Mixed Tenses

Mixed tensesAll tenses

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Simple Tenses

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Present simple

1) Habits or situations that happen regularly. I wash my hair every day./ I never go to the library. / She works as a nurse./ He lives in London. 2) Present states or permanent situations. Things that are always or generally true. I don't drink coffee/ She's very tall. / I have two brothers.

3) Tho talk about the future in conditional and future time clausesI'll call you as soon as I arrive. 4) Future timetable events (train, classes, etc.) The train leaves at 7 a.m./ The exams start on Monday.

Past Simple

1) Past finished actions We arrived last Friday. / I missed the train. / We moved to Manchester last month. 2) Actions in chronological order in a story I opened the door, walked into the room and saw him.

3) Habitual actions in the past and past states Sarah always arrived on time. / She travelled very often. / He didn't like coffee. 4) Situations that started and finished in the past. ( duration) I played soccer for 20 years. / I loved her since the day I met her.

Present Perfect

3. Actions or states that started in the past and have not finished. -How long have you been married?/ We've known each other since we were children./ I've lived here for over 20 years.

1. Experiences. We don't say when the action happened. - Have you ever been to Italy?/ I've read this book twice. 2. Recent past events that are relevant now. We don't say when the action happened. -I've passed the exam!/ She's just called. / Have you finished yet?

Past Perfect

Will

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Be going to

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Present Simple

Present Continuous

1) Plans when we've made arrangements. It's a definite plan. - I'm seeing the dentist at 6. - We are getting married next week. - I'm flying to London tomorrow morning.

1) Future events that happen according to a public timetable. - The train leaves at 7 a.m. - What time does the movie start tonight?

(1) Past in the futureIt describes actions or situations that are expected be completed/finished before another time in the future.

Future perfect simple

(2) Predictions about the present It can be used to describe something that we think has already happened at the moment of speaking.

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Continuous Tenses

Present Continuous

1) Actions in progress: things that are happening now or around now. I'm watching a new series now./ Listent! The neighbours are arguing. / What are you doing? 2) Temporary actions. My car is in the garage; I'm taking the bus this week. / I'm not training these days because I have an injury. 3 Future arrangements (with a future time expression) I'm seeing the dentist at 6. / We are getting married next week./ I'm flying to New York tomorrow morning.

Stative verbs

Non-action verbs (stative verbs) are never in continuous forms. Verbs of the senses (hear, tee, smell, etc). verbs of opinion (believe consider, like, love, hate, prefer, think. etc) and verbs of possession (have, own belong, etc) Other common non-action verbs are agree be, depend, need, mean, remember, realise, recognise, seem, want etc.

Past Continuous

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Present perfect continuous

1. With action verbs to talk about situations that started in the past and have not finished or have just finished. There is often a present result from doing these actions.-I've been working on the computer, and now I have a terrible headache.

2. For, Since, how long, lately, all day/week/month,etc, to ask or say how long a situation has been happening.- I haven't been feeling well lately./ He's been annoying us all day/ How long have you been playing golf? 3. Repeated actions from the past till now. -She's been calling you for days. / I've been telling you to fix it for days.

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Will it be raining when l leave?

Future continuous

Jose will be watching the news when you call.

is used for an action or event that will be occurring in the future and that will be interrupted. The action that will cause the interruption is in the present simple.

2. We use the future continuous to talk about actions or events that will happen at a specific time in the future.

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