16 English tenses

16 времен

ПРОСТЫЕ ВРЕМЕНА

Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple. Эти времена обычно обозначают действия в неопределенный момент времени или регулярные действия. 


ПРОДОЛЖЕННЫЕ ВРЕМЕНА

Present continuous, Past continuous, Future continuous. Эти времена описывают действие в процессе в определенный момент времени. Действие началось до и закончится после этого момента.


СОВЕРШЕННЫЕ ВРЕМЕНА

Present perfect, Past perfect, Future perfect.  Эти времена обычно используютсяб чтобы показать, что действие завершилось до другого действия или момента времени, а также указывают на результат. 


СОВЕРШЕННЫЕ ПРОДОЛЖЕННЫЕ ВРЕМЕНА

Present perfect continuous, Past perfect continuous, Future perfect continuous. Они бозначают действие в процессе, которое началось раньше, а продолжается до опреденного момента времени иди другого действия.


ВРЕМЕНА FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST 

Future in the Past, Future Continuous in the Past, Future Perfect in the Past, Future Perfect Continuous in the Past. Эти конструкции чаще всего используются в косвенной речи для согласования времен.


Примеры использования 16 English tenses

  • I will be missing the mountains when I go home. -
  • Jack can't come, he is eating. -
  • What were you doing when Nick came back? -
  • Mark wasn't playing, he was just watching the game. -
  • What is Jenny doing here? -
  • Mary saw this film last week. -
  • Jack is not going to help us, he is too selfish. -
  • By December Jessica will have been dancing professionally for twenty years. -
  • Jack has bought a new apartment recently. -
  • Alice was studying when I went to bed. -
  • Where have you been all my life? -
  • Do you often eat vegetables? -
  • Lou will not have been living with her parents for nine months tomorrow. -
  • When did you buy this car? -
  • I went to Seattle two years ago. -
  • I have not submitted the report yet. -
  • Had they been living there for a year before they moved out? -
  • The concert had already started when they arrived. -
  • Is Anna going to finish her lunch? -
  • Have you ever seen northern lights? -
  • I have been waiting for Mary since noon. -
  • Jack had been trying to open the door for an hour before he found a key. -
  • Will they have arrived by six o'clock? -
  • I am not crying, everything is okay. -
  • We will see how it goes. -
  • How long have you been living here? -
  • Had the store already closed when you came? -
  • We had not been waiting long before the taxi arrived. -
  • At that point I will have been living in San Francisco for a year. -
  • I think it won't rain. -
  • My mother doesn't live in Boston. -
  • Will you answer the phone? -
  • Will anyone be bringing friends to the party? -
  • How long will your father have been working there when he retires? -
  • I work out four times a week. -
  • It is hot in here, I will open the window. -
  • Anna will not have finished the project by next week. -
  • Paul will be swimming in the sea this time tomorrow. -
  • Dad will not be working when you arrive. -
  • We had not tried Thai cuisine before we went to Thailand last month. -
  • It had been raining so hard that the flood began. -
  • They didn't call me because they were busy. -
  • I had heard about the accident before I read the article. -
  • Linda hasn't been singing for a long time. -
  • It was raining while I was walking my dog. -
  • Robert will have resigned by March. -
  • We are travelling together at the moment. -
  • The plane leaves at six pm. -