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100

Present simple

REPEATED ACTIONS, DAILY ROUTINES,UNIVERSAL TRUTHS, ALWAYS, NEVER, SOMETIMES…

100



Will have done is which tense?

Future perfect

100

Has written is which tense?

present perfcet 

100

After AFTER future perfect changes into 

present perfect

200

Future simple

  1. A DECISION TAKEN ON THE SPOT

  2. EXPRESSING OUR BELIEFS, IDEAS, PROMISE…


    • OFFERING/ASKING FOR HELP

200

After TILL, WHEN, BY THE TIME, BEFORE  future simple changes into

present simple

200

Future in the past

WHEN THE MAIN CLAUSE IS IN THE PAST WE USE WOULD INSTEAD OF WILL

200

Future continuous

1. An action at a certain moment in future

2. A logical consequence of an action

3. An arrangement for a certain period of time in future

4. Use in the interrogative form we are intrerested in the answer

300

Present perfect

A RECENT ACTION, WE ARE NOT GIVEN THE TIME! WE ARE INTERESTED ONLY IN THE ACTION

300

Past simple

IN THE PAST(LONG AGO), OR WE ARE GIVEN THE TIME

300

Past continuous

AN ACTION AT A CERTAIN MOMENT IN THE PAST, A LONG ACTION INTERRUPTED BY A SHORT ACTION

300

Past perfect

AN ACTION BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION IN THE PAST

300

Future perfect in the past

WHEN THE MAIN CLAUSE IS IN THE PAST WE USE WOULD HAVE DONE INSTEAD OF WILL HAVE DONE.

400

Past simple is used with

WHEN, AGO, IN, ON, LAST, THAT

400

Future perfect

AN ACTION BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION IN FUTURE

500

Present continuous

1. Now

2. ACTIONS HAPPENING OFTEN BUT BY CHANCE

  1. IRRITATING ACTIONS IN PRESENT

  2. TEMPORARY PERIODS OF TIME

  3. PLANNED ACTIONS FOR THE NEAREST FUTURE

  4. CHANGING ACTIONS

500

Past perfect continuous

1. It shows how long an action had been lasting before a certain moment in the past

2. It explains the result of an action that took place by a certain moment in the past

500

Future perfect continuous shows

how long an action will have been lasting before another action in future

500

Present pefect continuous 

1. It shows how long an action has been lasting

2. It explains the result of an action

3. It shows an irritation in the past

500

Present perfect is used with

EVER, NEVER, ALREADY, YET, JUST, AT LAST, SO FAR, THIS, FOR AGES, SINCE…