Verb Tenses and Their Uses: An Overview, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Verb Tenses and Their Uses: An Overview y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Verb tenses and their uses 1. SIMPLE PRESENT: main uses 1.1. Universal truths, e.g. “4 week has seven days” 1.2. Habitual actions, e.g. “I go to the cinema on Saturdays” “YY Y y> o o, + ; 1.3. Future scheduled actions, e.g. “The bus arrives at 10.30 am.” - -+ “AYOYVY o 2. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: main uses 2.1. Activity in progress, e.g. “She is reading the instructions” —— AAA > 2.2. Future arrangements, e.g. “Z am measuring the site next week” oc > 3. SIMPLE PAST: main uses 3.1. Past completed action/condition, e.g. We accepted the offer yesterday” > 3.2. Sequenced past actions, e.g. “She got up, had breakfast and left” 1st 2nd 3rd + + + ZA UU - UY 4. PAST PROGRESSIVE: main uses 4.1. Past activity in progress, e.g. “They were still working at midnight” — A: A 4.2. Past simultaneous activities in progress, e.g. “T was sleeping and you were watching TV” — e A 4,3. Combined with Simple Past, e.g. “He was cleaning the workshop when l arrived” ——> A y 5. Present Perfect Simple: main uses 5.1 Action in unspecified time (with present results), e.g. “Pou 've done a nice work” Eu s pu 5.2. Repetition up to now, e.g. “How many times have you revised it?” ne UU 5.3. (5 6.1.) Continued up-to-the present action, e.g. “We have lived here since 2005” | 6. Present perfect Progressive: main uses 6.1. To emphasize duration, e.g. “John has been analysing this problem for two years” — ll o, | 6.2. Action in progress lately, e.g. “I have been thinking about your report” — |