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The "will-future" gives expression to ... ...an action that will take place in the future ...to a spontaneous decision and/or ...to an action that can't be planned (e.g. weather).
will-future
will + infinitive
soon, in the next few days, in the future, tomorrow, this evening,
by Monday, in a
The "going to-future" gives expression to an action that somebody intends / is going to do in the future(planned)
week
am, is, are in the next few days, He is going to apply for a job in the future, this evening, as a secretary in a big firm next next weekend, in one year, week.
going tofuture
next
week, tomorrow
present progressive
He is writing letters of application now. He is applying for the job at 3 p.m. tommorrow.
The "present progressive" gives expression to an action that is going on at the moment The "present progressive" gives expression to an action that is planned to happen at a certain date
these days
at 3 p.m. tomorrow
in the future every day, always, often, normally, usually, regularly, sometimes, He always reads the vacancies occasionally, seldom, on Sundays, at in the newspapers. he weekends this week, this month, this year, First he reads the vacancies in the newspapers, then he does his work. The moon goes round the earth and the earth goes round the sun. today, First... then.. afterwards The "simple present" gives expression to ... - a repeated action that often, sometimes ... happens, but not to an action that is happening at the moment (see "present progressive"). - to a list of facts. - to an "eternal truth".
simple present
present perfect
+ -ed + 3 rd
or
The "present perfect" gives expression to an action that started in the past and goes on in the present.
form
past
verb + - ed
or
2nd form
The "simple past" gives expression to an action that started in the past and finished in the past
past progressive
past perfect
had + - ed
or
After he had survived an accident he gave up this job. He had survived an accident before he gave up this job
+ 3rd form
already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day if sentence type III (If I had talked, )