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Explanations Present Simple Action that is repeated every Friday. Habitual action. I visit my uncle  every Friday Facts that are believed to be true. Generalizations Cats hate mice. The sun rises in the morning. Scheduled events in the near future The plane takes off at 10 o'clock tonight Explanations Present Progressive Action that takes place now / at the moment I am working on my computer Near future I am leaving tomorrow Explanations Present Perfect To talk about experiences I have been to Italy. Past action that has the result in the present. She has read that book. Action which started in the past and continued up to now. I have lived in this town for 12 years. Explanations Present Perfect Progressive To show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. He has been sleeping for the last 3 hours To talk about an  action  that started in the past and stopped recently. The grass is wet because it has been raining all day long. To talk about an...

Conditional Simple Affirmative We would relax. Negative We would not relax. Interrogative Would we relax ? Form would + verb Uses action that might take place Conditional Progressive Affirmative He would be writing. Negative He would not be writing. Interrogative Would he be writing? Form would + be + verb + ing Uses action that might take place putting emphasis on the course / duration of the action Conditional Perfect Affirmative He would have written. Negative He would not have written. Interrogative Would he have written? Form would + have + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart This is a list of  irregular verbs) Uses action that might have taken place in the past Conditional Perfect Progressive Affirmative She would have been sleeping. Negative She would not have sleeping speaking. Interrogative Would she have been sleeping? Form would + have + been + verb + ing Uses actio...

Past Perfect Simple Affirmative She had won. Negative She had not won. Interrogative Had she won? Form had + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of  irregular verbs) Uses action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive putting emphasis only on the fact (not the duration) Past Perfect Progressive Affirmative He had been waiting. Negative He had not been waiting. Interrogative Had he been waiting? Form had + been + verb + ing Uses action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple putting emphasis on the duration or course of an action Future Simple Affirmative I will open the door. Negative I will not open the door. Interrogative Will you open the door? Form will + verb Uses We use the simple future for instant decisions. We use the simple future w...

Simple Present Affirmative She drinks. Negative She does not drink. Interrogative Does she drink? Form I, you we they play | he, she, it play s Uses action in the present taking place once, never or several times facts actions taking place one after another action set by a timetable or schedule Present Progressive Affirmative He is reading. Negative He is not reading. Interrogative Is he reading? Form To be (in the simple present) + verb + ing Uses action taking place at the moment of speaking action arranged for the future Simple Past Affirmative I cried. Negative I did not cry Interrogative Did I cry? Form Regular verbs: Verb + ed | Irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of  irregular verbs Uses action in the past taking place once, never or several times actions taking place one after another Past Progressive Affirmative He was driving. Negative He was not driving. Interrogative Was he driving? Form to be (in the simple past) + verb + ing Us...