tenses
- order of tenses: past perfect-past-present perfect-present- future
perfect- future
Present simple:
- things that happen regularly, routines, habits, repeated actions,
unchanging situations, general truths/ things that are always true, fixed
arrangements in the future, no time is mentioned, fixed items, such as
timetables, schedules, gives a vivid description of something in the past
- keywords: always, never, usually, often, sometimes, every etc.
present simple: how it’s made
- pronoun + full verb (shit rule)
present continuous:
- something going on at or around the moment of speaking, if it’s going on
at the moment you can add now, when definite arrangements have been
made for the near future, always followed by an indication of time,
indicates a source of irritation, keywords: always, constantly
present continuous: how its made
- form of to be+ full verb +ing
present continuous: ? and negatives
- inversion (take out to be)
present perfect simple:
- always use if something happened in the past but there is some sort of
connection with the present
- a recently completed action, past action with present result, life
experience, state verb in the past
- to show a connection between the past and present, situation/action
beginning in the past and continuing in the present, a number of actions
during a period of time beginning in the past and continuing up to the
present, a situation/action that didn’t happen from some point in the
past until now, to ask if something has or hasn’t happened between a
moment in the past and now
- keywords: just, already, yet, for, since, how long, ever
present perfect simple how it’s made:
- pronoun+ have+ past particle
present perfect continuous:
- recent activity/action that explains a present result, past action that
might be continuing now, emphasis on duration, something that just
stopped but the result continues in the present, there is evidence
present perfect continuous how it’s made:
- pronoun+ have+ been + full verb+ ing