vendredi 20 mai 2011

Tenses 4

Review of Tenses 4


TENSES
FORMS                                                              (Affirmative - A/Negative - N                     Question - Q)
USE
TIME  PHRASES
Perfect  continuous
PRESENT




A: I we/you/they   have been working.
    He/she/it          has   been working.

N: I/we/you/they  have not (haven’t)  been working.
    He/she/it         has not (hasn’t)       been working.

Q: Have       I/we/you/they      been working?
     Has         he/she/it             been working?    






1-to say how long things have been continuing up to now:                                       I’ve been learning English for six years.                                                                      It’s been raining all day.

2-to say how we have been filling our time (up to now)
-Your hands are dirty.                                              -I’ve been painting the walls.









for, since; How long…?
PAST



                                                                                                                         A: I /we/you/they      had been  working.
     He/she/it              had been  working.

N: I/we/you/they      had not (hadn’t) been working.
    He/she/it              had not (hadn’t) been working.

Q: Had    I/we/you/they   been working?
     Had    he/she/it           been working?


1-denotes an action which began before a definite moment in the past, continued up to that moment and was still going on at the moment:                                                            We could not go out because it had been raining for two hours. 
2-denotes an action which was no longer going on at a definite moment in the past, but which had been in progress not long before:     The baby’s face was red and wet. He had been crying.                                                             
since, for
FUTURE

 


A: I/we            shall/will *   have been   working.
    He/she/it      will               have been   working.
    You/they      will               have been   working.

N: I/we    shall not (shan’t)*   have been working.   
                will not    (won’t)    

    He/she/it   will not (won’t)   have been working.
    You/they   will not (won’t)   have been working.

Q: Shall/will     I/we             have   been   working?
     Will             he/she/it       have   been   working?
     Will             you/they       have   been working?

  







1-denotes an action which will begin before a definite moment in the future, will continue up to the moment and will be going on at that moment:                                                            You will have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
In the fall I will have been studying here for 2 years.
He will be tired when he arrives. He will have been travelling for 24 hours.
for

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