Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Verb Forms
- 1.Present Simple:
- 1. Routine or regular repeated
actions.
- 5. With stative verbs
- 2. Present habits.
- 3. Permanent situations.
- 6. When we are talking about
the future as expressed in
timetables, regulations and
programmes.
- 4. Scientific facts.
- 7. In time clauses with a future
meaning after "as soon as", "if",
"until", "when".
- 2.Present Continuous
- 2.2.- Changing/developing situations.
- 2.3.- Temporary situations.
- 2.4.- Annoying or surprising habits.
- 2.5.- Plans and arrengements in
the future.
- 2.1. Actions happening now.
- 3. Present perfect simple
- 3.1.- Talk about single or repeated actions over a
long period of time up to the present.
- ever/never, often/always
- 3.2.- Talk about recent simple actions
with a present result
- just, already, yet
- 3.3.- Talk about an unfinished period
of time up to the present
- for/since, this week/month/year
- 4. Present perfect continuous.
- 4.2.- Emphasise how long an action has being going on for or that it has
been repeated many times.
- 4.3.- Suggest that an activity is temporary.
- 4.1 Talk about a recent activity when
the effects of that activity can be seen.
- 4.4.- Suggest that an action is not complete.
- 6. Past continuous
- 6.1.- Describe an action in progress in
the past, often to set the scene for a
particular event.
- 6.2.- Talk about temporary situations in the past.
- 6.3.- Talk about an event that was in progress in the
past and was interrupted.
- 6.4,- Talk about actions in progress at the same time in the past.
- 6.5. Talk about anticipated events that did
not happen.
- 7. Past Perfect
- 7.1.- Refer to a time earlier than another past time, when this is
needed to make the order of the events clear.
- 7.2.- In reported speech.
- 8. Future forms
- 8.1. Present simple.
- Talk about timetables.
- 8.2.- will + infinitive
- for predicting something based on our belief or knowledge of
characteristic behavior.
- for promises, threats, offers and requests.
- 8.3.- going to +infinitive
- Talk about plans and arrengements that have
already been decided. (or present continuous)
- Talk about things that are certain to happen
because there is present evidence.
- 8.4.- Will/Shall + infinitive
- Talk about actions decided at the time of speaking.
- 8.5.- Future continuous (will/shall+be+-ing)
- Say that an action will be in progress at a definite time in
the future.
- 8.6.- Future perfect (will/shall+have +past participle)
- Describe something that will be completed
before a definite time in the future.
- 5. Past Simple
- 5.1.- Talk about a finished event that
happened at a specific time in the past.
- 5.2.- Describe a squence of finished
events in chronological order.
- 5.3.- Talk about habits in the past.
- 5.4.- Talk about states in the past.
- 5.5.- In reported speech.