Present Simple
Present Progressive
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Progressive
Future Simple
Future Progressive
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Progressive
Past Progressive
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Progressive
Every day usually every year seldom now a week ago,
Yesterday last time last year next time
Tomorrow next year
At this moment
By the end of...
at 5 o'clock when he came
At that time yesterday
Tomorrow at this time
This time next Monday
Today already never
this week (month, year) by 5 o'clock
When (before) he came
By this time next Monday
As soon as he comes
For a long time
For 4 hours
When he comes
since 12 o'clock.
She will have been planting roses for 4 hours when he comes.
I am playing piano now.
He painted a lot of pictures.
She will be cooking a pie at 3 o’clock when we come.
We have already learnt a poem.
How long have you been reading this book?
Present Progressive
Present Perfect Progressive
Future Progressive
Future Perfect Progressive
Past Simple
Present Perfect
| Start | Peter is reading |
| by the fireplace now. | The mother has put |
| Christmas presents under the Christmas tree today. | You will be ringing me up |
| tomorrow at this time. | The children were talking loudly in the corridor |
| when the teacher came. | I have been living |
| in St. Petersburg since 1991. | By the fifteenth of January |
| the students had passed all the examinations. | The students will have written the |
| paper by dinner-time. | They had been sailing |
| down the river for many hours. | The rain will stop |
| only next day. | The message will have been arriving |
| for five minutes. | It was nearly |
| a week ago. | The replies from |
| my grandmother comes very often. | I had been waiting |
| for you for twenty minutes. | I came to Pete's |
| house last Sunday. | Tomorrow he will |
| read a new book. | Today I have taken it |
| from him. | I will have finished it |
| by Friday. | On leaving the hall the students |
| were thanking the professor for the lecture. | I have never been |
| in England. | I go to the hospital |
| every day. | Next year we |
| will go to Paris. | She is sleeping |
| now. | Next week at this time |
| they will be laying on the beach. | Finish |
He (work) with her dog every morning.
She (sing) the song now.
The (arrive) already from the trip.
We (go) in for gymnastics since I was 5.
The (work) be more successful last time.
Sister (draw) when the phone called.
I (finish) the work before the boss entered.
Marry and John (study) for several hours yesterday.
The ball (be) tomorrow.
Next week at this time we (rest) in Paris.
I (pass) the exam by 3 o’clock next Monday.
You (swim) tomorrow since 9 a. m.
Он обычно редко разговаривает по телефону.
Она сейчас моет посуду.
Я только что пришла домой.
Я учу английский с 10 лет.
Я купила вчера новое платье.
Февраля прошлого года мы ходили в кино.
Я купила хлеб до того, как магазин закрылся.
Вчера я готовилась к экзамену пять часов.
Завтра мы пойдем купаться.
Послезавтра в 3 часа он будет рисовать.
Он закончит писать сочинение до прихода мамы.
Завтра мы будем играть с 12 часов.
| Past | Present | Future | |
| Simple / Indefinite (регулярное действие) | yesterday, last time (year, week, month), a weak ago, when | every day (week, month, year), usually, seldom often | tomorrow, nest time (year, week, month), in a week (day, month, year) |
| Ved / V2 | V / Vs | will (shall) V | |
| I You He played She wrote We They | I
You play
We write
They
He plays
She writes
| I We shall You play He will write She They | |
| She played piano yesterday. | She usually plays piano. | Tomorrow she will play piano. | |
| Progressive / Continious (процесс) | at that moment yesterday (last week (month, year), at 5 o’clock, when he came | now, at this moment, at present, at present time | tomorrow at this moment, this time next Monday (week, month, year) |
| was/were Ving | am/is/are Ving | will (shall) be Ving | |
I
He was
She playing
We writing
You were
They
| I am
You
We are playing
They writing
He
She is
| I We shall You be playing He will writing She They | |
| She wasplaying piano yesterday at 5 o’clock. | She is playing piano now. | Tomorrow this time she will beplaying piano. | |
| Perfect (завершенное действие) | by 5 o’clock last Monday, by the end of, before he came | today, this week (month, year), already, never, ever, yet, recently, just | by this time next Monday (week, month, year), as soon as he comes |
| had Ved / V3 | have/has Ved / V3 | will (shall) have Ved / V3 | |
| I You He had played She written We They | I
You
We have played
They written
He has
She
| I We shall You have played He will written She They | |
| She hadplayed piano by 7 o’clock. | She hasplayed piano today. | She will haveplayed piano tomorrow by this time. | |
| Perfect Progressive / Continuous (завершено-продолженное) | since the time when, before, during, for, since | since then, for a hour, for a long time, how long, during, for, since | during, for, since, how long |
| had been Ving | have/has been Ving | will (shall) have been Ving | |
| I You He had been playing She writing We They | I
You
We have
They been playing
He has writing
She
| I We shall You have been playing He will writing She They | |
| She had beenplaying piano yesterday for 3 hours. | She has beenplaying piano since 12 o’clock. | She will have beenplaying piano for 2 hours tomorrow. |





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