Tag: Tenses with Georgie

USED TO + BASE VERB Use this for past habits and past states. I used to walk > I didn’t use to walkYou used to walk > You didn’t use…

BE + GOING TO + BASE VERB Use this for loose plans and intentions. You can use it for plans you’re sure about too. I am (not) going to walk…

USES OF FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS To describe an ongoing action that continues until or beyond a certain time in the future. We often use it to really emphasise the duration…

USES OF FUTURE PERFECT Things that will be completed before a specific time in the future. Things that won’t be completed before a specific time in the future. To talk…

USES OF FUTURE CONTINUOUS To describe actions in progress at a particular time in the future. Useful vocabulary for actions in progress at a particular time in the future: this…

USES OF FUTURE SIMPLE To predict a future event. We’re often not 100% sure about it. (Compare this with ‘going to’ which is usually used for predictions based on evidence)…

USES OF PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS To describe an ongoing action that stops at a point in the past. Combine it with the past simple. To explain the result of something…

USES OF PAST PERFECT Events that happened before another past event. Combine with the past simple. Useful vocabulary for events that happened before another past event: already, before, by the…

USES OF PAST CONTINUOUS For continuous actions happening at a particular time in the past. Useful vocabulary for continuous actions happening at a particular time in the past: this morning,…

USES OF PAST SIMPLE A common use is to talk about one completed action at a specific time in the past. Useful vocabulary for past completed actions at a specific…

Like the present perfect, the present perfect continuous is used to talk about the past, but there’s often a connection to the present. It focuses on the activity and the…

The present perfect is used to talk about the past, but there’s often a connection to the present. USES OF PRESENT PERFECT Actions that started in the past and continue…

USES OF PRESENT CONTINUOUS Activities happening at the moment of speaking. Useful vocabulary for activities happening now: at the moment, now, right now, currently, as we speak Temporary situations happening…

USES OF PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT meaning: When something happens regularly. Habits and routines. Useful vocabulary for habits and routines: never, rarely, sometimes, often, usually, always, every ____, once/twice, three times…

What is ‘tense’? Tense is the form of a verb which tells you when something happened. Look at the verb ‘talk’ for example. ——————————————————————————————————————– On a basic timeline, you have…