N O U N 

Expression Of Quantity

 

ADJECTIVES 

PAST FUTURE TENSE (ALL)

FUTURE TENSE (ALL)

PAST TENSE (ALL)

PRESENT TENSE (ALL)

 

1.      Simple present tense

Events that happen at the present time in a simple form or a work /act, or facts or habits happen in regularly.

I/we/you/they   -->  INFINITIVE He/she/it          -->  INFINITIVE + S

a.       Habitual

·         I go to school every day.

·         He usually eats an egg for breakfast

b.      Facts

·         A week has seven days

·         The sun rises in the east

·         The sun shines by day and the moon by night

2.      Present continuous tense

Explain an act that is going on at the present time.

To be (am,is,are) + present participle (ing-form)

a.       an act that is going on

·         They are studying English now

·         She is eating fried rice right now

b.      an act that is going in while

·         She is reading now but she will write soon

c.       an act that is going on the future

·         We are writing again in a few weeks

3.      Present perfect tense

Explain an event that has happened in the past but still happen in the present.

I/we/you/they --> have + past participle He/she/it        -->   has + past participle

Examples :

·         She has taught English since five years ago.

·         I have lived here for three years.

·         I have seen it.

·         I have heard this before

·         I have already seen him

·         Have you ever been there?

·         I haven’t ever been there.

·         I have never been there

·         The bus hasn’t stopped yet

·         The postman has not come yet but will come soon

·         The time has at last arrived

·         Finally, she has started to sing

·         I have just spoken to him

·         I have seen him recently.

4.      Present perfect continuous tense

Declare the act that started in the past and continues until now.

I/we/you/they      --> have + been + present participle He/she/it             --> has + been + present participle

Examples :

·         I have been staying at his place this month

·         We have been waiting for you since eight o’clock

·         She has been studying English for over three years.

Time Signal

1.      Simple present

Always	Every other day	Never	Once in a while
Generally	Now and then	Sometimes	Twice a week
Often	On and off	Nowadays
Regularly	Once a week	Frequently
Seldom	Once a year , etc	Every day
Steadily	As a rule	Every Sunday, etc
Here	Normally	Every week
There	usually	Occasionally

2.      Present continuous

Now	This evening
At present	Tonight
At this moment	Next week
Today	Next month
Right now	This weekend
Still	Soon
This morning	In a few weeks
This afternoon

3.      Present perfect

Once	Up to the present time	Already
Three times	Finally	Not yet
Several times	Since yesterday	So far
This week	For an hour	Lately
This month	For two years	Recently
This year	Ever	At last
Just	Twice	Since 1980
As yet	Many times	Since an hour ago

4.      Present perfect continuous

For….

Since …..

Long

How long

The whole day

All (the) morning

Since eight o’clock

For over three years