TENSES
It is used for actions that started and finished in the past.
Past Simple Tense
Small Ladies
Little Women
If I __________, I wouldn't yell!
were
child
children
I said to him: "Go away!" I told him ______
to go away.
It is usually interrupted by a Past Simple tense.
Past Continuous Tense
The grass colored - 1.609 kilometer
The Green Mile
If you __________ (not drink) water, you die after three days.
don't drink
fish
fish
I said to him: "We will run away!" I told him ______
(that) we would run away.
It is used for something happening always and often, but it annoys the speaker.
Present Continuous Tense
Absent Lady
Gone Girl
If she had done her part of the deal, we _______________ (finish) the project.
would have finished
loaf
loaves
I said to him: "She has won the race!" I told him ______
(that) she had won the race.
It is used for a future prediction based on present evidence.
Going to Future Tense
The Monarch's Discourse
The King's Speech
If he were more organized, we ___________________ (build) our first house 5 years ago.
would have built
crisis
crises
I said to him: "Did you see it?" I asked him ______
if/whether he had seen it.
It is used to express a future action happening/finishing before another future action.
Future Perfect Simple Tense
Complete Remembrance
Total Recall
Unless we __________ (fight), we couldn't have won the match.
had fought
phenomenon
phenomena
I said to him: "Who are you talking to?" I asked him ______
who he was talking to.