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Showing posts with label Tenses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tenses. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 March 2015

Review Tenses 3 (Future Simple / Be going to))


Future Simple (I will work / Will he work? / The won't work) is used for PREDICTIONS (προβλέψεις), WILLINGNESS (προθυμία), SUDDEN DECISIONS (ξαφνική απόφαση), PERSONAL OPINION (προσωπική γνώμη) especially with the expressions I THINK, I BELIEVE, IN MY OPINION, ...

BE GOING TO + VERB (I'm going to work / Is he going to work / They are going to work) is for LOGICAL PREDICTIONS (λογική πρόβλεψη - που κάπου στηρίζεται), and PLANS / INTENTIONS (σχεδια / προθέσεις = πράξεις που έχουμε αποφασίσει να πραγματοποιήσουμε)

Review of Tenses 2 (Present Perfect - Past Simple)


Present Perfect (I have finished / Has he finished ? / They haven't finished) : is used for experiences we have already have or  haven't had yet.
OR : for activities that started time ago and haven't finished yet (already, just, yet, since, for,...)

Past simpleI played / Did he play? / She didn't play :  is used for activities we did in the past. They are finished and completed (yesterday, last Monday/week/month/year, when..., in 2000, etc)

Review of Tenses 1


Present simple (I work / He works. --  Do you work? / Does he work? -- We don't work / She doesn't work) is used for activities we do: always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never, etc
Present Continuous (am working / Are you working? / They aren't working) is used for activities which are happening:  now, at the moment, these days, this week/month/year/weekend, tomorrow
Past simple (I played / Did he play? / She didn't play) is used for activities we did in the past. They are finished and completed (yesterday, last Monday/week/month/year, when..., in 2000, etc)
Past Continuous (was playing / Was he playing? / They weren't playing) is used for activities which were happening when something else happened. (yesterday at 8 o'clock, at that moment, while, as...)

Thursday, 30 October 2014

Past vs Present Tense


1 - What are you doing now? (Present Continuous)
am walking to school now. / Are you driving to school now/ No, I'm not.

2 - What do you do every day? (Present Simple)
walk to school every day/ Do you drive to school? / No, I don't.

3 - What did you do yesterday? (Past Simple)
walked to school yesterday. / Did you drive yesterday/ No, I didn't.