All tenses - 3rd. exam 2022-23 Flashcards
Present simple
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He drives a taxi.
* repeated actions, regular actions
* general
* I want coffee. (Its his job, he does it every day.)
* Markers: every…, always, often, ….
Present continuous
Examples and why you use this tense
Examples and why you use this tense
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
I am speaking. (to be - verb-ing)
* present time, action happening (and just around) now
* also for future, if we add a marker
I am speaking next month.
I am speaking.
Past simple
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He spoke.
* a single action in the past (long or short)
* also for if sentences
* Markers: yesterday, – ago, in 1990, …
Past contunious
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He was speaking
* an action taking place in the past, for a longer time being
* multiple actions taking place at the same time
* an action that was taking place when interrupted by a new one
* Marker: While, as long as, …
Present perfect simple
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He has spoken.
* the result is important, not when
* action that lasts to the present moment
* New information
* continuing situation
* Marker: already, ever, so far, since last may
Present perfect continious
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He has been speaking.
* action that has lasted until now
* action that just stopped (I have been running until now.)
* Markers: all day, since …
Past perfect simple
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He had spoken.
* action taking place before a certain time in the past
* Markers: already, never, not yet, …
Past perfect continious
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He had been speaking.
* action before a certain point in past that lasted a long time
* Markers: the whole day, all day
Future 1
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He will speak.
* event in the future that cannot be influenced
* Markers: Next year, in a year, tomorrow, …
Future 2
When do you use it?
Examples and why you use this tense
Markers
He is going to speak.
* pre-existing intention regarding the future
* Markers: in one year, …
