The Present Indefinite Tense.
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Present Indefinite/ Simple | every day sometimes always often usually seldom first then regularly | Infinitive +he/she/it+-s (-es) | I work. She works. They go. He goes. | I do not work. She does not work (don’t, doesn’t) | Do I work? Does she work? Do they go? Does he go? |
Допоміжне дієслово:to do.
Вживання:
· Постійна дія
· Повторювана дія
· Послідовна дія
· Загальні речі, факти
· Після дієслів – to hate, to love, to think etc.
· Майбутня дія – розклади руху, програми.
The Past Indefinite Tense
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Past Indefinite/ Simple | yesterday the day before last week a year ago in 1995 | regular verb: Infinitive +-ed irregular verb: 2nd column of table of irregular verbs | I worked. She worked. He went. | I did not work. She did not work. He did not go. (didn’t) | Did I work? Didshe work? Did he go? |
Допоміжне дієслово: to do (did)
Вживання:
· Дія, що відбувалась чи відбулась у минулому і не пов’язана з теперішнім.
The Future Indefinite Tense
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Future Indefinite/ Simple | tomorrow next week in a year soon | shall,will+ Infinitive | I’ll work.She’ll work. | I shall not work. She will notwork. (shan’t, won’t) | Shall I work? Willshe work? |
Допоміжні дієслова: shall, will.
Вживання:
· Майбутня дія.
· Передбачення, що щось відбудеться.
The Present Continuous/Progressive Tense
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Present Continuous/Progressive | Now, at the moment Look! Listen! | to be (am, is, are) + Infinitive+ ing | I am working. She isworking. | I am not working. She is not working. (I’m not, isn’t, aren’t) | Am I working? Isshe working? |
Допоміжне дієслово: to be(am, is, are).
Вживання:
· Дія відбувається в момент мовлення
· Майбутня дія, що відбудеться у визначений, спланований, домовлений час.
The Past Continuous Tense.
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Past Continuous/Progressive | all day long all the time the whole morning from 2 to 5 while | was/were+ Infinitive+ing | I was working. She was working. They were going. | I was not working. She was not working. They were not going. (wasn’t, weren’t) | Was Iworking? Wasshe working? Were they going? |
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (was, were)
Вживання:
· Дія відбувалась (тривала) в певний момент чи період часу в минулому.
The Future Continuous Tense
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Future Continuous/ Progressive | all day long the whole morning from 2 to 5 + tomorrow, in a year… | shall/will +be +Infinitive+ ing. | I shall be working. She will be working. | I shall not be working. She will not be working. | Shall Ibe working? Willshe be working? |
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (shall be, will be).
Вживання:
· Дія відбуватиметься в момент чи період часу у майбутньому.
NB:
Дієслова, що виражають відчуття та сприйняття, не вживаються в часах групи Continuous: to see, to hear, to believe, to know, to recognize, to understand, to fear, to love, to like, to hate, to prefer, to deserve, to contain, to seem, to resemble, to belong, to feel.
Тhe Present Perfect Tense
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Present Perfect | Just yet never ever already so far up to now since recently today this week | have/has +regular verb: Infinitive+-ed irregular verb:3rd column of table of irregular verbs) | I have worked. She has worked. He has gone. | I have not worked. She has not worked. He has not gone. (hasn’t) | Have I worked? Hasshe worked? Has he gone? |
Допоміжне дієслово:to have
Вживання:
· Дія відбулась до моменту мовлення і важливий результат цієї дії.
The Past Perfect Tense
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Past Perfect | never already by 2 o’clock by September after… before… | had +regular verb: Infinitive+-ed irregular verb:3rd column of table of irregular verbs) | I had worked. She had worked. He had gone. | I had notworked. She had not worked. He had not gone.(hadn’t) | Had I worked? Hadshe worked? Had he gone? |
Допоміжне дієслово: to have (had)
Вживання:
· Дія, що закінчилася до певного моменту в минулому.
The Future Perfect Tense
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Future Perfect | by 2 o’clock tomorrow. | shall/will + have +regular verb: Infinitive+-ed irregular verb: 3rd column of table of irregular verbs) | I shall have worked. She will have worked. He will have gone. | I shall not have worked. She will not have worked. He will not have gone. | Shall I have worked? Willshe have worked? Will he have gone? |
Допоміжне дієслово: to have (shall have, will have)
Вживання:
· Дія, що закінчиться до певного моменту або до початку іншої дії в майбутньому.
The Present Perfect Continuous
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Present Perfect Continuous/ Progressive | for two hours for one month for a long time since 5 o’clock the whole day how long | have/has + been+Infinitive+ ing | I have been working. She has been working. He has been going. | I have not been working. She has not been working. He has not been going. | Have I been working? Hasshe been working? Has he been going? |
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (have been, has been)
Вживання:
· Дія, що тривала протягом певного часу до моменту мовлення.
The Past Perfect Continuous
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| PastPerfectContinuous/Progressive | for two hours for one month for a long time since 5 o’clock the whole day how long | had+been+Infinitive+ing | I had been working. She had been working. He had been going. | I had not been working. She had not been working. He had not been going. | Had I been working? Hadshe been working? Had he been going? |
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (had been)
Вживання:
· Тривала дія, яка почалась до якогось моменту в минулому і продовжувалась в цей момент або закінчилась безпосередньо перед ним.
The Future Perfect Continuous
| Tense | Key words | Form | Examples (+) | Examples (-) | Examples (?) |
| Future Perfect Continuous/ Progressive | for 5 years for a long time since 5 o’clock the whole day how long | shall/will+have +been+Infinitive+ ing | I shall have been working. She will have been working. He will have been going. | I shall not have been working. She will not have been working. He will not have been going. | Shall I have been working? Willshe have been working? Will He have been going? |
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