Time Tenses - Review 2

To talk about predictions based on present evidences we use:

• Simple Present

• Simple Future (will)

• "Going to" future

• Present continuous

We need to get to the station at 5PM. The train leaves at 6PM.

This is an example of:

• Simple Present

• Present Continuous

• Past Simple

• Future using Simple Present

For a situation that is changing or developing, we use:

• Simple Present

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Simple Future

To show that an action happened in the middle of an activity, what combination do we use?

• Simple Present and Simple Past

• Simple Past and Past Continuous

• Simple Past and Present Perfect

• Simple Present and Simple Future

When we are thinking about the past and the present, we use:

• Simple Past

• Present Perfect

When we are interested in when the action happened, we use:

• Simple Past

• Present Perfect

There are four ways to express the future: Simple Future (Will), Going to future, Present Continous and:

• Simple Present

• Present Perfect

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

To descrive an activity that happens regularly, we use:

• Simple Present

• Present Continuous

• Past Continuous

• Simple Past

Present Continuous is used to:

• make predictions

• talk abou things in the past

• activities happening at that moment

• actions that started in the past and continues in the present

I'm seeing the dentist tomorrow.

This is one way to express the future, using:

• Simple Future

• Going to future

• Present Continuous

• Simple Present