Example Exampl Examples

Tense Signal words Use Form

s es interrogati
affirmati negativ ve
ve e
every day

sometimes
 something happens
always repeatedly I work. I don't work. Do I work?
 how often something infinitive
often happens He works. He doesn't work. Does he work?
Simpl
 one action follows another
e he/she/it:
usually  things in general I go. I don't go. Do I go?
Prese infinitive + s
 with verbs like (to love,
nt
to hate, to think, etc.)
seldom  future meaning: He goes. He doesn't go. Does he go?
timetables, programmes
never

first ... then

now  something is happening at I'm working. I'm not working. Am I working?
the same time of speaking
or around it
at the moment He's working. He isn't working. Is he working?
Present  future meaning: when be (am/are/is) +
Continiou you have already infinitive + ing
s Look! decided and arranged I'm going. I'm not going. Am I going?
to do it (a fixed plan,
Listen! date) He's going. He isn't going. Is he going?
last ... I I didn't Did I
regular:
action took place in the past, infinitive + ed
... worked. work. He work? Did
Sim mostly connected with an
ple expression of time (no irregular:
Past ago connection to the present) He didn't work. he work?
(2nd column of
table of irregular
in verbs) worked. I didn't go. Did I go?

1990 I went. He didn't go. Did he go?

yesterday He went.
  an action happened in I was working. I wasn't working. Was I working?
the middle of another
action He was working. He wasn't working. Was he working?
Past was/were +
while  someone was doing sth. at a
continiou infinitive + ing
certain time (in the past) - I was going. I wasn't going. Was I going?
s you don't know whether it
was finished or not
He was going. He wasn't going. Was he going?
just

yet

never

ever I have I haven't Have I

 you say that sth. has have/has +
happened or is finished in past
Simpl alrea the past and it has a worked. He worked. He worked? Has
participle*
e connection to the present
Prese dy so  action started in the past has worked. hasn’t worked. he worked?
nt *(infinitive + ed)
and continues up to the
Perfe or (3rd column of
far, present I have gone. I haven't gone. Have I gone?
ct table of irregular
verbs)
up to now, He has gone. He hasn’t gone. Has he gone?

since

for

recently
I have I haven't Have I
all day been been been
 action began in the past working. working. working?
and has just stopped
the whole day  how long the action has He has He hasn't Has he
Present been happening have/has + been + been been been
how long working. working. working?
Perfect infinitive + ing
Continious emphasis: length of time of
since an action I have been I haven't been Have I been
going. going. going?
for He has He hasn't Has he
been been going. been
going. going?
  mostly when two actions I had I hadn't Had I
in a story are related to had +
alrea each other: the action past
worked. He worked. He worked? Had
Simple which had already participl
dy happened is put into Past e*
Past
Perfect Perfect, the other action had worked. hadn't worked. he worked?
just into Simple Past *(infinitive + ed)
 the past of the Present or (3rd column of I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone?
never Perfect table of irregular
verbs) He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone?
 predictions about the
future (you think that sth I'll work. I won't work. Will I work?
will happen)
 you decide to do sth. He'll work. He won't work. Will he work?
will - future spontaneously at the time will + infinitive
of speaking I'll go. I won't go. Will I go?
 main clause in type I of
the Conditional He'll go. He won't go. Will he go?
sentences
I'm going to I'm not going to Am I going to
work. work. work?
 when you have already
decided to do sth. in the He's going to He's not going to Is he going to
going be (am/are/is) + work. work. work?
future
to -  what you think what going to + infinitive
future will happen
I'm going to go. I'm not going to go. Am I going to go?

He's going to go. He's not going to go. Is he going to go?