Infinitive
(1st column)
I would work
He would work
I would go
He would go
I wouldnt work
He wouldnt work
I wouldnt go
He wouldnt go
Would I work?
Would he work?
Would I go?
Would he go?
Would
+
have
+
Participle
(3rd column)
I would have
worked
He would have
worked
I would have
gone
He would have
gone
I wouldnt have
worked
He wouldnt have
worked
I wouldnt have
gone
He wouldnt have
gone
Would I have
worked?
Would he have
worked?
Would I have
gone?
Would he have
gone?
2.
1.
FUTURE SIMPLE
2.
3.
1.
FUTURE GOING TO
FUTURE PERFECT
SIMPLE
2.
1.
CONDITIONAL SIMPLE
2.
1.
CONDITIONAL PERFECT
2.