| Indefinite(Simple) tenses .
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| Present
| Past
| Future
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| :
| usually, often, sometimes, seldom, as a rule, every day (week, month), from
time to time
| yesterday, last week (year, month), ago, last night, in 1917, the day before yesterday
| tomorrow, next week (month, year), soon, in 3 days, the day after tomorrow
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| :
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He/she/It works
She lives in Minsk. I know it.
| workedwrote (II )
She left Minsk last year.
| I/we shall/will/(ll) work
Ill get a diploma in five years.
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| :
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He/she/it does not work
| did not ask/write
I didnt see him yesterday.
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She wont come here tomorrow.
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| :
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| 1. Do you (I, we, they) work?
Does he (she, it) work? 2. Where do you work? 3. Do you work or study? 4. He works here, doesnt he?
He doesnt work, does he?
5. I wonder where he works.
6. Who works here?
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 3) Who asked the question? Who wrote the book?
| Shall I /we work? Will you (he, she, they) work tomorrow? Yes, I will./No, I wont.
When will you graduate from university?
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| !
| if, when, as soon as, till, until, before, after, unless, in case, provided Present Indefinite(Present Perfect, ).
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| If the weather is fine, we will go out of town. When he leaves school, he will try to enter the university.
As soon as I have finished this work, I will go on holiday.
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| The Continuous Tenses
to be + Participle I(reading)
| , , .
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:
| Present Continuous
| Past Continuous
| Future Continuous
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| now, at this time, at this moment, all day/the whole day
| at that time, at 6 oclock yesterday, the whole day yesterday, then, while, when he came
| at 4 oclock tomorrow at this time tomorrow the whole day tomorrow, when he comes
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| -
| am, is, are + working
She is watching TV set.
| was / were + working
She was watching TV-set all evening.
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She will be watching TV-set all evening tomorrow.
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| -
| am (is, are) not + working
She isnt cooking now.
| was / were not + working
She wasnt cooking at 2 oclock.
| will not + be working
(wont)
She wont be cooking anything for supper this evening.
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| -
| Are you reading now? Yes, I am. What are you reading?
| Was he working at 5 yesterday? When was he working in the library?
| Will you be working at 2 tomorrow? When will he be working at his report?
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| Perfect Tenses
to have + Participle II(done)
| , .
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| :
| Present Perfect
| Past Perfect
| Future Perfect
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| already, just, ever, never, yet, today, lately, this year (week, month), since, for
| by that time, by 5 oclock yesterday, by the end of last year, after, before he came; no sooner than, scarcely / hardly when
| by this time tomorrow, by then, by 6 oclock tomorrow, until, by the end of next year; before he comes
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| -
|  done
I have just spoken to the dean.
| had + done
No sooner had I come home than the telephone rang. ( ; )
|  have + done
Ill have written the report by tomorrow.
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| -
|  done
I havent seen you for ages.
| had not + done
He hadnt got any information before I left.
| not have + done
I wont have moved into a new flat until Ive saved enough money for new furniture.
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| Present Perfect
| Past Perfect
| Future Perfect
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| 
By what time had he returned home?
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By what time will it have stopped raining?
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| Perfect Continuous Tenses
| :
for (five hours)
since(morning, last year, we finished school, 5 oclock)
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| Present Perfect Continuous
| Past Perfect Continuous
| Future Perfect Continuous
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| have / has been working
| had been working
| will have been working
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| I have been studying English for 5 years already.
| I had been studying English for 5 years before I entered the university.
| Well have been studying English for 3 years before we past it.
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| How long have you been working here?
| How long had you been studying English before you finished school?
| How long will you have been studying English before you pass your final exam?
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| have not / has not been working
| had not been working
| wont have been working
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