English Tenses

Example: "I'm having a nice holiday."

Description: now, around now, future arrangemets

Signal Words: at the moment, now

Example: "Yesterday I booked a flight to Madrid."

Description: finishe actions at a specific time in the past

Signal Words: ago, last year, yesterday, in 1980

Passive: The rooms were cleaned by the staff last night.

Example: "When I was riding the bike, a ball hit me."

Description: continuous actions at a specific time in the past

Signal Words: while, when, as

Example: "Before I went to school, I had called my friend."

Description: actions before a specific time in the past

Signal Words: before

Example: "I've lived in Wetzikon for more than 10 years."

Description: unfinished actions, recent events, experiences (no time mentioned)

Signal Words: since, just/recently, yet, already, not yet, never, ever, so far.

Passive: Three houses have been built.

Example: "I'll help you"

Description: spontaneous decisions

Signal Words: i think

Passive: Three houses will be built

Example: "I'm going to go on holiday in June."

Description: plan, predictions based on a sign

Signal Words: I'm Sure, It's planned that

Example: "If the weather is nice, we'll go out for a picnic."

Description: Is a real situation, so it might happen in the future

Example: "If the weather were nice, we would have a picnic."

Description: Is an unreal situation, very unlikely to happen.

Example: "If the weather had been nice last week, we would have a picnic."

Description: Is an unreal situation in the past.