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PRESENT SIMPLE |
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE |
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| 1st form / he, she, it + s // they go , he goes | am / is / are + verb + ing // I am going | |
| with habits and general statements | to express when something is happening at the moment | |
| (wird bei Gewohnheiten und allgemeinen Aussagen verwendet.) | (wird verwendet, wenn etwas momentan geschieht.) | |
| key words: always, often, usually, every, never, generally, seldom, rarely, hardly ever, sometimes, normally | key words: look, listen, now, at the moment | |
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PAST SIMPLE |
PAST PROGRESSIVE |
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| 2nd form // he went, they played | was / were + ing form // he was going | |
| used to tell or talk about a past action | used to tell or talk about a long action in the past | |
| (wird verwendet, wenn über Vergangenes berichtet wird. (Erzählzeit).) | (wird bei langen Handlungen in der Vergangenheit verwendet.) | |
| key words: yesterday, last, ago, in 1970 | key words: while, when | |
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WILL FUTURE |
FUTURE TENSES |
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| will + 1st form ( N.: won't) // he will be, she will go | Going to - FUTURE |
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| am / is / are + going to + verb | ||
| used to talk about the future | Present progressive - FUTURE | |
| (wird verwendet, wenn man über die Zukunft spricht.) | Present tense - FUTURE | |
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| key words: tomorrow, next | FUTURE TENSES | |
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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE |
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE |
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| have / has + 3rd form // she has gone | have / has + been + ing form // he has been | |
| going | ||
| used when a past action started in the past and has just finished or is still happening. | is used like the simle form but only with long actions | |
| (wird verwendet, wenn ein Ereignis in der Vergangenheit begonnen hat und gerade geendet hat oder noch andauert; = Bezug zur Gegenwart.) | (wird wie die simple form verwendet; Unterschied: wird bei langen Handlungen verwendet, vor allem bei Verben, die eine Tätigkeit ausdrücken.) | |
| key words:already, just, ever, never, yet, for, since | key words: how long, all day, for, since | |
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PAST PERFECT SIMPLE |
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE |
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| had + 3rd form // she had gone | had been + ing form // he had been going | |
| used when a action happened befor another action | used like the simple form but only with long actions | |
| (wird verwendet, wenn eine Handlung vor einem vergangenem Ereignis stattgefunden hat.) | (wird wie die past pefect simple verwendet - aber nur für lange Handlungen.) | |
| key words: after, before | key words: how long, before, after |
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