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- 3. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE X It expresses: Happened in the past It began and ended in the past “when clause” […x..when..x…] x = simple past when..x = happen first
- 4. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE NOWPAST FUTURE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX It expresses: Repeated actions Always, usually, habitually Existed in the past, exist now, will exist in the future
- 5. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE X It expresses: Actions that will happen in the future Used “will” or “ be going to” “be going to” = “gonna”
- 7. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE X It express: Actions that was in progress at a particular time in the past Probably will continue Y
- 8. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE X It express: In progress at the moment of speaking Actions that began in the past, and it’s still in progress up to the present (in progress now) Probably will end in the future
- 9. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE X It express: Actions that will be in progress at particular time in the future Probably will continue Y
- 11. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE It express: An action that completely finished before another time/event in the past X Y X was completely finished before Y in the past
- 12. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE It express: An action that happened before now, at an unspecified time in the past Repetition actions before now Actions that began in the past and continues up to the present TIME IS NOT IMPORTANT X X was finished before NOW xxxx was repetition action before NOW xxxx
- 13. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE It express: An action that will be completed before another time/event in the future X Y X will be completely finished before Y in the future
- 15. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE X It expresses: An action that was in progress before another time/ event in the time The duration of the first event An activity in progress recent to another time/event in the past Y 2 hours 2 hours express the duration
- 16. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE X It express: Actions that began in the past, and continues to the present A general activity in progress recently/lately 2 hours
- 17. Adaptif PAST NOW FUTURE PAST NOW FUTURE X It express: The duration of an action that will be in progress before another time/event in the future One of the two sentences may begin in the past Y 2 hours X X may begin in the past