Signal words

Signal words

Continuous

Simple

Perfect Continuous

Perfect

Future

Present

Past

Present

Past

Future

Present

Past

Future

Present

Past

Future

always,

every …,

never,

normally,

often,

seldom,

sometimes,

usually

at the moment, just, just now, Listen!, Look!, now, right now

yesterday,

2 minutes ago,

in 1990,

the other day,

last Friday

while, as long as

already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now

all day, for 4 years, since 1993, how long?, the whole week

already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day

for, since, the whole day, all day

in a year,

next …,

tomorrow

Assumption:

I think, probably, perhaps

in one year, next week, tomorrow

(as in Simple future)

by Monday, in a week

for …, the last couple of hours, all day long