Mastering English Tenses

Mastering English Tenses: A Comprehensive Guide

Simple Tenses

  • Present Simple: as (1) always, every-day
  • Past Simple: ate (2nd) yesterday, last, ago
  • Future Simple: eat (will +1 º) this evening, later, next week, soon, at ten o’clock, in the future, tomorrow, in an hour

Continuous Tenses

  • Present Continuous: I’m eating (is, are + ing) at the moment, this year, now, tonight, next, today, tomorrow
  • Past Continuous: was eating (was, were + ing) at 8 o’clock, as, at
  • Future Continuous: I’ll be eating (will be + ing) at this time tomorrow, by 7 o’clock, by the end of … at this time next …

Perfect Tenses

  • Present Perfect: I have eaten (have, has 3 degrees) ever, just, yet, recently, already, for, since, how long?
  • Past Perfect: had eaten (had 3 – No.) by the time, after, before
  • Future Perfect: I will have eaten (by this time next week, by ten o’clock, by then

Perfect Continuous Tenses

  • Present Perfect Continuous: I’ve been eating (have been + ing) for since, all day
  • Past Perfect Continuous: had been eating (had Been + ing) all morning, when, for, since, by the time

Other Grammar Points

  • Be Going To: going to eat (is, are going to 1) look!
  • Passive Voice: sell-are sold (sold) are selling-are being sold (are being …) sold, were sold (estaban. ..) will sell-will be sold (will) have sold-have been sold (have been. .) can sell-can be sold (may be) were selling-were being sold (they were still ..) had sold-had been sold (had been ..) must have sold-must have been sold (they must have been .. ) have to sell-have to be sold (must q be ..) are going to sell-are going to be sold (they have to be ..)
  • Indirect Speech: works-work work-work-will had worked would work is working – was working was working, had been working has worked has worked-had been working-had been working had worked – had worked had been working, had been working could can-May-might now-then that day today-tonight-that night yesterday-the day before last week-the week before a month ago, the month before the day after tomorrow, next week-the week after here-there this / these-that / those
  • Causative Verbs: get/have + “something +3 No, he will paint his house> he will get his house painted.
  • Wish Clauses: 1) past.s (unhappiness loans.) 2) past perf. (repentance past) 3) would + base from (future desire “illusions “)
  • Conditional Sentences: 1) if s. + future + pres / prest. / Imperative 2) if s. + past + would / could + base form 3) if + + past.perf would have / could + 3 º c.
  • Modal Verbs: can / could ( know how to, possible “to know something,” knew how to) may / might (perhaps, maybe, possible, probably) must / have to (essential, necessary, to be sure / certain) Need not / do not have to (it is not necessary) Should (advise, advisable, it’s important, it’s common) Could Have +3 º (last chance) Can have +3 º (deduction negative) May have +3 ° (assumption past) Must have +3 º ( logical conclusions) Should have +3 ° (should) Would have +3 º (past actions) Need not have t +3 º (not needed and izo)
  • Relative Clauses: We ordered a book. It was very expensive – we ordered Which / that it was very expensive (other things) A midwife is a woman. he assists other women in childbirth – a midwife, who assists other women in childbirth, is a woman (same) my, her, his WHOSE WHEN (tp) WHERE (location)
  • I Wish (desire): past century (I wish my house was not going to happen …)> past perfectly (wish I had studied)> arrepetimiento would + base form (hopefully improve my notes)> can pass

Additional Notes

  • Be accustomed to (is, are + used to + Ving)
  • Process A. (get / getting used to … / Ving)
  • few / few / a few-a few

Linking Words

Examples:

  • for example-for example, moreover also in addition to
  • well-beyond-apart from
  • 1) first of all 2) secondly 3) finally, in conclusion therefore Therefore
  • but-but-despite-in spite of aunq-Although as yet-however-while because of-because of, according to the text-according to the text to the end of the day-after all after d that, “after that and another thing-and another thing and finally-and last of all and then-and then so-and so anyway, anyway-apart from apart from while, for, as soon as-as as-as soon as the first-at first before-before-Consequently consistently because-due to still more-even more for a reason-for one reason almost anyone, almost never, hardly anyone yet, “hardly ever however I am convinced q-I’m convinced that I like very much hope do not think that qi qi qi strongly hope that I strongly believe that qi suppose suppose (that) such como-such/as so-for this