irritation She is always complaining about everything!
future: fixed plan (set in time, date and place)
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C. Hints
now
at the moment
currently
Look!
Listen!
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3. past simple
A. Spelling
verb+ed or irregular
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B. Rule
action completely over and done (usually with a time indication)
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C. hints
ago
yesterday
last
in (2001)
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4. present perfect
A. Spelling
have/had + verb+ed or irregular
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B. Rule
action in the past but still relevent/visible today
action that started in the past and is still going on
'up to now' I have eaten three times in that restaurant.
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C. Hints
already
yet
just
never
ever
since
for
recently
this (morning)
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5. past continuous
A. spelling
was/were + verb+ing
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B. Rule
We use it to say what we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment in the past > long action!
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C. Hints
while (2 long actions? = 2 x pa cont!) Kate was taking a bath while I was doing homework.
when (long action - short action) I was listening to the radio when Helen called.
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6. past perfect
A. spelling
had + verb+ed or irregular
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B. Rule
to show the order of two past events: The past perfect shows the earlier action (past simple = later action) When the police arrived, the thief had escaped.
to talk about time up to a certain point in the past She'd published her first poem by the time she was eight.
