Grammar Flashcards
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Present continuous
- For temporary situation
- For actions happening at or around the time of speaking
- With always to express annoyance or criticism
- For fixed arrangements in the near future
Now, at the moment, at present, always, tonight
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Present simple
- For permanent situation
- For repeated actions in the present especially with adverbs of frequency.
- For facts which are permanently true
- For timetables or programmes
Usually always never often sometimes every day/week/month/year
Adverbs of frequency (often, always usually sometimes) are placed before main verbs but after auxiliary /modal verbs ( be have can will must)
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Past simple
1. For actions which happened at a stated time in the past
- To express past state or habit
- For past actions which happened one after other
- For past action whose time is not mentioned and it is not connected with the present
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Past perfect
- For actions which happened at a unstated time in the past
- To express actions which have finished so recently that there’s evidence in the present
- For actions which started in the past and continue up to the present
- For past action whose time is not mentioned but it is connected with the present
Just, ever, never, always, already, yet, for, since, so far, how long, recently, today, this week/month/ year, once, several times
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Adverbs
How (adverbs of manner)
Where (adverbs of place)
When (adverbs of time)
How often (adverbs of frequency)
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