1. Tenses
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2. 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.
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3. Present simple tense Water freezes when temperature drops to 0°C.
Past
Present
Future
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4. B. Present continuous tense
Note: Adverbs or adverb phrases
often used:
now
still
at the moment
at present
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. 2. Certain link verbs appear seem look
You look tired. You’d better take a rest.
Go to bed!
appear
seem
look
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9. 4. Verbs of mental ability
She doesn’t know your address.
think
agree
believe
feel (= think)
forget
remember
know
mean
expect (= think)
see (= understand)
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10. 5. Verbs of possession have possess belong own owe
Who owns this house?
have
possess
belong
own
owe
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11. 6. Others I suggest that we should start now. suggest propose deserve
consist
concern
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12. C. Present perfect tense
He has already consulted his doctor for
a medical check-up.
has consulted
Past
Present
Future
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13. D. Simple past tense Called I called on my friend yesterday. Past
Present
Future
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14. 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,
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15. 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
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16. 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.)
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17. H. Past perfect tense came had seen I had seen a movie before he came
yesterday.
came
had seen
Past
Present
Future
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18. I. Future simple tense shall graduate
I shall graduate from secondary school
next year.
shall graduate
Past
Present
Future
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19. J. Past continuous tense
I was sleeping at 10 p.m. yesterday.
was sleeping
Past
Present
Future
10 p.m.
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