Nr.

VERBAL
Crt. TENSE

1.

PRESENT
SIMPLE

2.

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

3.

4.

PRESENT
PERFECT
SIMPLE

PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

FORM + - ?

USE/ USAGE

TIME
MARKERS

EXAMPLES

-permanent states
-habitual actions
-general truths
-cognitive verbs
-likes+ dislikes
-sports
-stage directions
-timetables
I am talking.
-temporary actions
Am I talking?
-actions happening at
I am not talking. the time of speaking
-actions with the
future meaning-plans,
arrangements
-repeated actions
which are unpleasent
I have walked.
-actions which started
Have I walked? in the present and
I havent
still continued
walked.
-an action which has
recently finished
-an action when the
time is not expressed
-actions which refer
to somebodys lifer
experience

every, in the
afternoon/evening
/morning, often,
never, always,
rarely, at night,
usually,
sometimes,
seldom
now, at the
moment, at
present

1.I live in Tg-Mur

2.I go to school in
morning.
3.The Earths mov
round the Sun.
4.Maradona hits th
5.The Brasov train
at 8 p.m.
1.Many people are
waiting to go on h
2.I am speaking w
teacher.
3.I am visiting my
grandparents this

ever, never,
already, yet,
sincer, for,
recently, just, how
long, so far

1.I have walked to

for 15 minutes.
2.I have just done
homework.
3.I have read this
twice.
4.Have you ever t
by plane?

I have been
studying.
Have I been
studying?
I havent been
studying.

since, for

1.I have been wait

bus for 10 minute
2.i have been look
my pen since lunc
it is at last!

I talk.
She talks.
Do I talk?
Does she talk?
I dont talk.
She doesnt
talk.

-actions which began

in the past and are
still continuing
-actions which began
in the past and have
only just finished

I wiil go.
Will I go?
I wont go.
5.

FUTURE
SIMPLE

-actions that will

happen in the future
-promises

tomorrow, next
week/year/month

1.I will listen to m

tomorrow.
2.I will call you n
week.

Nr.
Crt.

6.

VERBAL
TENSE

PAST SIMPLE

7.

PAST
CONTINUOUS

8.

PAST PERFECT
SIMPLE

9.

10.

PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

GOING TO
FUTURE

TIME
MARKERS

EXAMPLES

yesterday,
last,in
1997, a long
time ago,
when, then,
ago, at that
time
I was talking
-incomplete actions at a when, while,
with you.
certain moment in the
at 3 oclock,
Was I talking
past
yesterday
with you?
-actions in progress
I wasnt talking interrupted by an event
with you.
-two actions in progress
at the same time
-to describe details
about nature
I had visited
-a past action which
before, after
the museum.
finished before another
Had I visited
past action
the museum?
I hadnt visited
the museum.

1.I bought this c

in 2005.
2.I was a clerk f
years.

He had been
talking.
He had not
been talking.
Had he been
talking?

for, since, the

whole day, all
day

1.You had been

waiting there fo
more than two
hours when she
finally arrived.
2. How long had
you been waitin
get on the bus?

1.I am going to
spend my holida
the seaside.

FORM + - ? USE/ USAGE

I walked. (reg)
Did I walk?
I didnt walk
Ireg. I wrote

I am going to
learn.
Am I going to
learn?
I am not going
to learn.

-actions which
happened and finished
in the past

-action taking place

before a certain time in
the past
-sometimes
interchangeable with
past perfect simple
-puts emphasis on the
course or duration of an
action
-for intentions

1.I was walking

the fields yester
2.I was having a
shower, when yo
opened the door
3.The sun was
shining and the
wind was blowi
hard.
1.I had visited th
Colloseum befo
my mother calle
me.
2.I will call you
after I had finish
my breakfast.