TENSES

SIMPLE CONTINUOUS
I read I am thinking
You read You are thinking
In my spare timp I read or listen to
He/she/it reads He/she/it is lived
PRESENT muzic. „What are you thinking about?”
We read We are thinking
Every Sunday I go to the disco
You read You are thinking
They read They are thinking
I have lived I have been waiting
You have lived You have been waiting
PRESENT He/she/it have lived I have lived here since 1995. He/she/it has been waiting
Dan has been waiting for Sue.
PERFECT We have lived We have been waiting
You have lived You have been waiting
They have lived They have been waiting
I cleaned I was talking
You cleaned You were talking
He/she/it cleaned I cleaned my room last week. He/she/it was talking I was talking with Mary while my
PAST
We cleaned We were talking brothe was listening to his stereo.
You cleaned You were talking
They cleaned They were talking
I had started I had been swimming
You had started You had been swimming
He/she/it had started The show had started before we He/she/it had been swimming He had been swimming for two hours
PAST PERFECT
We had started arrived at the theatre. We had been swimming before he reached the island.
You had started You had been swimming
They had started They had been swimming
I will play I will be flying
You will play You will be flying
He/she/it will play Mike will play Tom at chess He/she/it will be flying Lucky you! You will be flying to
FUTURE
We will play tomorrow. We will be flying Hawaii at this time tomorrow.
You will play You will be flying
They will play They will be flying
I will have finished I will have beendoing
You will have finished You will have beendoing
FUTURE He/she/it will have finished By the end of June we will have He/she/it will have beendoing I will have beendoing this job for thirty
PERFECT We will have finished finised scholl. We will have beendoing five years by July.
You will have finished You will have beendoing
They will have finished They will have beendoing
 SEQUENCE OF TENSES
Peter: „I want to walk aut the
dog.”
Jack: „I have lost my dog.”
Alan: „I am very hungry.”
„I haven’t eaten for hours.”
„And I had breakfast at 6
o’clock in the morning!”
„So I will order a large
meal now.”
Peter says that he wants to
walk aut the dog.
Jack has just told me that
he has lost his dog.
Alan said that he was very
hungry, that he had not
eaten for hours, and that
he had had breakfast at 6
o’clock in the morning.
So he would order a large
meal then, he said.
 WORD ORDER
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
Auxiliary /
Adverb Subject Verb Object Adverb
Modal verb
Ronald likes Flowers.
The visitors arrived on time.
I will send The e-mail tomorrrow morning.
The pupil has learnt The whole poem by heart.
The funny
was laughing all the time.
little man
Mary had left before lunch.
Her young
can play The guitar.
brother
Usually, His uncle taches him to the mountains.
Last The whole
decided to travel around the country.
summer class
Manner Place Time
George read a lot in the library on Saturday

INTEROGATIVE SENTENCES
Auxiliary / Modal
Question word Subject Verb Object Adverb
verb
Do You Know the answer?
Does Julia Want a party On her birthday?
Did It Rain yesterday?
Will The show Start soon?
Have You Ridden a donkey
Can The pupils Leave now?
What are You Reading?
When did Gerry Buy his new hat?
Who goes to the theatre?
 NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Auxiliary /
Subject Verb Object Adverb
Modal verb + not
They do not ( don’t ) believe his stories
You are not ( aren’t ) listening to me!
I have not (haven’t) seen that SF movie yet.
Mary will not ( won’t ) wait for me at the station.
The student cannot ( can’t ) speak Spanish very well.
NEGATIVE INTEROGATIVE SENTENCES
Questio Auxiliary /
Subject Not Verb Object Notes
n word Modal verb
Did you not see her? Usualy contracted:
Didn’t you see her?
Why is he not coming Wiht us? Usualy contracted:
Why isn’t he coming with us?
IMPERATIVE SENTENCES
Verb Adverb / Object
Jump!
Do not park here.
Take your umbrella!
Let’s go to the cinema!
EXCLAMATION
How / What Adjective / Object Subject Verb
How wonderful!
How warm it was !
What a pity!
What an interesting book this is !