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Tense Signal w ords Use Form
Exam ples
affirm ative
Exam ples
negative
Exam ples
interrogative
Simple
Present
every day
som etim es
alw ays
often
usually...
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englisch-hilfen.
de – LEARNI NG ENGLI SH ONLI NE
englisch-hilfen.
de – LEARNI NG ENGLI SH ONLI NE
Tense Signal w ords Use Form
Exam ples
affirm ative
Exam ples
negative
Exam ples
interrogative
Simple
Present
every day
som etim es
alw ays
often
usually
seldom
never
first .
.
.
then
something happens repeatedly
how often something happens
one action follows another
things in general
after the following verbs (to love,
to hate, to think, etc.
)
future meaning: timetables,
programmes
I nfinitive
he/ she/ it + -s
I w ork.
He w orks.
I go.
He goes.
I don t w ork.
He doesn t w ork.
I don t go.
He doesn t go.
Do I w ork?
Does he w ork?
Do I go?
Does he go?
Present
Progressive
now
at the m om ent
Look!
Listen!
something is happening at the
same time of speaking or around it
future meaning: when you have
already decided and arranged to
do it (a fixed plan, date)
to be ( am / are/ is) +
I nfinitive + ing
I m w orking.
He s w orking.
I m going.
He s going.
I m not w orking.
He isn t
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