ENGLISH TENSES
TENSE TRANSLATION
1. Present Simple
SB(III sg)+ Vb (s)/(es).
Do/Does + SB+ Vb1….?
SB + don’t Vb/doesn’t
Vb….
2. Present Continuous
SB+ am/is/are+ VB-ing
Am/Is/Are + SB+ Vb-ing ?
SB+ am not/isn’t/aren’t Vb-
ing
3. Present Perfect Simple
SB+have/has Vb3.
Have/Has + SB+ Vb3?
4 Present Perfect Cont.
SB+ have/has been Vb-ing.
Have/Has + SB+ been Vb-
ing?
-prezent acţ.
normală/obicei/program
oficial
-prezent-acţiune în
desfăşurare acum
-acţiune enervantă/reproş
-acţiune viitoare sigură
-perfect compus- acţ.
terminată în prezent
- prezent( pentru verbele
de percepţie/de posesie/de
plăcere/dorinţă/existenţă/
activ. mentale
- prezent: acţ. începute în
trecut care continuă în
present şi vor continua şi în
viitor
ADVERBS
…every day/week/month/year
SB- often/always/usually/never-P
Sometimes/rarely(seldom)
Adv. de frecvenţă : from time to
time/once in a while/once a
day/twice a week…..
Now/very now/this very
moment/still/just
+ always
(continually/forever/gradually)
+ just/already/yet/so far/recently/
lately/up-date/today/this…../ever/
never
____________since/for
How long…………….?
+ since/for/How long….?
+ since/for/How long…?
(alte vb. decât cele menţionate
anterior)
EXAMPLES
She seldom helps her husband
with his work.
Does she often help her
husband?
Where are you leaving now?
He is always forgetting his
money!
Who else is coming to the
party?
He hasn’t arrived, yet.
She hasn’t written since she
left, for a month. How long
have you lived here?
We have had this car for ten
years. How long have you
known her?
I have been living here since î
was born.
How long have you been
working here?
 TENSE TRANSLATION ADVERBS EXAMPLES
1.Past Simple -perfect compus: yesterday/last…/…ago/ When did + The students didn’t pass the
acţ. terminată în trecut, SB+Vb1….?/…when…/then/ clear exam last summer.
SB+ Vb2/Vb-ed. clară ca terminată date: in 1799, on Monday/
Did+ SB+Vb1? in June
SB+ didn’t Vb1…… -acţ. obicei în trecut/ sau -often/always/usually They often played tennis
obişnuite together.( They don’t do it
anymore.)
2. Past Continuous -imperfect: acţ. în plină this time yesterday/ while/ __when/ He was just entering the room
desfăşurare la trecut when___/still/just/ when you left.
SB- was/were+ Vb-ing.
Was/Were+SB+Vb-ing? + always (continually/forever) = This dog was always bringing
SB+ wasn’t/weren’t+ VB- acţ. enervantă în trecut mud in!
ing

3. Past Perfect Simple -Acţ. trecută înaintea altei ______before/By_____/ By the The play had begun before
acţ. trecute ( Mai Mult ca time…../already/yet/just you arrived.
SB+had+Vb3. Perfect)
Had+SB+ Vb3? Hardly…………………when….. Hardly had she entered the
SB+hadn’t+ Vb3. No sooner……………...than…… door when they grabbed her.
(Abia….că şi…
Nici…..că….)
4. Past Perfect Continuous - acţ. progresivă în trecut ______since/for/How long…? It had been snowing for two
urmată de perioda în care days when I reached Braşov.
SB+ had+ been+Vb-ing se derula
Had+SB+been+ Vb-ing? How long had you been
SB+ hadn’t+ been+ Vb-ing working there when I retired?
 TENSE
1.Future Simple
SB+ shall / will + Vb1
pers. I sg/pl
Shall/Will+SB+Vb1?
SB+ shan’t/won’t+ Vb1
2. Future Continuous
SB+ will+be+Vb-ing
Will+SB+be+ Vb-ing?
SB+ won’t+be+Vb-ing
3. Future Perfect Simple
SB+ will+ have+Vb3
Will+SB+have+Vb3?
SB+ won’t+ have+Vb3
4. Future Perfect Contin.
SB+ will+have+been+VB-
ing
Will+SB+have+been+Vb-
ing?
SB+ won’t+have+been+VB-
ing
TRANSLATION
-viitor ( acţ.posibilă)
shall- more formal than
will
-viitor (acţ.în desfaşurare
la viitor)
- viitor anterior : acţ .
viitoare ce va fi finalizată
înaintea altei acţ. viitoare
-viitor: acţ. viitoare şi
progresivă cu perioada
desfăşurării ei menţionată
ADVERBS
-tomorrow/next……./soon
- this time tomorrow/at..(hour)…
in….( year)…/still/just/
-----while—am/is/are Ving
_____before/ By______/
By the time../
________for/since/
How long…?/all……
EXAMPLES
She will come by train next
time. (It’s possible)
We shall deliver the goods
tomorrow.
People will be flying to the
Moon in 2050.
Will you be having a shower
when I arrive home?
She will have left by the time
you get home/before you get
home.
The children will have been
sleeping for two hours when
we get back home.
How long will they have been
living here when you move the
house?

Near Future- sunt expresii ce conţin vb. to be şi exprimă:

_ urmarea firească: to be to../to be due to e.g. She is to come alone. They were to get married the next day.
_ intenţia : to be going to…. e.g. I am going to move to the country. She was going to win the game.
_“a-ti veni să..” / “ a fi pe punctual de a..” e.g. I am about to sneeze! She was just to burst into laughter!
: to be just to…
to be about to…