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The Present Continuous tense

Posted on July 7, 2023May 14, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - Continuous group of Tenses, grammar, parts of speech, verbsTags - action, all the time, at, auxiliary, constantly, continuous, currently, habitual, happening, in progress, is, main, moment, now, occasionally, ongoing, participle, present, right now, still, studying, subject, temporary, tense, the, verb, yet

The Present Continuous Tense: The affirmative form: of the Present Continuous Tense is formed by using the present tense of the auxiliary verb to be (am, is, are) followed by the present participle (verb + ing) of the main verb. Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Main Verb + ing Examples: I […]

The Future Indefinite in the Past

Posted on July 6, 2023May 14, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, Indefinite group of Tenses, parts of speech, verbsTags - about, from, future, in, indefinite, past, plans, reported, speech, talk, tense, the, the perspective

We use the future in the past, also known as the future simple in the past or the past future, to talk about events that were in the future from a past perspective.

It is a way of expressing something that was going to happen in the future, but has now already happened in the past.

The Future Indefinite tense ( the Future Simple)

Posted on July 6, 2023May 14, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, Indefinite group of Tenses, parts of speech, verbsTags - assumptions, at, base, beliefs, conditional, current, decision, evidence, form, future, intentions, moment, of, offers, plans, predictions, promises, shall, simple, speaking, statement, tense, the, tomorrow, verbs, will

Common adverbs that can be used with the future simple tense:

tomorrow, soon, later, next week/month/year,

eventually, shortly, imminently, eventually, one day,

inevitably, predictably, undoubtedly, surely, certainly.

The Past Indefinite Tense ( The Past Simple)

Posted on July 6, 2023May 14, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, Indefinite group of Tenses, parts of speech, verbsTags - adverbs, affirmative, after, ago, as soon as, before, expressions, forms, last, negative, past, previously, question, simple, tense, till, time, until, week, yesterday

Some adverbs and time expressions that can be used to indicate the past time frame with the Past Simple (Simple Past) tense:

yesterday, last night, last week, last month, last year, in 2005, two days ago, a week ago, an hour ago, previously, before, then.

These adverbs and time expressions are often used with the Past Simple tense to indicate that the action or event took place in the past and is now completed.

The Present Indefinite Tense (the Present Simple)

Posted on July 5, 2023May 13, 2024 by deliatutorCategories - grammar, Indefinite group of Tenses, parts of speech, verbsTags - actions, affirmative, always, commenting, does, does not, events, form, general, giving, h, habitual, indefinite, instructions, narrating, negative, often, on, opinions, permanent, person. singular, plural, present, question, repeated, scheduled, seldom, simple, situations, sports, statements, states, stating, stories, tense, third, truth, usually

Some adverbs that are commonly used with the Present Simple (Simple Present) tense:

always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, regularly, frequently, occasionally,