If clauses are usually used to talk about uncertain events and situations. They often refer to a condition – something which must happen first, so that something else can happen. (още…)
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Present perfect and simple past: differences
We do not use the present perfect with expressions that refer to a completely finished period of time, like yesterday, last week, when, then, five years ago, in 1995. The simple past is used with this meaning. (още…)
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The future perfect tense
Affirmative Negative Question I shall/will have written.
She will have written.
You will have written.I shall/will not have written.
She will not have written.
You will not not have written.Shall/will I have written?
Will she have written?
Will you have written?Future Perfect
We use the Future Perfect to show completed action before something in the future or
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The future progressive tense
Affirmative Negative Question I shall/will be writing.
She will be writing.
You will be writing.I shall/will not be writing.
She will not be writing.
You will not be writing.Shall/will I be writing?
Will she be writing?
Will you be writing?Use
We use the future progressive to say that an activity will be in progress at a particular moment in the future. (още…)
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The simple future tense
Affirmative Negative Question I shall/will write.
She will write.
You will write.I shall/will not write.
She will not write.
You will not write.Shall/will I write?
Will she write?
Will you write?British people use I shall/I will and we shall/ we will with no difference of meaning in most situations. However, shall is becoming much less common than will. Shall is not normally used in American English. (още…)
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Past verb forms with present or future meaning
A past verb form does not always have a past meaning. Verbs like I had, you went and I was wondering are often used to talk about the present or the future.
after if, unless, supposing etc.
After if, unless and words with similar meanings, we often use past verb forms to refer to the present or the future. (още…)
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The past perfect progressive tense
Affirmative Negative Question I had been writing.
She had been writing.
You had been writing.I had not been writing.
She had not been writing.
You had not been writing.Had I been writing?
Had she been writing?
Had you been writing?Use
We use the past perfect progressive to talk about longer actions or situations which had continued up to the past moment that we are thinking about, or shortly before it. (още…)
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The past perfect tense
Affirmative Negative Question I had written.
She had written.
You had written.I had not written.
She had not written.
You had not written.Had I written?
Had she written?
Had you written?Uses of the past perfect tense
to refer to the ‘earlier past’
The past perfect tense denotes an action completed at some point in the past before some other past action commenced. When two actions in the past have to be referred to, the past perfect is used for the earlier action and the simple past for the later one. (още…)
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The past progressive tense
Affirmative Negative Question I was writing.
She was writing.
You were writing.I was not writing.
She was not writing.
You were not writing.Was I writing?
Was she writing?
Were you writingUse
to talk about past events in progress
The past progressive is used to talk about events that were in progress around a particular past time. (още…)
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The past simple tense
Affirmative Negative Question I wrote.
She wrote.
You wrote.I did not write.
She did not write.
You did not write.Did I write?
Did she write?
Did you write?Uses of the simple past tense
We use the simple past tense to talk about many kinds of past events: short, quickly finished actions, longer situations, and repeated events. (още…)
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