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USE: USE:
-when something is generally or always -actions in progress at the time speaking
-a situation that we think is permanent - temporary actions
A: He reads a now book monthly. N: Tom isn't feeding the cat now.
I: Where does she work?
N: I don't buy strawberries.
USE: USE:
-an action that is still going on or that -an action started in the past an has
stopped recently, but has an influence on continued up until now
the present
FORM: Sb+ have/has+ been+vb-ing
FORM: Sb+ have/has+ participle form
ADV: for/ since
ADV: already/ ever/ just/ never/ yet
A: It has been sitting on the chair.
A: I have spoken with them.
I: Have they been lying?
I: Have you bitten an apple?
N: She hasn't been coming at school.
N: He hasn't flown with a plane.
Past Simple Past Continuous
USE: USE:
-to talk about finished actions and time -actions happening at a particular time in
the past
RULES:
-„did” for interrogative and negative FORM: Sb+ was/were+ vb-ing
sentences
ADV: only/ still/ just
FORM: Sb+ vb-ed/ past form
A: She was cycling to school.
ADV: yesterday/ last night
I: What were you thinking about?
A: I went there last year.
N: I wasn't studying at home.
I: What did they talk about at the school?
USE: USE:
-a voluntary action -plans
-a promise -intentions
FORM: Sb+ will('ill)/ will not(won't)+vb FORM: Sb+ am/are/is going to+ vb
I: Will you help him later? I: Are you going to visit your grandpa?
N: She won't meet with them. N: I'm not going to visit my grandpa.
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Future In The Past Used To
USE: USE:
-to talk about future events, seen from a -to talk about habits and repeated actions
moment in the past in the past
N: I knew you woludn’t help him. N: They didn’t used to sing happy songs.