English Tenses
Publié le 29/01/2012
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Present simple
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Signal words : always, never, often, sometimes, usually
Ex. He speaks
Present continuous
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Signal words : at the moment, juste, right now
Ex. He is speaking
Past simple
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Signal words : yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, last Friday
Ex. He spoke
Past continuous
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Signal words : when, while, as long as
Ex. He was speaking
Present perfect
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Signal words : already, ever, just, never, so far, till now, up to now, yet
Ex. He has spoken
Present perfect continuous
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Signal words : all day long, for 4 years, since 1994, the whole week
Ex. He has been speaking
Past perfect
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Signal words : already, juste, never, not yet, once, untl that day
Ex. He had spoken
Past perfect continuous
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Signal words : for, since, the whole day, all day
Ex. He had been speaking
Future forms
1. Will + verb
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Ex. He will speak
2. Going to + verb
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Ex. He is going to speak
3. Futur continuous
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Ex. He will have spoken
Conditionals
Type 0 : certainty
The condition can be true at any time (it is a fact).
Structure : Present simple + present simple
Ex. If you heat water at 100 degrees, it boils.
Type 1 : real possibility
Certainty in the future
Structure : Present simple + will infinitive
Ex. If you don't hurry, you'll miss the bus.
Type 2 : unreal possibility or dream
Something which is unlikely to happen or is an imaginary situation.
Structure : Past simple + would infinitive
I wouldn't (would not) refuse if you offered me $10,000/ If I had more time, I'd (I would) travel more.
Type 3 : no possibility
We talk about a condition in the past that did not happen, there is no possibility for this condition.
Structure : Past perfect, would have + past participle
If she hadn't been ill, she would have gone to the cinema.
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