2024-08-03 Past habits – Tenses with Georgie
USED TO + BASE VERB Use this for past habits and past states. I used to walk > I didn’t…
USED TO + BASE VERB Use this for past habits and past states. I used to walk > I didn’t…
BE + GOING TO + BASE VERB Use this for loose plans and intentions. You can use it for plans…
USES OF FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS To describe an ongoing action that continues until or beyond a certain time in the…
USES OF FUTURE PERFECT Things that will be completed before a specific time in the future. Things that won’t be…
USES OF FUTURE CONTINUOUS To describe actions in progress at a particular time in the future. Useful vocabulary for actions…
USES OF FUTURE SIMPLE To predict a future event. We’re often not 100% sure about it. (Compare this with ‘going…
USES OF PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS To describe an ongoing action that stops at a point in the past. Combine it…
USES OF PAST PERFECT Events that happened before another past event. Combine with the past simple. Useful vocabulary for events…
USES OF PAST CONTINUOUS For continuous actions happening at a particular time in the past. Useful vocabulary for continuous actions…
USES OF PAST SIMPLE A common use is to talk about one completed action at a specific time in the…
Like the present perfect, the present perfect continuous is used to talk about the past, but there’s often a connection…
The present perfect is used to talk about the past, but there’s often a connection to the present. USES OF…
USES OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS Activities happening at the moment of speaking. Useful vocabulary for activities happening now: at the moment,…
USES OF PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT meaning: When something happens regularly. Habits and routines. Useful vocabulary for habits and routines: never,…
What is ‘tense’? Tense is the form of a verb which tells you when something happened. Look at the verb…
USE To talk about how a present situation would also change the past situation. STRUCTURE Example: If I were a…
USE To talk about how a past action or situation affects your life in the present. STRUCTURE Example: If I…
USES OF THE THIRD CONDITIONAL To imagine a different past. Similarly, to express regret. To assign blame. STRUCTURE Example: If…
USES OF THE SECOND CONDITIONAL To talk about unlikely, hypothetical situations and their possible consequences. To give advice. STRUCTURE Example:…
USES OF THE FIRST CONDITIONAL To talk about likely future situations and their possible consequences. To make predictions. STRUCTURE Example:…