The document summarizes various verb tenses in English and their uses:
[1] The present simple tense expresses habitual actions, senses, opinions, feelings, possession, and physical characteristics.
[2] The present continuous tense expresses ongoing or temporary actions, and planned future events.
[3] The simple past tense narrates actions that occurred at a specific time in the past.
[4] The future tense can be expressed using the present simple or continuous tenses to refer to timetables or planned events, or using "to be going to" for intentions or deductions based on observations.
The document summarizes various verb tenses in English and their uses:
[1] The present simple tense expresses habitual actions, senses, opinions, feelings, possession, and physical characteristics.
[2] The present continuous tense expresses ongoing or temporary actions, and planned future events.
[3] The simple past tense narrates actions that occurred at a specific time in the past.
[4] The future tense can be expressed using the present simple or continuous tenses to refer to timetables or planned events, or using "to be going to" for intentions or deductions based on observations.
The document summarizes various verb tenses in English and their uses:
[1] The present simple tense expresses habitual actions, senses, opinions, feelings, possession, and physical characteristics.
[2] The present continuous tense expresses ongoing or temporary actions, and planned future events.
[3] The simple past tense narrates actions that occurred at a specific time in the past.
[4] The future tense can be expressed using the present simple or continuous tenses to refer to timetables or planned events, or using "to be going to" for intentions or deductions based on observations.
The document summarizes various verb tenses in English and their uses:
[1] The present simple tense expresses habitual actions, senses, opinions, feelings, possession, and physical characteristics.
[2] The present continuous tense expresses ongoing or temporary actions, and planned future events.
[3] The simple past tense narrates actions that occurred at a specific time in the past.
[4] The future tense can be expressed using the present simple or continuous tenses to refer to timetables or planned events, or using "to be going to" for intentions or deductions based on observations.
- Azioni abituali (avv. Frequenza!!) - 5 sensi (see,hear, smell, taste,feel) - Verbi di opinione e pensiero (think, believe, hope, understand,…) Avverbi di frequenza (never, hardly ever, + : R ma +(e)s 3^ singolare - Sentimenti/gusti (like, love, rarely, sometimes, often, usually, always) PRESENT SIMPLE _: don’t/doesn’t R hate,dislike,…) Every ..., once/twice,... times a ?: do/does + S + R - Possesso (have, own, possess,…) week/month... - Caratteristiche fisiche (look like, On Mondays seem,…) ?: what are your habits? - Azioni in svolgimento ora; +: am/is/are R-ing - Azioni temporanee; -: am not/isn’t/aren’t R-ing Now, at the moment, this week/month, PRESENT CONTINUOUS - Futuro programmato ?: am/is/are S R-ing these days ?: what is happening? +: R-(e)d // 2^ colonna - Narrare di azioni avvenute in un Yesterday, the other day, … ago, last -: didn’t R tempo passato e determinato week/month/…, in 199…, at 3 o’clock, SIMPLE PAST ?: did + S + R ?: when did it happen? when …. +: was/were R-ing - Azioni in svolgimento nel passato -: wasn’t/weren’t R-ing ? what was happening? PAST CONTINUOUS While…, when …,as…. Was/were S R-ing +: had + PP - Azioni avvenute prima di azioni Spesso usato in concomitanza con simple PAST PERFECT -: hadn’t + PP passate past. Ex: when I got to the station, tha train ?: had S PP had already left. - la durata delle azioni iniziate in un +: has/have PP tempo indeterminato del passato -: hasn’t/haven’t PP PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE ed appena terminate Just, already, yet, for, since, it is the first/… ?: has/have S PP - How long? time that, once/twice/ three times…, +: has/have been R-ing - La durata di azioni iniziate in un ever/never -: hasn’t/haven’t been R-ing tempo indeterminato del passato Lately/recently PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS ?: has/have S been R-ing ed ancora in atto. So far/ up to now how long? - Azioni future legate ad un orario FUTURE: simple present Vedi sopra Timetable (treno, aereo, scuola etc) FUTURE: present continuous Idem - Azioni future programmate +: to be + S + going to + R - Intenzioni FUTURE: to be going to R -: to be not + going to + R - Deduzioni in base a ciò che si vede ?: to be + S + going to + R - Reazioni a situazioni - Deduzioni in base a ciò che si +: will R pensa Complementi di tempo futuri -: won’t R - Verbi di pensiero (think, believe, FUTURE: future simple ?: will + S + R suppose,…) - Con espressioni quali perhaps, maybe, certainly IF+ simple pres, simple pres - Realtà: affermazioni sempre valide TYPE 1 IF+simple pres, will future - Realtà: eventi estemporanei IF CLAUSES TYPE2 IF+simple past, 1st condit* - Desiderio, probabilità TYPE 3 IF+past perf, 2nd condit** - Irrealtà, rimpianto
*First conditional: would/should/could + R
**Second conditional: would/should/could + HAVE + PP