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englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE Examples Examples Examples Tense Signal words Use Form affirmative negative interrogative every day sometimes something happens repeatedly always how often something happens I work. I don't work. Do I work? one action follows another infinitive often things in general He works. He doesn't work. Does he work? Simple with verbs like (to love, to Present hate, to think, etc.) he/she/it: usually I go. I don't go. Do I go? future meaning: timetables, infinitive + s programmes seldom He goes. He doesn't go. Does he go? never first... then now something is happening at the I'm working. I'm not working. Am I working? same time of speaking or around it at the moment He's working. He isn't working. Is he working? Present future meaning: when you be (am/are/is) + Progressive have already decided and infinitive + ing Look! arranged to do it (a fixed I'm going. I'm not going. Am I going? plan, date) Listen! He's going. He isn't going. Is he going? last... I worked. I didn't work. Did I work? regular: action took place in the past, infinitive + ed... ago He worked. He didn't work. Did he work? Simple mostly connected with an Past expression of time (no connection irregular: in 1990 to the present) I went. I didn't go. Did I go? (2nd column of table of irregular verbs) yesterday He went. He didn't go. Did he go? englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE  englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE an action happened in the I was working. I wasn't working. Was I working? middle of another action someone was doing sth. at a He was working. He wasn't working. Was he working? Past certain time (in the past) - you was/were + while Progressive don't know whether it was infinitive + ing I was going. I wasn't going. Was I going? finished or not He was going. He wasn't going. Was he going? just yet never ever you say that sth. has I have worked. I haven't worked. Have I worked? have/has + past happened or is finished in the participle* Simple already past and it has a connection to He has worked. He hasn’t worked. Has he worked? Present the present Perfect action started in the past and *(infinitive + ed) or so far, I have gone. I haven't gone. Have I gone? continues up to the present (3rd column of table of irregular verbs) up to now, He has gone. He hasn’t gone. Has he gone? since for recently I have been I haven't been Have I been all day working. working. working? action began in the past and the whole day has just stopped He has been He hasn't been Has he been how long the action has been Present Perfect have/has + been + working. working. working? how long happening Progressive infinitive + ing since I have been going. I haven't been going. Have I been going? emphasis: length of time of an action for He has been He hasn't been Has he been going. going. going? englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE  englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE mostly when two actions in a I had worked. I hadn't worked. Had I worked? story are related to each had + past already other: the action which had participle* He had worked. He hadn't worked. Had he worked? Simple Past already happened is put into just Past Perfect, the other action Perfect *(infinitive + ed) or into Simple Past I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone? never (3rd column of table the past of the Present Perfect of irregular verbs) He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone? I had been I hadn't been Had I been working. working. working? how long He had been He hadn't been Had he been how long something had been working. working. working? Past Perfect had + been + since happening before something else Progressive infinitive + ing happened for I had been going. I hadn't been going. Had I been going? He had been He hadn't been Had he been going. going. going? predictions about the future (you think that sth will I'll work. I won't work. Will I work? happen) you decide to do sth. He'll work. He won't work. Will he work? will - future spontaneously at the time of will + infinitive speaking I'll go. I won't go. Will I go? main clause in type I of the Conditional sentences He'll go. He won't go. Will he go? 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 future He's going to He's not going to Is he going to going to - what you think what will be (am/are/is) + work. work. work? future happen going to + infinitive 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? englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE  englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE  An action will be in progress at I'll be working. I won't be working. Will I be working? a certain time in the future. This action has begun before He'll be working. He won't be working. Will he be working? Future the certain time. will + be + infinitive Progressive  Something happens because it + ing I'll be going. I won't be going. Will I be going? normally happens. He'll be going. He won't be going. Will he be going? I'll have worked. I won't have worked. Will I have worked? will + have + past participle* He'll have He won't have Will he have Future Perfect sth. will already have happened worked. worked. worked? Simple before a certain time in the future *(infinitive + ed) or (3rd column of table I'll have gone. I won't have gone. Will I have gone? of irregular verbs) He'll have gone. He won't have gone. Will he have gone? I'll have been I won't have been Will I have been working. working. working? sth. will already have happened He'll have been He won't have been Will he have been Future before a certain time in the future working. working. working? will + have + been + Perfect infinitive + ing Progressive emphasis: length of time of an I'll have been I won't have been Will I have been action going. going. going? He'll have been He won't have been Will he have been going. going. going? I would work. I wouldn't work. Would I work?  sth. that might happen He would work. He wouldn't work. Would he work? Conditional  main clause in type II of the Conditional sentences would + infinitive Simple I would go. I wouldn't go. Would I go? He would go. He wouldn't go. Would he go? englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE  englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE I would be I wouldn't be Would I be working. working. working? sth. that might happen He would be He wouldn't be Would he be Conditional would + be + working. working. working? Progressive emphasis: length of time of an infinitive + ing action I would be going. I wouldn't be going. Would I be going? He would be He wouldn't be Would he be going. going. going? I would have I wouldn't have Would I have worked. worked. worked? would + have + past  sth. that might have happened He would have He wouldn't have Would he have participle* in the past worked. worked. worked? Conditional  main clause in type III of the Perfect Conditional sentences *(infinitive + ed) or I would have I wouldn't have Would I have (3rd column of table gone. gone. gone? of irregular verbs) He would have He wouldn't have Would he have gone. gone. gone? I would have been I wouldn't have been Would I have been working. working. working? sth. that might have happened in He would have He wouldn't have Would he Conditional the past been working. been working. have been working? would + have + been Perfect + infinitive + ing Progressive emphasis: length of time of an I would have been I wouldn't have been Would I have been action going. going. going? He would have He wouldn't have Would he been going. been going. have been going? We sometimes use Continuous instead of Progressive. Some signal words can be found in more tenses. We have not listed signal words in the future. Always remember what action is described. Used colours: blue → infinitive grey → irregular verbs in the Simple Past red → negation dark green → auxiliary purple → past participle orange → ending light green → signal word englisch-hilfen.de – LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE