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Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous

a common aspect - When? a process - At what time? Priority - By what time? priority + process - How long?
Meaning
Period of time usually, often, always, seldom, every now, at that moment, at present, for, since, already, yet, just, ever, so far, since 3 p.m., for a long time, for a
day (week, month, year), on Fridays… these days, nowadays, today, tonight never, recently,lately, nor…yet, by 3 pm month, how long, lately, recently
+ am (I)
S + have (I, you, they, we) + Ved/V3 S + have/has + been + Ving +…
S + V/ Vs (he, she, it) +… S + is (he, she, he) + Ving
has (he, she, it)
are (you, we, they)
He works in a bank. She has been talking on the phone for
She has just washed her hair. half an hour
He is drinking tea now.
? Do/does + S + V +…? Am/is/are + S + Ving +…? Have/has + S + Ved/V3+…? Have/has + S + been + Ving +…?
Present
Does he work in a bank? Is he drinking tea now? Has she just washed her hair? Has she been talking on the phone for
half an hour?
- S + do/does +not + V +… S + am/is/are + not + Ving +… S + have/has + not + Ve/V3 +… S + have/has +not + been + Ving +

He doesn’t work in a bank. He is not drinking tea now. She has not just washed her hair. She has not been talking on the phone
for half an hour
yesterday, last week (month, year), while, when, as, all morning (evening, before, after, already, just, for, since, for, since, how long, before, until,
Period of time
three days (weeks) ago, in 1788… day), yesterday from 6 till 7, at 10 p.m by, by the time, until, yesterday by 3pm yesterday since 3 p.m.
+ S + Ved/ V2+… S + was (I, he, she, he) + Ving S + had + Ved/V3 +… S + had + been + Ving +…
were (you, we, they)
They went camping last month.
At 7 o’clock yesterday they were She had finished her work by the time They had been looking for a house for
having dinner. she met friends. 6 months before they found one.
? Did + S + V +…? Was/were + S + Ving +…? Had + S + Ved/V3+…? Had + S + been + Ving +…?
Past Had she finished her work by the time
Did they go camping last month? Were they having dinner at 7 Had they been looking for a house for
she met friends?
o’clock yesterday ? 6 months before they found one?.
- S + did +not + V +… S + was/were + not + Ving +… S + had + not + Ve/V3 +… S + had +not + been + Ving +
They didn’t go camping last month. At 7 o’clock yesterday they were not She had not finished her work by the
having dinner. time she met friends. They had not been looking for a house
for 6 months before they found one.
tomorrow, next week (month, year), Next week, tomorrow at 4 am, when Before, by, by then, by the time, until, By…for
Period of time
soon, in a week (day), tonight… you come, tomorrow from 6 till 7.. by some time in the future
+ S + will + V+… S + will + be + Ving +… S +will + have + Ved/V3 +… S + will + have + been + Ving +…
I will buy new dress tomorrow. This time next week we will be cruising
round the islands She will have delivered all the By the end of the next month, she will
newspapers by 8 o’clock have been teaching for 20 years.
? Will +S + V+… Will + S + be + Ving +… Will + S + have + Ved/V3 +… Will + S + have + been + Ving +…
Future Will I buy new dress tomorrow? Will we be cruising round the islands
this time next week? Will she have delivered all the Will have been teaching for 20 years
newspapers by 8 o’clock? by the end of the next month?
- S + will + not + V+… S + will + not + be + Ving +… S +will + not + have + Ved/V3 +… S + will + not + have + been + Ving +…
I will not buy new dress tomorrow. This time next week we will not be
cruising round the islands She will not have delivered all the By the end of the next month, she will
newspapers by 8 o’clock not have been teaching for 20 years

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