ENGLISH TENSES
ENGLISH TENSES
| ASPECT/TENSE |
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PRESENT |
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PAST |
| SIMPLE
Aux [:DO ] (do,does / did) +(BV) |
+ - ? |
she ᴓ works in a bank She does not like chocolate Where does she work ? |
+ - ? |
She went/ worked to Italy She didn't go to school What did she do ? |
| Repères temporels
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Every ...day/Monday/ryear/ week-end... On Tuesdays... (habitudes, caractéristiques, vérité générale pour le présent) |
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Last year/week-end/ summer, Monday... In 2013 / ...+ago Yesterday/ when ... (moment ponctuel, passé, révolu, coupé du présent ) |
| CONTINUOUS
Aux : BE (is, am, are/was, were)+(BV) ING |
+ - ? |
On the picture, the girl is watching TV I'm not watching TV, I'm working ! Are you coming to the movie with us ? |
+
-
? |
She was doing her homework while her mother was cooking (I could not finish because) my computer was not working Were they going to school when you met them ? |
| Repères temporels
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Now, at the moment, tonight
(lien avec le present, événement qui est en train de se dérouler au présent) |
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while, as, (When+ prétérit)
(événement qui était en train de se dérouler quand un autre vient l'interrompre) lien avec un autre événement passé) |
| PERFECT
Aux : HAVE (have,has/had)+(BV)+EN (P.P) lien avec le présent |
+ - ? |
He has worked in this bank since 2004 Have you ever been to England ? I have not finished my exercise yet |
+ - ? |
The bus had left when I arrived He had not finished when she arrived Had you ever seen her before ? |
| Repères temporels
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Ever, never, before, already, yet, not yet, just, since, for (=depuis), so far, up to now, it's the first time
(lien avec le présent , bilan présent d'un événement passé) |
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Les mêmes qu'au présent + when
(lien d'antériorité avec un événement passé) |
| PERFECT+CONTINUOUS
Aux :HAVE (have, has/had) BEEN + (BV) ING |
+
-
? |
I have been working for 5 hours, I'm exhausted! She has not been cooking for some time
What have you been doing ? You are all dirty !! |
+
-
? |
She had been working for 3 hours when her mother arrived
They had not been using this old cooker for so long when they found it again in the garage Had you been working hard on the project when they cancelled it ? |
| Repères temporels |
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Traces de l'activité du sujet dans le présent: tired/ dirty/ happy/
(Insistance sur le résultat de l'activité sur le sujet , sur les traces laissées dans la situation présente) |
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Mêmes valeurs qu'au present perfect continu mais dans un contexte passé |
Catégories
- anglais expression écrite