PRELIMINARY ENGLISH TEST Grammar Part 1
Tenses Tense
Simple Present
Usage • •
Present Continuous (future)
Present Perfect
Always Never Twice a week Every month
I/you/we/they + infinitive
• •
Action now Temporary action
Now At this moment Currently
Am/is/are + verb -ing
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Planned action in the future
Tomorrow In two weeks
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For Since Already Yet Just Up to now So far
Has/have + 3rd column
• • •
Action up up the present Finished result Recent event Life event
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Past action
Yesterday Last week In 1980
Was/were (no auxiliaries)
Simple Past
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• Past Perfect
Auxiliaries: do/does
Regular Irregular verbs Auxiliary: (did) •
Past Continuous
Form
Habitual Action Permanent States Likes & dislikes
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Present Continuous
Adverbs (clues)
Past action in progress Past action in progress interrupted
Yesterday Last week In 1980
Was/were + ing
A past action done before another past action
Before After When
Had + 3rd column