TENSE

Simple Present Simple Past. Simple Future

POSITIVE
I play tennis on Mondays. #he went to $aris last week I'll (will) meet you at the airport tomorrow. He's (is) workin& at the moment I was wat hin& T* when you alled. I'll (will) be ookin& dinner when you arri!e He's (is) &oin& to (ly to -oston ne+t week. I'!e (ha!e) seen Mi k three times this week

NEGATIVE
They don't (do not) work in New York. They didn't (did not) dri!e to work. He won't (will not) be able to ome They aren't (are not) omin& this e!enin& He wasn't (was not) workin& when she arri!ed. They won't (will not) be li!in& in $aris this time ne+t year. They're (are) not &oin& to in!ite the -rowns. #he hasn't (has not) been to New York.

QUESTION
Does she know him? %here did she &et that hat? %ill they !isit us soon?

USE
Habitual a ti!ities "#tates ' tions happenin& at a de(ined moment in the past De isions made at the moment about the (uture) (uture predi tions) (uture promises ' tions happenin& at the present moment. Near (uture intention and plannin& Interrupted past a tion) a tion happenin& at a spe i(i moment in time in the past. ,uture a tion at a spe i(i moment in the (uture ,uture intent or planned a tion .)To e+press an a tion that was be&un in the past and ontinues into the present. /) To e+press an a tion that happened in the 0nspe i(ied past. 1) To e+press a re ent a tion that has a present e((e t.

Present Continuous

%hat are you doin&?

Past Continuous

%hat were you doin& when I alled? %hat will you be doin& ne+t week at this time? %here are you &oin& to stay? How lon& ha!e you worked at #mith's?

Future Continuous Future with (be !oin! to Present Per"e#t

Future Per"e#t

%e'll (will) ha!e li!ed here (or twenty years by /223

#he won't (will not) ha!e (inished her homework by the time we arri!e They ha!en't (ha!e not) been studyin& (or lon&. I hadn't (had not) been sleepin& (or lon& when I heard the doorbell rin&. #he won't (will not) ha!e been workin& (or lon& by 3 o' lo k.

How lon& will you ha!e li!ed in ,ran e by the end o( ne+t year? How lon& ha!e you been workin& on that problem? How lon& had you been playin& tennis when she arri!ed? How lon& will you ha!e been dri!in& by 4 o' lo k?

Present Per"e#t Continuous Past Per"e#t Continuous Future Per"e#t Continuous

#he's (has) been waitin& (or o!er three hours. #he'd (had) been waitin& (or three hours when he (inally arri!ed. He'll (will) ha!e been sleepin& (or a (ew hours by the time we arri!e.

To e+press what will ha!e happened or how lon& somethin& will ha!e happened up to a ertain point in the (uture To e+press the duration o( a ontinuous a ti!ity be&un in the past and ontinuin& into the present. To e+press the duration o( a ontinuous a ti!ity be&un be(ore another a ti!ity in the past. To e+press the duration o( an a ti!ity up to a point o( time in the (uture.