Download English tenses in a table and more Lecture notes English in PDF only on Docsity! englisch-hilfen.de - LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE + Examples Examples Examples Tense Signal words Use Form affirmative negative interrogative every day sometimes * something happens repeatedly . always ¢ how often something happens | work. I don't work. Do | work? ¢ one action follows another infinitive . often ¢ things in general He works. He doesn't work. Does he work? ample e with verbs like (to love, to | usually hate, to think, etc.) he/she/it: I go. I don't go. Dol go? e future meaning: timetables, infinitive + s seldom Programmes He goes. He doesn't go. Does he go? never first ... then now * something is happening at the I'm working. I'm not working. Am | working? same time of speaking or at the moment around it . He's working. He isn't working. Is he working? Present ¢ future meaning: when you be (am/are/ is) + Progressive have already decided and infinitive + ing . . . . . Look! arranged to do it (a fixed I'm going. I'm not going. Am | going? plan, date) Listen! He's going. He isn't going. Is he going? last ... | worked. | didn't work. Did | work? regular: . +. ago action took place in the past, infinitive + ed He worked. He didn't work. Did he work? Simple mostly connected with an Past . expression of time (no connection |irregular: a, . in 1990 to the present) ( I | didn't go. Did | go? yesterday He He didn't go. Did he go? englisch-hilfen.de - LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE englisch-hilfen.de - LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE * an action happened in the middle of another action *® someone was doing sth. at a | was working. He was working. | wasn't working. He wasn't working. Was | working? Was he working? poe! essive while certain time (in the past) - you Wwas/were Sn f * + 9 don't know whether it was 8 | was going. | wasn't going. Was | going? finished or not He was going. He wasn't going. Was he going? just yet never ever ¢ you say that sth. has | have worked. | haven't worked. Have | worked? happened or is finished inthe [h2ve! has + Past Simple already past and it has a connection to P P He has worked. He hasn’t worked. Has he worked? Present the present ecsecees Perfect so far, ¢ action started in the past and (infinitive + ed) or |) have gone. | haven't gone. Have | gone? continues up to the present (3rd column of table of irregular verbs) up to now, He has gone. He hasn't gone. Has he gone? since for recently | have been | haven't been Have | been all day working. working. working? Present Perfect Progressive the whole day how long since for e action began in the past and has just stopped * how long the action has been happening emphasis: length of time of an action have/ has + been + infinitive + ing He has been working. | have been going. He has been going. He hasn't been working. | haven't been going. He hasn't been going. Has he been working? Have | been going? Has he been going? englisch-hilfen.de - LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE
