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Gramar rules

Gramar rules


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Language English
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Level Primary School
Created / Updated 11.01.2014 / 03.04.2023
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present simple

strukture

when used

hints

present simple

conjugated verb

permanent situation, facts, regular actions

never, sometimes, usually, often, always...

present continous

strukture

when used

hints

present continous

am/are/is + -ing

things that are happening at the moment of speaking

now, at the moment, at present, today this week/year...

verbs who do not take the continous form

like, believe, hate, know, mean, own, seem, understand, want...

past simple

strukure

when used

hints

past simple

past simple form

completed actions at a particular point in past

dates, times, yesterday, last..., ...ago

 

present perfect

structure

when used

hints

present perfect

have/has + past participle

past actions without fixed time (news) --> just, recentl, lately

actions with result in present 

actions in a period of time --> yet so far, ever, since, for, this week/year

present perfect continous

structure

when used

 

present perfect continous

have/has been + -ing

actions which started in the past and still happening, or recently stopped with result in present

 

past continous

structure

when used

hints

past continous

was/were + -ing

continous actions which are interrupted by a past simple action, description and set the scene when telling a story

past perfect

structure

when used

 

past perfect

had + past participle

completed action happened before something else in past

 

past perfect continous

structure

when used

 

past perfect continous

had been + -ing

continous or repeated action before something else in the past