TIME EXPRESSIONS AND VERB TENSES

PRESENT
SIMPLE

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

PAST
CONTINUOUS

FUTURE

PRESENT
PERFECT

*Every (day,
morning ..)
* In the
morning,
afternoon..
*on Sunday
*Adverbs of
frequency

* Now

* Last
( day,month,
year, week ...)

* While/as
(simultaneous
actions )
*All day
yesterday

* Next
(day,week,year)

*Already(+)
*Just
*yet ( - , ? )
*Ever (?) / never
*Still

* Right now
*At the
Moment

* Yesterday

Yesterday:

*Tomorrow
*The day after
tomorrow

*At present
*The other day

Always
Sometimes
Often
Usually
Never
Rarely
seldom
Hardly
*Once, twice
(a day, week..)
*Timetables
(at 3)

*Still

-S/ ES
DO/DOES

BE+ V ing

* At 6 oclock

*In the future

(Will)

*The day before *From 5 to 7

*Today
*Tonight
(expressing
future)

* Ago

*The whole day

* When
(interrupted
action)

*all day
yesterday

-ED / Irregular
- DID

WAS/WERE
+ V ing

*later
*soon
* In 3 minutes, 5
days

Will
BE GOING TO

*This
(morning,year..)
*Recently/lately
*For
*Since
*Today
*How long?
*These 5 years

Also used with

PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

HAVE/HAS+
PARTICIPLE

PAST PERFECT

( PAST)
*By the time
* By 6 oclock
*By The end of ..
*Before
* When my mother
came home, I had
done my
homework.

* preceding
action:
He wanted to know
what she had
bought
before, after

FUTURE
PERFECT

*By the time

*By ( 2020 )
*When my
mother comes
home, I will
have been
doing my
homework for
an hour.

Past p. continuous

. for two hours

before they came
home.

HAD + PARTICIPLE

WILL + HAVE +
PARTICIPLE