P1 Flashcards
(131 cards)
Usage of present simple
Habits and routines
Permanent or long term situations
Facts and general truths
Habits and routines
Present simple
Facts and general truths
Present simple
Permanent and long term situations
Present simple
Present continuous
Temporary situations
Activities in progress at the moment of speaking
Trends and changing habits
Active voice
The subject does the action
Passive voice
The subject receives the action
Future tenses used for predictions (4)
Will
Going to
Future continuous
Future perfect
Will used for predictions
Followed by “I think” or opinion words
Going to used for predictions
Used for predictions when we can see the cause of the event
Future continuous for predictions
Used to describe a situation in progress at a particular time in the future
Future perfect used for predictions
Looks back from a point in the future
Future tenses used for intention
Going to
Will
Going to used to express intention
Describe a present intention or plan. Something we have ALREADY DECIDED to do
Will used to express intention
Instant decisions made AT THE MOMENT OF SPEAKING
Future tenses used for fixed arrangements and timetables
Present continuous
Present perfect
Present continuous for fixed arrangements and timetables
Used to describe definite, fixed arrangements.
Social arrangements written in a diary
Relatively a fact, there’s organization behind it
Present simple used for fixed arrangements and timetables
Describe future events which are based on a timetable, programe or calendar
Doesn’t depend on me, there’s an authority
Present perfect simple
Completed actions that have a measurable result in the present, to emphasize the result of it.
A past action when the specific time is not stated and we want to emphasize it
Life experiences when the person is still living
Action or situation in a time that continues up to the moment of speaking
Actions with time expressions such as “today, this year/ week/ month” and that period of time is not finished at the moment of speaking
Present perfect continuous
A recent activity when we want to emphasize the process or duration of it. The result doesn’t matter
An activity that started in the past and may or may not be in progress at the moment of speaking
Narrative tenses
Past simple
Past continuous
Past perfect simple
Past perfect continuous
Used to
Would
Past simple
An event or sequence of events in the past. The past time is STATED or clear in the context
Past continuous
Activity or states that describe the background to past actions
Activities or situations that were in progress when another took place
Past perfect simple
Actions that took place at an earlier time than the main event in a narrative.
