English Tenses (active)

Time Tense future perfect Form "will / shal" + have (has) + pp "will / shall" + "be" + "ing" (I'll be leaving) "will / shall (I / we)" + Verb Grundform Use 1) Etwas wird beendet sein zu einer bestimmten Zeit in der Zukunft 1) Etwas geschieht gerade zu einer bestimmten Zeit in der Zukunft 2) Sich hflich erkundigen 1) Fr Vorhersagen 2) Fr spontane Entscheidungen 3) Fr etwas Unsicheres 1) Etwas geschieht mit grsster Wahrscheinlichkeit 2) Feste Absicht, geplant 1) Etwas ist fest abgemacht 2) Frage mit "when" 1) 2) 3) ! Zeitplne nach "if" (conditional I) nach "when" (conditional I) ausser bei Fragen Example 1) By this time tomorrow I'll have finished my final tests. 1) This time tomorrow we'll be lying on the beach. 2) When will you be leaving? 1) In future we'll be reigned by robots. 2) A party? - Great! I'll bring the wine. 3) Maybe I'll go to Spain for my summer holiday or perhaps I'll go to France. 1) Look at the clouds! - It's going to rain. 2) I'm going to sleep in tomorrow, that's for sure. 1) I've got it in my diary - I'm meeting him tomorrow. 2) When are you going to the US? 1) The summer term starts after the spring holiday. 2) If you go to the party, I won't. 3) I'll go when you go. ! When will you go? 1) He goes to work at seven. 2) The sun sets in the west. 1) I'm writing. (Ich schreibe gerade.) aber: I write. (Ich bin Schriftsteller.) 2) I'm reading an English book. 3) Usually I work till 5 but today I'm working till 6. 1) I've lived in St. Gall for 7 years. (Person lebt immer noch in St. Gallen.) 2) I've lost my key. (irgendwann) ! When did you go to the theatre? I went there yesterday

FUTURE

(FUTURE TENSES)

future continuos

will / shall future

"going to" future FROM NOI ONWARDS

"going to" + Verb Grundform

present continuous siehe "present ("dairy future") continuous" present simple (future use) s. "present simple"

present simple

NOW

3. Pers.: "s" ausser "can / may / must" etc.

1) Routine 2) Tatsachen 1) Momentane Handlungen 2) "around now" 3) Ausnahme

NOW

present continuous "to be" konjugiert + Verb in "ing"-Form

present perfect

"to have" konjugiert + pp (z.B. have gone)

PAST UP TO NOW

1) Begann in unbestimmter Zeit in der Vergangenheit / gilt aber immer noch 2) Vorgnge oder Handlungen mit Auswirkung in der Gegenwart ! nie bei Fragen mit "when" oder Zeitangaben in der Vergangenheit (simple past siehe unten) 1) Wie present perfect, aber die Dauer der Handlung wird betont 2) Lngere Handlung mit Auswirkung in der Gegenwart 1) Etwas ist abgeschlossen 2) Kurze aufeinanderfolgende oder wiederholte Handlungen 1) Kontrastzeit zur Vergangenheit. Es gilt: Lnger dauernde Handlung = continuous / krzere Handlung = simple past 2) Parallele Handlungen in der Vergangenheit 1) Etwas geschah vor etwas anderem; beides in der Vergangenheit

present perfect continuous

"have / has been" + "ing"-Form

1) I've been studying for 2 years now. 2) My shoes are dirty because I've been working in the garden for hours. 1) I lived in St. Gall until 1990. 2) He entered the building, came up the stairs, stopped and rang the bell 6 times. 1) She was having a bath when the telephone rang. 2) While she was cooking the kids were watching TV.

simple past FINISHED / OVER

"ed" = regelmssige Verben -> irregular verbs "was / were" + "ing"Form

past continuous

PAST

BEFORE THE PAST

past perfect past perfect continuous

"had" + pp (z.B. had gone) "had bee" + "ing"Form

1) I explained that I had forgotten my keys.

1) Lnger dauernde Handlungen bis zu 1) When she arrived we had been waiting einem gewissen Zeitpunkt in der for three hours. Vergangenheit

pp = past participle 1