ULTIMATE VERB RECAP

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Verb tense

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perfect Continuous

perfect

continuous

SIMPLE

present tenses

perfect Continuous

perfect

continuous

SIMPLE

past tenses

perfect Continuous

perfect

continuous

basic

future tenses

"Tomorrowland takes place in July""The bus leaves at 16:30"

"Tigers are mammals""Water boils at 100°C"

"I never play tennis on Thursdays""I watch TV after lunch"

When talking about events that always have the same date/timetable/place.

Future "routines"

When talking about sth. that is real/true.

Facts

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When we talk about a routine. When we use the adverbs of frequency (always, never, sometimes, usually...)

Routine

Present simple uses

"I am visiting my auntie in July.""I am seeing the doctor at 16:30"

When you have arranged an appointment/plan.

Future plans

"I am writing this sentence""This month I'm training three times a week"

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Activities that are happening at the moment of speaking or around "now".

Now (or around now)

Present continuous uses

"We've just seen John""They've just spilled the tea"

Something has just happened.

Recent Past

"I have watched all the episodes of Money Heist""She has travelled to Morocco "

"I have lost my keys""I have finished working"

When talking about life experiences up to this moment.

Life experience

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Something started in the past but it is relevant now.

Relevance now

Present perfect uses

"You've been feeling sick for days, haven't you?""Lately I've been sleeping badly"

"She's been dancing for hours""I have been studying since 8am"

When something has been happening lately/recently.

Recently/Lately

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Something that started in the past and is still happening now. You emphasize the continuation of the action.

Duration until now

Present perfect continuous uses

"WW2 finished in 1945""Mozart was a prolific composer"

Facts from the past.

Past facts

"He studied French when he was little""I played basketball for the school's team"

Something someone used to do in the past.

Past habits

"I ran a marathon last year""I went to Galicia last summer"

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Completed action in the past (specific time).

Completed in the past

past simple uses

"Last night at 6pm I was having dinner"

"I was singing in the shower when my mum called me"

Something that was happening at a specific time in the past.

Time interruption

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An action that was happening in the past and was interrupted.

Interrupted action

past continuous uses

"She was a wonderful guitar player, she had studied in the best schools""When George died, they had been married for 20 years"

"I couldn't get in the house because I had lost my keys"

When we talk about sth. in the past and we want to make reference to something even earlier in the past.

Past-Past reference

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Something that started in the past and is important later in the past

Two past events

past perfect uses

"Sam failed the exam because he had been watching a series on Netflix all night"

"They had been waiting for the train for an hour before it arrived "

When talking about the cause of something in the past.

Cause in the past

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When we want to emphasize the duration of something up to a point in the past.

Duration before past

past perfect continuous uses

"I'm seeing the doctor at 4pm"

"I'm going to go to uni next year"

"I'll help you" (after someone dropped something)

"It's raining tomorrow at 6pm" (meteorologist)

"I think tomorrow it's going to rain" (after looking through the window"

"I think it'll rain tomorrow "

Decision in the momentUnfunded prediction

DecisionFunded prediction

Appointment/Certainty

GOING TO

Will

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Certainty

Low probability

FUTURE uses

"In an hour, I'll still be ironing""He'll be studying until 8pm"

"Tomorrow at 10pm I'll be watching La Última Tentación""This time next week I'll be sunbathing in Bali"

Something happening now that we expect to be continuing in the future.

Continuation in the future

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An activity that will be happening at a specific time in the future.

Future Projection

FUTURE CONTINUOUS uses

"I'll have finished watching La Isla by 2am"

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An action that will be completed by a certain time in the future.

Action completed in the future

FUTURE perfect uses

"I'll have been travelling for 10 hours by the time I fly past Tokyo"

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To emphasize the continuity of an action that will finish at some time in the future.

Emphasize future

FUTURE perfect continuous uses

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usual mistakes/confusion

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• thoughts & opinions: agree, believe, doubt, guess, imagine, know, mean, recognise, remember, suspect, think, understand
• feelings & emotions: dislike, hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish
• senses & perceptions: appear, be, feel, hear, look, see, seem, smell, taste
• possession & measurement: belong, have, measure, own, possess, weigh.

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Stative Verbs

Stative verbs describe a state rather than an action. They aren't usually used in the present continuous form.

• thoughts & opinions: agree, believe, doubt, guess, imagine, know, mean, recognise, remember, suspect, think, understand
• feelings & emotions: dislike, hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish
• senses & perceptions: appear, be, feel, hear, look, see, seem, smell, taste
• possession & measurement: belong, have, measure, own, possess, weigh.

They often relate to:

Stative Verbs

Stative verbs describe a state rather than an action. They aren't usually used in the present continuous form.

• thoughts & opinions: agree, believe, doubt, guess, imagine, know, mean, recognise, remember, suspect, think, understand
• feelings & emotions: dislike, hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish
• senses & perceptions: appear, be, feel, hear, look, see, seem, smell, taste
• possession & measurement: belong, have, measure, own, possess, weigh.

They often relate to:

Stative Verbs

Stative verbs describe a state rather than an action. They aren't usually used in the present continuous form.