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VERB TENSES

Jane usually goes to school at 8. Jane is going to school now. Jane went to school yesterday. Jane has just gone to school. Jane was going to school

when I arrived home. Jane had already gone to

school when I arrived home.

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PRESENT SIMPLE

FORM Affirmative: add s/ es/ ies – 3rd person singular

Interrogative and Negative: add do(n’t)/ does(n’t)

USE - Permanent situations or states:

Ex: She walks for an hour every morning.

- Repeated/ habitual actions:

Ex: I usually get up at 7 am.

- Permanent truths or laws of nature:

Ex: Money doesn’t buy happiness.

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

USEFUL WORDS: usually, never, always, sometimes, often, …

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FORM am/ is/ are + verb + ing

USE - Actions happening at the moment of speaking:

Ex: He is chatting now.

- Temporary situations:

Ex: They’re playing on the beach.

- Fixed arrangements in the near future.

Ex: The Browns are visiting us tonight.

USEFUL WORDS: now, at the moment, today, …

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FORM have/ has + Past Participle

USE - Recently completed actions:

Ex: They have just came back home.

- Actions which happened at anunstated time in the past, connectedwith the present:

Ex: He has lost his keys.

- Actions which began in the past but

still continue in the present:

Ex: They’ve worked hard since 9 o’clock.

USEFUL WORDS: for, since, just, ever, already, yet, so far, recently, …

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FORM REGULAR VERBS: add -ed

IRREGULAR VERBS: See list of Irregular Verbs

Negative and Interrogative: Did you.../ I didn’t...

USE - To talk about past actions.

Ex: Yesterday I played tennis with

George.

USEFUL WORDS: Yesterday, Last week/ month/ year, ago

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FORM was/ were + verb + ing

USE - To describe an action which wasin progress at a time in the past:

Ex: I was taking a bath when the telephone rang.

USEFUL WORDS: while, when, as, …

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FORM had + Past Participle

USE - Past action which occured before another action or before a stated past action.

Ex: The train had already left when

I arrived at the station.

USEFUL WORDS: for, since, already, before, by, by the time, …