ULTIMATE VERB RECAP

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Ultimate

Verb tense

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present tenses

SIMPLE

continuous

perfect

perfect Continuous

past tenses

SIMPLE

continuous

perfect

perfect Continuous

future tenses

basic

continuous

perfect

perfect Continuous

Present simple uses

Routine

Facts

Future "routines"

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

When talking about sth. that is real/true.

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

"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"

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Present continuous uses

Now (or around now)

Future plans

When you have arranged an appointment/plan.

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

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

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

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Present perfect uses

Recent Past

Relevance now

Life experience

Something has just happened.

Something started in the past but it is relevant now.

When talking about life experiences up to this moment.

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

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

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

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Present perfect continuous uses

Duration until now

Recently/Lately

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

When something has been happening lately/recently.

"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"

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past simple uses

Past facts

Facts from the past.

Completed in the past

Past habits

Completed action in the past (specific time).

Something someone used to do in the past.

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

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

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

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past continuous uses

Interrupted action

Time interruption

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

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

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

"Last night at 6pm I was having dinner"

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past perfect uses

Two past events

Past-Past reference

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

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

"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"

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past perfect continuous uses

Duration before past

Cause in the past

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

When talking about the cause of something in the past.

"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 "

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FUTURE uses

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Appointment/Certainty

GOING TO

DecisionFunded prediction

Will

Decision in the momentUnfunded prediction

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

"I think it'll rain tomorrow "

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

"I'm seeing the doctor at 4pm"

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

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

Certainty

Low probability

FUTURE CONTINUOUS uses

Continuation in the future

Future Projection

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

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

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

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

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FUTURE perfect uses

Action completed in the future

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

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

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FUTURE perfect continuous uses

Emphasize future

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

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

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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.

They often relate to:

• 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.

Stative Verbs

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

They often relate to:

• 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.

Stative Verbs

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

They often relate to:

• 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.