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Examples Examples Examples

Tense Signal words Use Form
affirmative negative interrogative
every day

sometimes
something happens repeatedly
always how often something happens I work. I don't work. Do I work?
one action follows another
infinitive
often things in general He works. He doesn't work. Does he work?
Simple with verbs like (to love, to
Present hate, to think, etc.) he/she/it:
usually I go. I don't go. Do I go?
future meaning: timetables, infinitive + s
programmes
seldom He goes. He doesn't go. Does he go?

never

first ... then

now something is happening at the I'm working. I'm not working. Am I working?
same time of speaking or
around it
at the moment He's working. He isn't working. Is he working?
Present future meaning: when you be (am/are/is) +
Progressive have already decided and infinitive + ing
Look! arranged to do it (a fixed I'm going. I'm not going. Am I going?
plan, date)
Listen! He's going. He isn't going. Is he going?

last ... I worked. I didn't work. Did I work?

regular:
action took place in the past, infinitive + ed
... ago He worked. He didn't work. Did he work?
Simple mostly connected with an
Past expression of time (no connection irregular:
in 1990 to the present) I went. I didn't go. Did I go?
(2nd column of table
of irregular verbs)
yesterday He went. He didn't go. Did he go?

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