Review of all verb tenses

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Review of verb tenses B1 –

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Presentsimple Presentcontinuous

always,never,usually,often,rarely,etc. now,thesedays,thisweek,atpresent,etc.
onceeverythreemonths,twiceaweek,etc. Look!Listen!

•Habitual,regularactionsinthepresent.
Iwashmyhaireveryday.Inevergotothelibrary.She
worksasanurse.HelivesinGlasgow.
Presentsates.Thingsthatarealwaysorgenerallytrue
Idon'tdrinkcoffee.She'sverytall.Ihavetwobrothers
Waterboilsat100degrees.Ilikesoup.
3Totalkaboutthefutureinfirstconditionalandfuturetime
clauses(when,assoonas,after,before,once,while)
I'llcallyouassoonas/arrive.WhenIam67,/willretire.
Sendusapostcardwhilevouarethere.
4Futuretimetabledevents(trains,classes,etc.)
Thetrainleavesat7a.m.Whattimedoesthemoviestart
tonight?TheexamsstartonMonday.
•Actionsinprogress;thingsthatarehappeningnowor
'aroundnow'.
I'mwatchinganewseriesnow.Listen!Theneighbours
arehavinganarqument.Whatarevoudoing?
Futurearrangements(withafuturetimeexpression)
I'mseeingthedentistat6.Wearegettingmarriednext
week.I'mflyingtoNewYorktomorrowmorning.
Non-actionverbs(stativeverbs)areneverincontinuous
forms.
Verbsofthesenses(hear,see,smell,etc.),verbsofopinion
(believe,consider,like,love,hate,prefer,think,etc.)verbs
ofpossession(have,own,belong,etc.).Othercommonnon-
actionverbsare:agree,be,depend,need,mean,
remember,realise,recognize,seem,want,etc.

Pastsimple Pastcontinuous

yesterday,lastweek,lastyear,in2010, while,when,atthreeo'clockyesterday
twohoursago,threeyearsago

•Habitualactionsinthepast,andpaststates. Actionsinprogressatcertaintimeinthepast,orwhen
Sarahalwaysarrivedontime.Shetravelledveryoften. anothershorteractioninpastsimplehappened.
Hedidn'tlikecoffee.Shewasverytall.Theyhadtwo At10p.m./wassleepinglikeababy.Whenshearrived
children.Welivedinthecountry. wewerecookingdinner.WherewerevougoingwhenI

sawyou?
2Pastfinishedactions.
WearrivedlastFriday.Imissedthetrain.Wemovedto 2Innarratives,wecanusethepastcontinuoustosetthe
Chesterlastyear.Whendidyougetmarried? sceneatthebeginningofastory.
Itwasgettingdark,andIwaswalkingfasttothepub
•Pasteventsinchronologicalorder(innarratives). when.

Iopenedthedoor,walkedintotheroomandsawhim.

4Situationsthatstartedandfinishedinthepast(duration)
Iplayedfootballfortwentyyears.Howlongdidyoulivein
Brussels?IlovedhersincethedayImether.

Presentperfectsimple Presentperfectcontinuous

ever,never,before,superlative,once,twice,threetimes, for,since,howlong,recently,lately,everyweek/day,etc.,all
etc.just,already,yet,for,since,howlong,recently,lately morning/day/etc.

•Experiences.Wedon'tsaywhentheactionhappened.
HaveyoueverbeentoIreland?Thisisthebestfilml've
everseen.I'vereadthisbooktwice.I'veneverbeenhere
hetore
2Recentpasteventsthatarerelevantnow.Wedon'tsay
whentheactionhappened.
I'vepassedtheexam!She'sjustcalled.Haveyou
finishedyet?We'vealreadytidieduptheroom.
•Actionsorstatesthatstartedinthepastandhavenot
finished.
Howlonghaveyoubeenmarried?We'veknowneach
othersincewewerechildren.I'vebeenverybusylately.
I'velivedinthishouseforover20years.
Withactionverbstotalkaboutsituationsthatstartedin
thepastandhavenotfinishedorhavejustfinished.
Thereisoftenapresentresultfromdoingtheseactions.
I'vebeenworkingonthecomputerandnow/havea
terribleheadache.Yourfaceisveryred.Haveyoubeen
running?
2Usefor,since,howlong,lately,allday/week/month/etc.
toaskorsayhowlongasituationhasbeenhappening.
/haven'tbeenfeelingwelllately.He'sbeenannoyingus
allevening.She'sbeenstudyingveryhardforweeks.
Howlonghaveyoubeenplayinggolf?
Repeatedactionsfromthepasttillnow.
She'sbeencallingyoufordays.

Pastperfectsimple Futuresimple
when,bythetime...,already,just,never,ever,for,since, will begoingto
etc.
1Predictionsabout 1Predictionsabout
•Eventsthathappenedearlierinthepast. somethingwethinkwill somethingweseewill
WhenAnnearrivedattheparty,ithadalreadyfinished. паросп. happen(present
Bythetimethepolicearrived,hehadalreadyleft.
thinkhe'llwinthe evidence).
election.Hewillbea don'tknowtheanswers:

Weusethepastperfectsimpleinthesamewayasthe gooddoctor. I'mgoingtofailthetest.

presentperfectsimple(butspeakingfromthepastabout Thedoctorsaidl'mgoing
eventsorsituationshapenningearlierinthepast). (Instantdecisions tohaveababygirl.
WhenImetthem,theyhadbeenmarriedfor10years. 'Oh,wedon'thave

Howlonghadyouknownherwhenshedied?In1995,/ sugar."'Don'tworry,I'll Decisionsthatyouhave

hadnevertakenaplane.Shehadjustarrivedwhenshe askourneighbour.' alreadytakenatthe

noticedthatsomethingwasmissing.Whehecalled,we momentofspeaking
hadnotfinishedyet.
•Also: (intentionsorplans)
Promises(Iwill) Whyareyou
Suggestions(Shallwe?) undressing?''Because
Offers(Shall1?/Iwill)
Requests(Willyou?) I'mgoingtogofora
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