Samenvatting business english 1

Simple tenses
When we are talking about a point in time

Simple past Simple present Simple Future

Now

Simple past Simple present Simple future
 Action happened at a point in time in the past  Routines  Predictions
 Main actions / events in a story that happen one  Talk about things we think of permanent  Action that will happen at a point in time in the
after the other  States (feiten) future
 Referring to a finished time period like  Timetabled events (bv wanneer de bus vertrekt)  Certainty in the future
‘yesterday, last week, at 5.30, on 11 may’  Future time introduced by ‘when, as soon as,  Decisions on the spot
 Questions with ‘when, what time, how long ago’. after, if, etc’
(expected answer is a finished time period)  charasteristics
 Time expressions used with the present perfect
(this week, just, today) if they refer to a time
period that is about to finish or has just finished

 Last … Common phrases :  Tomorrow
 … ago  As a rule  Next…
 In 1990  Generally  In 2040…
 yesterday  On the whole
 Once (a week/ in a while)
 Every (winter)
 Most of the time

I ate breakfast this morning I eat breakfast every day I will eat breakfast later.
Did I eat breakfast this morning? Do I eat breakfast every day? Will I eat breakfast later?
I didn’t eat breakfast this morning. I don’t eat breakfast every day. I won’t eat breakfast later.