Tenses 2019/4/24

every day / week / month / year A. Present simple tense Note: Adverbs or adverb phrases used: always usually generally often frequently sometimes seldom rarely never every day / week / month / year once a week twice a month now and then from time to time once in a while, etc. 2019/4/24

Present simple tense Water freezes when temperature drops to 0°C. Past Present Future 2019/4/24

B. Present continuous tense Note: Adverbs or adverb phrases often used: now still at the moment at present 2019/4/24

Present continuous tense e.g. The actor is now reading his lines and we are listening to him attentively. is reading are listening Past Present Future 2019/4/24

1. Verbs of the senses Note: We do not normally use the following verbs in the continuous tenses: 1. Verbs of the senses This soup tastes good. feel hear sound see notice smell taste 2019/4/24

3. Verbs of emotions and feelings I prefer coffee to tea. love like dislike hate fear mind (= care) care care for (= like) forgive prefer want wish refuse regret doubt hope trust 2019/4/24

2. Certain link verbs appear seem look You look tired. You’d better take a rest. Go to bed! appear seem look 2019/4/24

4. Verbs of mental ability She doesn’t know your address. think agree believe feel (= think) forget remember know mean expect (= think) see (= understand) 2019/4/24

5. Verbs of possession have possess belong own owe Who owns this house? have possess belong own owe 2019/4/24

6. Others I suggest that we should start now. suggest propose deserve consist concern 2019/4/24

C. Present perfect tense He has already consulted his doctor for a medical check-up. has consulted Past Present Future 2019/4/24

D. Simple past tense Called I called on my friend yesterday. Past Present Future 2019/4/24

E. Present perfect and past simple tense Remember that when we use the present perfect tense, we are talking about the present, not the past. For this reason, we can use the tense with such adverbs as just, yet, already, etc., but never with adverbs or adverb phrases of past time like yesterday, two weeks ago, last month, in 1979, etc. just, yet, already, yesterday, two weeks ago, last month, in 1979, 2019/4/24

F. Present perfect and present perfect continuous tense When we talk about something which started in the past and has been in progress up to the present, we can use either the present perfect or present perfect continuous (have/has + been + present participle) without much difference in meaning. have lived have been living have lived in this house since 1992. I have been living 2019/4/24

G. Past simple and past perfect tense We use the past perfect (had + past participle) when we want to emphasize that something had happened before a past time. I didn’t see him. He had left when I arrived. Compare: He isn’t here. He left ten minutes ago. Wrong: He had left ten minutes ago. (Note that we use the past simple when we talk about one action in the past.) 2019/4/24

H. Past perfect tense came had seen I had seen a movie before he came yesterday. came had seen Past Present Future 2019/4/24

I. Future simple tense shall graduate I shall graduate from secondary school next year. shall graduate Past Present Future 2019/4/24

J. Past continuous tense I was sleeping at 10 p.m. yesterday. was sleeping Past Present Future 10 p.m. 2019/4/24