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for
Recently
all day I have been I haven't been Have I been
working. working. working?
action began in the
the whole day
Present past and has just He has been He hasn't been Has he been
Perfect stopped working. working. working?
how long
Progressive have/has +
or how long the action has been + infinitive I have been I haven't been Have I been
since going. going. going?
Present been happening + -ing
Perfect
for
Continuous emphasis: length of He has been He hasn't been Has he been
time of an action going. going. going?
Simple already mostly when two had + past I had worked. I hadn't worked. Had I worked?
actions in a story are He hadn't Had he
He had worked.
related to each other: worked. worked?
participle*
Past the action which had
Perfect already happened is I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone?
*(infinitive +
or just put into Past Perfect,
-ed) or (3rd
Past the other action into
column of table
Perfect never Simple Past
of irregular He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone?
(Simple)
verbs)
the past of the Present
Perfect
I had been I hadn't been Had I been
working. working. working?
Past Perfect how long He had been He hadn't been Had he been
how long something
Progressive working. working. working?
had been happening had + been +
or since
before something else infinitive + ing I had been I hadn't been Had I been
Past Perfect
happened going. going. going?
Continuous for
He had been He hadn't been Had he been
going. going. going?
predictions about the I'll work. I won't work. Will I work?
future (you think that
He'll work. He won't work. Will he work?
sth. will happen)
I'll go. I won't go. Will I go?
you decide to do sth.
spontaneously at the
will - future will + infinitive
time of speaking, you
haven't made a
decision before He'll go. He won't go. Will he go?
Conditional sth. that might happen would + I would work. I wouldn't Would I
work. work?
He wouldn't Would he
He would work.
work. work?
Simple main clause in type II infinitive I would go. I wouldn't go. Would I go?
of the if clauses
He wouldn't Would he
He would go.
go. go?
I would be I wouldn't be Would I be
working. working. working?
Conditional He would be He wouldn't be Would he be
sth. that might happen
Progressive working. working. working?
would + be +
or
emphasis: length of infinitive + ing I would be I wouldn't be Would I be
Conditional
time of an action going. going. going?
Continuous
He would be He wouldn't be Would he be
going. going. going?
I would have I wouldn't have Would I have
would + have + worked. worked. worked?
sth. that might have past participle*
happened in the past He would have He wouldn't have Would he have
Conditional (It's too late now.) *(infinitive + worked. worked. worked?
Perfect -ed) or (3rd I would have I wouldn't have Would I have
main clause in type III column of table gone. gone. gone?
of the if clauses of irregular
verbs) He would have He wouldn't have Would I have
gone. gone. gone?
I would have I wouldn't have Would I have
been working. been working. been working?
Conditional He would Would he
sth. that might have He wouldn't have
Perfect have been have been
happened in the past been going.
Progressive would + have + going. working?
(It's too late now.)
or been + infinitive
Conditional + ing I would have I wouldn't have Would I have
emphasis: length of been going. been going. been going?
Perfect
time of an action
Continuous Would he
He would have He wouldn't have
have been
been going. been going.
going?