Summary revision of the tenses Engels

ENGELS
• 07/12/2023 •




REVISION OF THE TENSES
present simple
form = infinitive (i work...)
exeption = 3rd person + s (he works)
neg = do not/ don’t
use = -characteristics
- routines, habits, hobbies
- facts, truths
- series of actions
- action as a whole
signal words: always, often, never, usually, generally...


present continious
form = infinitive + ing
exeptions: to lie -> lying, to die -> dying, to sit -> sitting, to panic -> panicking, -> to travel -> travelling
neg = not
use = - action going on at the moment
- irritations
signal words: right now, at the moment, while...


future simple
form = will + infinitive
neg = will not/ won’t
use = - something that will definitely happen in the future
- a decision at the time of speaking
- a prediction based on what you think of imagine
- an opinion
- a promise


going to future
form = present simple of ‘to be’ (i am...) + going to + infinitive
neg = present simple of ‘to be’ + not + going to + infinitive
use = - a plan
- an intention
- a prediction based on what u see


past simple
form = infinitive + ed
exeptions: to hope -> hoped, to try -> tried, to stop -> stopped, to prefer -> preferred, to travel ->
travelled, to panic -> panicked.
neg = did not