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Tense
Signal words
Use
Form
Examples
affirmative
Examples
negative
Examples
interrogative
Simple
Present
every day
sometimes
always
often
usually
seldom
never
first ... then
something happens repeatedly
how often something happens
one action follows another
things in general
after the following verbs (to love,
to hate, to think, etc.)
future meaning: timetables,
programmes
Infinitive
he/she/it + -s
I work.
He works.
I go.
He goes.
I don't work.
He doesn't work.
I don't go.
He doesn't go.
Do I work?
Does he work?
Do I go?
Does he go?
Present
Progressive
now
at the moment
Look!
Listen!
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)
to be (am/are/is) +
Infinitive + ing
I'm working.
He's working.
I'm going.
He's going.
I'm not working.
He isn't working.
I'm not going.
He isn't going.
Am I working?
Is he working?
Am I going?
Is he going?
Simple
Past
last ...
... 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:
2. Spalte
I worked.
He worked.
I went.
He went.
I didn't work.
He didn't work.
I didn't go.
He didn't go.
Did I work?
Did he work?
Did I go?
Did he go?
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Past
Progressive
while
an action happened in the middle
of another action
someone was doing sth. at a
certain time (in the past) - you
don't know whether it was finished
or not
was/were +
Infinitive + -ing
I was working.
He was working.
I was going.
He was going.
I wasn't working.
He wasn't working.
I wasn'tgoing.
He wasn't going.
Was I working?
Was he working?
Was I going?
Was he going?
Simple
Present
Perfec