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Tenses Flashcards

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Simple present - use

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  • tells stories and facts
  • what’s happening right now
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Simple present - how is it formed? + example

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  • infinitive verb
    > I talk
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Simple present - signal words

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Usually, never, sometimes, always, often

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Present progressive - use

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  • describes an action happening at the moment
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Present progressive - how is it formed? + example

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  • to be + present participle
    > I am walking
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Present progressive - signal words

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Right now, now, at the moment, just now

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Simple past - use

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  • action that happened in the past and is done
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Simple past - how is it formed? + example

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  • infinitive + -ed / irregular forms
    > I walked / I put
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Simple past - signal words

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Yesterday, two days ago, last year

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Past progressive - use

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  • an on-going action from the past
  • action from the past interrupted by another
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Past progressive - how is it formed? + example

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  • was/were + present participle
  • He was running / They were talking
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Past progressive - signal words

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While, when, as

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Present perfect - use

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  • describes an event that started in the past and is not finished yet
  • events that finished recently
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Present perfect - how is it formed? + example

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  • have/has + past participle
    > I have walked / He has shared
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Present perfect - signal words

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For, since, lately, many times, so far, already

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Present perfect progressive - use

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  • action in the past for a long duration that was interrupted by another
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Present perfect progressive - how is it formed? + example

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  • have/has been + present participle
    > We have been driving / She has been reading
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Past perfect - use

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  • used to show the order of two past events
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Past perfect - how is it formed? + example

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  • had + past participle
    > I had written
20
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Past perfect - signal words

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Just once, not yet, already

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Past perfect progressive - use

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  • action that happened in the past that lasted for a while
  • events that occurred before a certain event
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Past perfect progressive - how is it formed? + example

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Had been + present participle
> I had been looking

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Present perfect progressive - signal words

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For, since, when, whole week, for a long time

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Will-future - use

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Expresses actions in the future (personal)

25
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Will-future - how is it formed? + example

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  • will + infinitive
    > I will walk
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Will-future - signal words

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Later, tomorrow, next week

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Going to-future - use

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  • actions in the future (certain certainty)
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Going to-future - how is it formed? + example

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  • going to + infinitive
    > We are going to meet
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Going to-future - signal words

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Later, tomorrow, next week

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