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Present simple
Present continuous
Present perfect
Present perfect continuous
Past simple
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Future simple
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Past future simple
Past future continuous
Past future perfect
Past future perfect continuous
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Uses:
To talk about general truth
To talk about daily routines
Forms:
+
S + base verb + object/adverb
S + is/am/are + complement
_
S + do/does + not + base verb + object/adverb
S + is/am/are + not + complement
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Do/does + s + base verb + object/adverb
Is/am/are + s + complement
-?
Don’t/doesn’t + s + base verb + object/adverb
Is/am/are + s + not + complement
Note:
Spelling of final –s and –es (singular)
For ch, o, sh, ss, x, we need to add –es
(catch - catches, do - does, wash - washes, miss - misses, fix - fixes)
For –consonant + y, we need to change -y to –ies
(cry - cries, fry – fries, try – tries)
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For –vowel + y, we just need to add –s
Examples:
+
The world is round
He plays football
_
She is not/isn’t fat
He does not/doesn’t play football
?
Is she fat?
Does he play football
-?
Is she not fat?
Don’t they play football?
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Use:
To talk about an action that is going on in the moment of speaking
to describe temporary event or situations
Forms:
+
S + am/is/are + present participle
_
S + am/is/are + not + present participle
?
Am/is/are + s + present participle
-?
Am/is/are + s + not + present participle
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Note:
Spelling of final –ing
For one consonant + -e, we should drop –e and add –ing
(dance – dancing, ride – riding)
For one vowel + one consonant, we double the consonant and add
–ing
(cut – cutting, run – running)
note:
do not double the consonant x, w, y
( pay – paying, fix – fixing, snow – snowing)
For double consonant, we just add –ing and don’t double the
consonant
(keep – keeping, read – reading)
For double consonant, we just add – ing and don’t double the
consonant
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Examples:
+
She is playing
They are studying
_
She is not/isn’t playing
They are not/aren’t studying
?
Is she playing
Are they studying
-?
Is she not playing?
Are they not studying
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Uses:
To talk about experiences
To expresses the idea that something happened/never happened before
the present time
To expresses the actions repeated in an unspecified time between the past
and present .
The present perfect tense refers to the actions completed in a very recent
past .
Forms:
+
S + has/have + past participle
S + has/have + been + complement
_
S + has/have + not + past participle
S + has/have + not + been + complement
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?
Has/have + s + past participle
Has/have + s + been + complement
-?
Has/have + s + not + past participle
Has/have + s + not + been + complement
Note:
Using for an since
For - the action began in the past and continues to the present.
Since - expresses the idea that an activity began at a definite time
in the past and continues to the present.
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Note:
Using already, yet, just, never, and ever
Already - expresses the idea that something has happened before
now, sooner than expected and there is no need for repetition
Yet - expresses the idea that something has not happened until
now ( up to this time), but it may happen in the future. It is used in
the end of a sentence
Just - expresses the idea that something happened a very short
time ago, and it is a very recent event.
Never - means at no time before. It is important to note that , never
is a negative adverb, and it shouldn’t be used with ‘not’ in a
negative sentence.
Ever – is used in questions, negative questions, statements
including superlative form, negative statements
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Examples:
+
She has eaten a lot of food
They have been in the team for two years
_
She has not/hasn’t eaten a lot of food
They have not/haven’t been in the team for two years
?
Has she eaten a lot food?
Have they been in the team for two years?
-?
Has she not eaten a lot of food?
Have they not been in the team for two years?
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Uses:
To indicates the duration of an activity that began in the past and continues
to the present. since, for, all morning, all day, all week, etc.
Is used without any specific mention of time, it indicates a general activity in
progress recently, lately.
Forms:
+
S + have/has + been + present participle
_
S + have/has + not + been + present participle
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?
Have/has + s + been + present participle
-?
Have/has + s + not + been + present participle
Examples:
+
He has been playing for one hour
They have been studying since ten o’clock
_
He has not/hasn’t been playing for one hour
They have not/haven’t been studying since ten o’clock
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?
Has he been playing for one hour?
Have they been studying since ten o’clock?
-?
Has he not been playing for one hour?
Have they been studying since ten o’clock?
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Uses:
To talk about completed action in the past
To talk about habits in the past
To talk about a series of completed actions
To talk about single duration
Forms:
+
S + past verb
S + was/were + complement
_
S + did + not + base verb
S + was/were + not + complement
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?
Did + s + base verb
Was/were + s + complement
-?
Did + s + not + base verb
Was/were + s + not + complement
Note:
Spelling of –ed (regular verbs)
For a consonant + -e, we add –d
(dance – danced)
For one vowel + one consonant, we double the consonant and add –ed
( plan – planned)
note:
do not double w and x
(fix – fixed)
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For two vowel + one consonant, we just add –ed
(need – needed)
For two consonant, we just add –ed
(help – helped)
Examples:
+
We went to Spain on the last semester holiday
He was the fastest runner in 1999
_
We didn’t go to Spain on the last semester holiday
He wasn’t the fastest runner in 1999
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?
Did you go anywhere on the last semester
holiday?
Was he the fastest runner in 1999?
-?
Didn’t you go anywhere on the last semester
holiday?
Wasn’t he the fastest runner in 1999?
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Uses:
Expresses an activity that was happening (in progress)
at a specific time in the past
To say that something happened in the middle of
another activity. In each of the following examples, the
single event (past simple) happens in the middle of a
longer action (past continuous)
Forms:
+
S + was/were + present participle
_
S + was/were + not + present participle
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Was/were + s + present participle
-?
Was/were + s + not + present participle
Examples:
+
They were swimming in the swimming pool
He was riding a car
_
They were not/weren’t swimming in the swimming pool
He was not/wasn’t riding a car
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?
Were they swimming in the swimming pool?
Was he riding a car?
-?
Were they not swimming in the swimming pool?
Was he not riding a car?
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Uses:
Expresses an activity which was completed before
another activity or time in the past
When before or after is used in a sentence, the past perfect is not
necessary because the time relationship is already clear; therefore,
simple past may be used instead, without any change in the
meaning.
Forms:
+
S + had + past participle
S + had + been + complement
_
S + had + not + past participle
S + had + not + been + complement
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?
Had + s + past participle
Had + s + been + complement
-?
Had + s + not + past participle
Had + s + not + been + complement
Examples:
+
I had finished my homework
We had been in here for just a moment ago
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_
I had not/hadn’t finished my homework
We had not/hadn’t been in here for just a moment ago
?
Had I finished my homework?
Had we been in here for just a moment ago?
-?
Had I not finished my homework?
Had we not been in here for just a moment ago?
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Uses:
expresses the duration of an activity which was in
progress before another time or activity in the past.
expresses the duration of an activity which was in
progress before another time or activity in the past.
Forms:
+
S + had + been + present participle
_
S + had + not + been + present participle
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?
Had + s + been + present participle
-?
Had + s + not + been + present participle
Examples:
+
It had been working since a while ago
You had been running for forty-five minutes
_
It had not/hadn’t been working since a while ago
You had not/hadn’t been running for forty-five minutes
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?
Had it been working since a while ago?
Had you been running for forty-five minutes?
-?
Had it not been working since a while ago?
Had you not been running for forty-five minutes?
29. LOGO
Use:
To talk about an action that will happen in the future
Forms:
+
S + will + base verb + complement
S + is/am/are + going to + complement
_
S + will + not + base verb + complement
S + is/am/are + not + going to + complement
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?
Will + s + base verb + complement
Is/am/are + s + going to + complement
-?
Will + s + not + base verb + complement
Is/am/are + s + not + going to + complement
Note:
Will vs. Going to
Using “will” to express a voluntary action / willingness
Using “will” in promises.
Using “be going to” to express a future plan
Using “be going to” and “will” to express predictions
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Examples:
+
I will be in the team tomorrow
She is going to have new bike in her birthday
_
I will not/won’t be in the team tomorrow
She is not/isn’t going to have a new bike in her birthday
?
Will I be in the team tomorrow?
Is she going to have new bike in her birthday?
-?
Will I not be in the team tomorrow?
Is she not going to have new bike in her birthday?
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Uses:
To project ourselves into the future and see something
happening
To refer to actions/events that will happen in the normal
course of events
To predict or guess about someone's actions or
feelings, now or in the future
Forms:
+
S + will be + present participle
_
S + will not be + present participle
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?
Will + s + be + present participle
-?
Will + s + not + be + present participle
Examples:
+
They will be leaving now
He will be studying now
_
They will not/won’t be leaving now
He will not/won’t be studying now
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?
Will they be leaving now?
Will he be studying now?
-?
Will they not be leaving now?
Will he not be studying now?
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Uses:
To show that an action will already be completed by a
certain time in the future. We use present perfect tense
with verbs which point to completion
Forms:
+
S + will + have + past participle
S + will + have + been + complement
_
S + will + not + have + past participle
S + will + not + have + been + complement
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?
Will + s + have + past participle
Will + s + have + been + complement
-?
Will + s + not + have + past participle
Will + s + not + have + been + complement
Examples:
+
I will have left Ankara by the time you receive this letter.
They will have completed the bridge by the end of the
year.
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_
I will not/won’t have left Ankara by the time you receive this letter.
They will not/won’t have completed the bridge by the end of the
year.
?
Will you have left Ankara by the time you receive this letter?
Will they have completed the bridge by the end of the year?
-?
Will you not have left Ankara by the time you receive this letter?
Will they not have completed the bridge by the end of the year?
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Uses:
To show that an action will already be completed by a certain time in the
future. We use present perfect tense with verbs which point to completion
Forms:
+
S + will + have + been + present participle
_
S + will + not + have + been + present participle
?
Will + s + have + been + present participle
-?
Will + s + not + have + present participle
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Examples:
+
He will has been playing by the time you come
They will have been studying by 7 o’clock
_
He will not/won’t has been playing by the time you come
They will not/won’t have been studying by 7 o’clock
?
Will he has been playing by the time you come?
Will they have been studying by 7 o’clock?
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-?
Will he not has been playing by the time you
come?
Will they not have been studying by 7 o’clock?
41. LOGO
Use:
To talk about an action that will be happen in past time
Forms:
+
S + should/would + be + complement
S + should/would + base verb
_
S + should/would + not + be + complement
S + should/would + not + base verb
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?
Would/should + s + be + complement
Would/should + s + base verb
-?
Would/should + s + not + be + complement
Would/should + s + not + base verb
Examples:
+
He would be here now if you invited him
We would come to his house but it rained very hard that
night
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_
We would not/wouldn’t come to his house if it didn’t rained very
hard that night
He wouldn’t/would not be here now if you didn’t invited her
?
Would he be here now if you invited him?
Would we come to your house if it didn’t rained very hard that
night?
-?
Would he not be here now if you invited him?
Would we not come to your house if it didn’t rained very hard that
night?
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Use:
To talk about an action that will be happened and it is
still happening in the future
Forms:
+
S + would/should + be + present participle
_
S + would/should + not + be + present participle
?
Would/should + s + be + present participle
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-?
Would/should + s + not + be + present participle
Examples:
+
He would be reading the novel from seven to ten last night
_
He would not/wouldn’t be reading the novel from seven to ten last
night
?
Would he be reading the novel from seven to ten last night?
-?
Would he not be reading the novel from seven to ten last night?
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Use:
To talk about an action that will be completed in the past time
Forms:
+
S + would/should + have + been + complement
S + would/should + have + past participle
_
S + would/should + not + have + been + complement
S + would/should + not + have + past participle
?
Would/should + s + have + past participle
Would/should + s + have + been + complement
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-?
Would/should + s + not + have + past participle
Would/should + s + not + have + been + complement
Examples:
+
He would have built the house by July last year
You should have been here a moment ago
_
He wouldn’t/would not have built the house by July last
year
You shouldn’t/should not have been here a moment ago
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?
Would they have built the house by July last
year?
Should they have been here a moment ago?
-?
Would they not have built the house by July last
year?
Should they not have been here a moment ago?
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Use:
To talk about an action that will be started and it is
happening until the future in the past time
Forms:
+
S + would/should + have + been + present participle
_
S + would/should + not + have + been + present participle
?
would/should + s + have + been + present participle
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-?
Would/should + s + not + have + been + present participle
Examples:
+
Henry should have been studying for the examination last night
They would have been working in the company for two years by the
time I moved to the university five years ago
_
Henry shouldn’t have been playing computer games last night
They wouldn’t have been sitting before I told them
?
Should Henry have been studying for the examination last night?
Would they have been working in the company for two years by the
time I moved to the university five years ago?
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-?
Would they not have been working in the
company for two years by the time I moved to
the university five years ago?
Should Henry not have been studying for the
examination last night?