English Tenses: Usage, Signal Words, and Examples, Apuntes de Inglés

¡Descarga English Tenses: Usage, Signal Words, and Examples y más Apuntes en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! Table of English Tenses tense Simple Present Present Progressive Simple Past Past Progressive Affirmative/Negative/Question : He speaks. : He does not speak. : Does he speak? o0zZ> : Heis speaking. : He is not speaking. : Is he speaking? o0zZ> : He spoke. : He did not speak. : Did he speak? OZ» A: He was speaking. N: He was not speaking. Q: Was he speaking? Use action in the present taking place once, never or several times facts actions taking place one after another action set by a timetable or schedule action taking place in the moment of speaking action taking place only for a limited period of time action arranged for the future action in the past taking place once, never or several times actions taking place one after another action taking place in the middle of another action action going on at a certain time in the past actions taking place at the same time action in the past that is Signal Words always, every ..., never, normally, often, seldom, sometimes, usually 1f sentences type I (I£1 talk, ...) at the moment, just, just now, Listen!, Look!, now, right now yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday if sentence type II (I£1 talked, ...) when, while, as long as interrupted by another action + putting emphasis on the result + action that is still going on + action that stopped recently A: He has spoken. + finished action that has an already, ever, just, never, Present Perfect Simple N: He has not spoken. influence on the present not yet, so far, till now, up Q: Has he spoken? + action that has taken place once, to now never or several times before the moment of speaking + putting emphasis on the course or duration (not the result) A: He has been speaking. + action that recently stopped oris all day, for 4 years, since Present Perfect Progressive N: He has not been speaking. still going on 1993, how long?, the Q: Has he been speaking? + finished action that influenced the whole week present + action taking place before a certain time in the past already. just. never. not A: He had spoken. + sometimes interchangeable with 4 Y sil that da Past Perfect Simple N: He had not spoken. past perfect progressive yel ones, uni y " . : if sentence type II (1£ 1 had Q: Had he spoken? + putting emphasis only on the fact talked, ...) (not the duration) cr + action taking place before a A: He had been speaking. certain time in the past for. since, the whole da: Past Perfect Progressive N: He had not been speaking. + sometimes interchangeable with all da ? Y, Q: Had he been speaking? past perfect simple y + putting emphasis on the duration