| PRESENT | PAST | FUTURE | |||
| INDEFINITE/ SIMPLE | always, never, often, seldom, usually, sometimes, generally, every day/ ..., hardly ever, nearly always, in the morning, as a rule, from time to time, now and then, rarely, regularly | yesterday, when …, last week, a month ago, on Sunday, in 1990, the other day, just now, at 10 o’clock | (the day after) tomorrow, next week/ time, in a week, one of these days, in a few days | ||
| CONTINUOUS/ PROGRESSIVE | (right) now, at this/the moment, today, this year, soon, tomorrow, still, constantly | at that time, at 5 o’clock, from … to…, when…, all day long last Monday, (the whole day) yesterday, all the time, while… | tomorrow at this time/ at 5 o’clock, at that moment, next Monday, between 7 and 11, the whole day tomorrow | ||
| PERFECT | today, this year, just*, already*, yet(-), lately, since, of late, always, never*, recently, ever* (?), for, up to now, so far, by now, often*, seldom* * ставятся перед смысловым глаголом | by 5 o’clock/ Saturday/ that time/ the end of the year, before yesterday, before…, after…, already | by 5 o’clock/ the end of the week, already | ||