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Past Perfect Tense
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 429.
Present Perfect Tense
Future Continuous Tense
Past Continuous Tense
| + S was/were Ping ♣ À
? was/were S Ping ♣À?
– S was/were not Ping ♣ À
| | Past Continuous Tense is used:
| | | rules
| examples
| | 1.
| to express an action going on at a definite time in the past
| He was preparing for negotiations when the phone rang.
| | 2.
| to express an action in its progress going on at a definite period of time in the past
| In the summer of 2000 our company was selling as many products as Ukrainian Forest Products Corporation.
| | + S will be Ping ♣____ À
? will S be Ping ♣À?
– S will not () won't be Ping ♣ À
| | Future Continuous Tense is used:
| | | rule
| example
| | 1.
| to express an action going on at a definite moment or during a definite period of time in the future
| We will be discussing their policy all afternoon.
| | + S have/has P3f/ed ♣ À
? have/has S P3f/ed ♣À?
– S have/has not P3f/ed ♣ À
| | Present Perfect Tense is used:
| | | rules
| examples
| | 1.
| to express an action which took place before the present moment and the speaker wishes to emphasise the present result of this action
| As far as I know the vice-president has prepared all the necessary documents.
| | 2.
| to express an action which began before the present action and continued up to it
| I have known him as a skilled manager for years.
| | + S had P3f/ed ♣ À
? had S P3f/ed ♣À?
– S had not P3f/ed ♣ À
| | Past Perfect Tense is used:
| | | rules
| examples
| | 1.
| to express an action which took place before another past action or before a definite moment in the past
| When he came, the bookkeeper had prepared the financial report.
| | 2.
| to express an action which began before a definite moment in the past and continued up to that moment
| She had worked in this company before 1995.
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