Tense Form Use Wordsrelated

PRESENT SIMPLE +s (she / he / it) - Habits Always, often, never, usually,

- Routines everyday, week...
Do/does - Timetables Three times a week...
Dont/doesnt - General Truths

- Things that are happening at NowToday

PRESENT CONTINUOUS the time of speaking. At present
TO BE (am/is/are) + ing ThisYear
- Things that are happening in At the moment
a periodaroundnowfuture. Thesedays
Look! Listen!
Regulars verbs + ed Last night/week
PAST SIMPLE Irregular verbs list - Action took place in the Ago
past. In 1990
Didyou...? - One action after another. Yesterday
Didnt - NegativeForm (stories) In the past
- Finished action in the past.
- An action happened in the While/as
PAST CONTINUOUS Was/were +ing middle of another. Past continuous + when + past
Wasnt/werent +ing - Someone was doing simple
something at a certain time At 8 oclock (+ anhour)
in the past. Yesterday
LastNight
- When we talk about things before this - It was six oclock, so most
past
PAST PERFECT Had + past participle
- time, we use the past perfect.
of the shops had closed.

YetToday
- Recent Action NeverThisMorning...
PRESENT PERFECT Have/has + 3rd column - To saysomethingthat has EverHow long have...?
Havent/hasnt + 3rd happened in the past andit AlreadyLately
SIMPLE column has a So Far Always
 Have+subject+3rd connectionwiththepresent. Up to nowSeveralTimes
column? Since/For
RecentlyJust

Have + been+ -ingform
PRESENT PERFECT Havent + been + -
CONTINUOUS ingform
? -
FUTURE WITH WILL Will + infinitiveform
Wont + infinitveform
- We use the present perfect continuous - For, since, how long and
for an action over a period of time
leading up to the present
recently, lately.
We can use the present perfect
continuous to talk about repeated
actions up to now.
- To talk about future actions
- Predictions based on
anything The phone is
- Sudden decisions taken at ringing.Illanswerit
the moment of speaking

Later
FUTURE WITH GOING To be + going to + - To talkabout plans, Soon
TO infinitiveform predictionsbased on In anhour
evidenceand decisions. Tomorrow
Nextyear
In + a year
In thefuture

FUTURE (PRESENT To be + ing - Fixedevents on thefuture Thesametime expressions as

CONTINUOUS) - Arranged going to andwill.
 If + present simple + will
FIRST CONDITIONAL + infinitive
If + past simple + would +
SECOND CONDITIONAL infinitive
A passive verb is a form of
Be (is, was, had been, have
PASSIVE been) + a passive participle
If + past perfect + would
THIRD CONDITIONAL have + 3rd column
- To talk about future actions. If you dont study harder, you
- Real conditional. Real facts. wont pass the exam. (evidence
situation about the present)
- Dreams, wishes. Things that If I won 1 milion, I would buy a
are irreal. big house.
- Less probable action.
We use it when the subject - We use by to introduce
(who does the action) is not the agent.
important. The most - The telephone was
important thing is the invented by Bell.
ACTION.
- We use type 3 conditionals to talk about If you'd been a bit more careful, you wouldn't
things in the past happening differently have cut yourself.
from the way they really happened.
- We normally use it for regretting the
situations or criticizing people or
actions.