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englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE, Tense, , Signal words, , Use, , Form, , Examples, affirmative, , Examples, negative, , Examples, interrogative, , I work., , I don't work., , Do I work?, , He works., , He doesn't work., , Does he work?, , I go., , I don't go., , Do I go?, , He goes., , He doesn't go., , Does he go?, , I'm working., , I'm not working., , Am I working?, , He's working., , He isn't working., , Is he working?, , I'm going., , I'm not going., , Am I going?, , He's going., , He isn't going., , Is he going?, , I worked., , I didn't work., , Did I work?, , He worked., , He didn't work., , Did he work?, , I didn't go., , Did I go?, , He didn't go., , Did he go?, , every day, sometimes, always, Simple, Present, , often, usually, , •, •, •, •, •, •, , seldom, , something happens repeatedly, how often something happens, one action follows another, infinitive, things in general, with verbs like (to love, to, he/she/it:, hate, to think, etc.), infinitive + s, future meaning: timetables,, programmes, , never, first ... then, now, Present, Progressive, , at the moment, Look!, , •, •, , something is happening at the, same time of speaking or, around it, future meaning: when you, have already decided and, arranged to do it (a fixed, plan, date), , be (am/are/is) +, infinitive + ing, , Listen!, last ..., Simple, Past, , ... ago, in 1990, yesterday, , action took place in the past,, mostly connected with an, expression of time (no connection, to the present), , regular:, infinitive + ed, , irregular:, I went., (2nd column of table, of irregular verbs), He went., , englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE
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englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE, •, Past, Progressive, , •, while, , an action happened in the, middle of another action, someone was doing sth. at a, certain time (in the past) - you was/were +, infinitive + ing, don't know whether it was, finished or not, , I was working., , I wasn't working., , Was I working?, , He was working., , He wasn't working., , Was he working?, , I was going., , I wasn't going., , Was I going?, , He was going., , He wasn't going., , Was he going?, , I have worked., , I haven't worked., , Have I worked?, , He has worked., , He hasn’t worked., , Has he worked?, , I have gone., , I haven't gone., , Have I gone?, , He has gone., , He hasn’t gone., , Has he gone?, , I have been, working., , I haven't been, working., , Have I been, working?, , He has been, working., , He hasn't been, working., , Has he been, working?, , I have been going., , I haven't been going. Have I been going?, , He has been, going., , He hasn't been, going., , just, yet, never, ever, Simple, Present, Perfect, , •, , already, so far,, , •, , you say that sth. has, happened or is finished in the, past and it has a connection to, the present, action started in the past and, continues up to the present, , up to now,, , have/has + past, participle*, *(infinitive + ed) or, (3rd column of table, of irregular verbs), , since, for, recently, all day, the whole day, Present Perfect, how long, Progressive, since, for, , •, •, , action began in the past and, has just stopped, how long the action has been, happening, , emphasis: length of time of an, action, , have/has + been +, infinitive + ing, , englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE, , Has he been, going?
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englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE, •, already, Simple Past, Perfect, , just, never, , how long, Past Perfect, Progressive, , since, for, , •, , how long something had been, happening before something else, happened, , •, •, will - future, •, , •, going to future, , mostly when two actions in a, story are related to each, other: the action which had, already happened is put into, Past Perfect, the other action, into Simple Past, the past of the Present Perfect, , •, , predictions about the future, (you think that sth will, happen), you decide to do sth., spontaneously at the time of, speaking, main clause in type I of the, Conditional sentences, , had + past, participle*, *(infinitive + ed) or, (3rd column of table, of irregular verbs), , had + been +, infinitive + ing, , I had worked., , I hadn't worked., , Had I worked?, , He had worked., , He hadn't worked., , Had he worked?, , I had gone., , I hadn't gone., , Had I gone?, , He had gone., , He hadn't gone., , Had he gone?, , I had been, working., , I hadn't been, working., , Had I been, working?, , He had been, working., , He hadn't been, working., , Had he been, working?, , I had been going., , I hadn't been going., , Had I been going?, , He had been, going., , He hadn't been, going., , Had he been, going?, , I'll work., , I won't work., , Will I work?, , He'll work., , He won't work., , Will he work?, , I'll go., , I won't go., , Will I go?, , He'll go., , He won't go., , Will he go?, , I'm going to, work., , I'm not going to, work., , Am I going to, work?, , He's going to, work., , He's not going to, work., , Is he going to, work?, , I'm going to go., , I'm not going to go., , Am I going to go?, , He's going to go., , He's not going to go., , Is he going to go?, , will + infinitive, , when you have already, decided to do sth. in the future, be (am/are/is) +, what you think what will, going to + infinitive, happen, , englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE
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englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE, , Future, Progressive, , Future Perfect, Simple, , Future, Perfect, Progressive, , Conditional, Simple, , , , An action will be in progress at, a certain time in the future., This action has begun before, will + be + infinitive, the certain time., Something happens because it + ing, normally happens., , will + have + past, participle*, sth. will already have happened, before a certain time in the future, , sth. will already have happened, before a certain time in the future, emphasis: length of time of an, action, , , , , sth. that might happen, main clause in type II of the, Conditional sentences, , *(infinitive + ed) or, (3rd column of table, of irregular verbs), , will + have + been +, infinitive + ing, , I'll be working., , I won't be working., , He'll be working., , He won't be working. Will he be working?, , I'll be going., , I won't be going., , Will I be going?, , He'll be going., , He won't be going., , Will he be going?, , I'll have worked., , I won't have worked. Will I have worked?, , He'll have, worked., , He won't have, worked., , Will he have, worked?, , I'll have gone., , I won't have gone., , Will I have gone?, , He'll have gone., , He won't have gone., , Will he have gone?, , I'll have been, working., , I won't have been, working., , Will I have been, working?, , He'll have been, working., , He won't have been, working., , Will he have been, working?, , I'll have been, going., , I won't have been, going., , Will I have been, going?, , He'll have been, going., , He won't have been, going., , Will he have been, going?, , I would work., , I wouldn't work., , Would I work?, , He would work., , He wouldn't work., , Would he work?, , I would go., , I wouldn't go., , Would I go?, , He would go., , He wouldn't go., , Would he go?, , Will I be working?, , would + infinitive, , englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE
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englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE, , sth. that might happen, Conditional, Progressive, , emphasis: length of time of an, action, , •, Conditional, Perfect, , Conditional, Perfect, Progressive, , •, , would + be +, infinitive + ing, , would + have + past, sth. that might have happened, participle*, in the past, main clause in type III of the, *(infinitive + ed) or, Conditional sentences, (3rd column of table, of irregular verbs), , sth. that might have happened in, the past, emphasis: length of time of an, action, , would + have + been, + infinitive + ing, , I would be, working., , I wouldn't be, working., , Would I be, working?, , He would be, working., , He wouldn't be, working., , Would he be, working?, , I would be going., , I wouldn't be going., , Would I be going?, , He would be, going., , He wouldn't be, going., , Would he be, going?, , I would have, worked., , I wouldn't have, worked., , Would I have, worked?, , He would have, worked., , He wouldn't have, worked., , Would he have, worked?, , I would have, gone., , I wouldn't have, gone., , Would I have, gone?, , He would have, gone., , He wouldn't have, gone., , Would he have, gone?, , I would have been, working., , I wouldn't have been Would I have been, working., working?, , He would have, been working., , He wouldn't have, been working., , I would have been, going., , I wouldn't have been Would I have been, going., going?, , He would have, been going., , He wouldn't have, been going., , Would he, have been working?, , Would he, have been going?, , We sometimes use Continuous instead of Progressive. Some signal words can be found in more tenses. We did not list signal words in the future. Always remember what, action is described., Used colours:, blue → infinitive, grey → irregular verbs in the Simple Past, red → negation, , → auxiliary, → ending, , → past participle, → signal word, , dark green, , purple, , orange, , light green, , englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE
