IME EXPRESSIONS FOR TENSES IN ENGLISH

TENSE FORMATION Use: TIME EXPRESSIONS

PRESENT SIMPLE Aff: S+vb -actiuni repetate in present every day/week/month/year
usually/generally/
!Daca S este pers a IIIa sing e.g. He goes to school every
adaugam verbului s/es day. regularly/ frequently/
habitually/ repeatedly
Adaugam Es daca vb se - program sau orar
termina in: s,ss,sh,ch,sh,x,o,z once/twice a week/month etc.
e.g. The plane doesn’t take off
Neg: S+don’t/doesn’t+vb at 4 o’clock. …times a week/month/year

!doesn’t pt he, she, it. Pt ca -teorema demonstrate

doesn’t deja are es nu mai
punem vb s sau es Does the Earth spin around
the Sun?
Int: Do/does(he,she,it)
+S+Vb? - Nu pui spins deoarece
does are deja es

-In locul viitorului in

CCT(daca ai when, until,
during, as soon as-un marker
de timp- sau if,unless nu ai
voie sa pui viitorul dupa ele.
In locul viitorului vei pune
prezentul.

I will call him when I arrive.

Il voi suna cand voi ajunge-

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 chiar daca in limba romana
am viitorul voi ajunge, fiind o
propozitie de timp in limba
engleza nu am voie sa pun
viitorul, voi pune Present
simple.
PRESENT Continuous Aff: S+am/is/are + V+ing - Actiune desfasurata in now
momentul vorbirii sau
I am; you are; he/she/it is; we intr-un moment right/just now
are, you are/ they are precizat din present:
at the/this moment
Neg: S+am/are/is+not+vb-ing e.g. I am learning now.
Look!
Int: Am/Are/Is+S+vb-ing? -actiune care ma supari
Listen!
Obs: verbele carora le adaugam e.g. He is always eating my
ing: icecream!

1. Cvcx2+ing= swim- - actiune temporara (faci

swimming ceva pana cand cealalta
2. Y nu se transforma actiune are loc)
inainte de ing- Crying
3. Vb terminate in ie e.g. I am staying at the
transforma literele in hotel until my flat is ready
Y+ing
Tie-tying

PRESENT PERFECT Aff: S+have/has(he,she,it) + -actiune inceputa si since

SIMPLE V3/ed terminate in trecut
DAR NU STIU CAND.

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 e.g. I have finished reading
Neg: my book. for
S+haven’t/hasn’t+vb3/ed -actiune inceputa si
termina inainte lately/recently
Int: Have/Has+s+vb3/ed? momentului vorbirii
(just) ever / never / always /
seldom / rarely / often /
E.g. He has just arrived.
already
- cand vorbim despre o
realizare, fie ca este pozitiva yet
sau negative
today
e.g. I have never visited Italy.
this week/month/year
I have graduated first in my
class.
-actiune inceputa si terminate
in trecut care are o consecinta
in present.
e.g. I can’t get into the house. I
have lost my keys.
-actiune neterminata care
implica momentul present
Have you seen Helen today?
Have you visited your parents
this week?

PRESENT PERFECT Aff: S+have been/has been + since

Continuous V+ing

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 Neg:S+have/has been+vb-ing for

Int: Have/Has+S+been+v-ing? lately/recently

ever / never / always /

seldom / rarely / often /
already

yet

today

this week/month/year
PAST SIMPLE V+ed / V2 (irregular verbs) yesterday

last week/month/year

…ago
PAST PROGRESSIVE was/were + V+ing when

as

while

a certain time specified:

yesterday at 9am

last week on Sunday

three years ago in May

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PAST PERFECT SIMPLE had + V3 before/after/by the time
PAST PERFECT had been + V+ing before/after/by the time
PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE SIMPLE will + V1 tomorrow

next week/month/year

in a few days/weeks/months
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE will be + V+ing a certain time specified:

tomorrow at 9am

next week on Sunday

next year in May

NEAR FUTURE be going to + V1
IMMEDIATE FUTURE be about to + V1

be on the verge of + V+ing

FUTURE PAST would + V1 used in Reported Speech
after Past
FUTURE PERFECT will have + V3 by noon/ 9am

by the time
PRESENT definite or planned actions
SIMPLE/PROGRESSSIVE
WITH FUTURE MEANING