English Tenses Времена в английском языке

English Tenses Времена в английском языке

Tense	Signal words	Use	Form	Examples affirmative
Simple Present or Present Simple	every day sometimes always often usually seldom never first … then	something happens repeatedly how often something happens one action follows another things in general Действие, которое происходит с некоторой регулярностью.	infinitive (he/she/it) + -s	I work.
He works.
I go.
He goes.
Present Continuous	now at the moment Look! Listen! right now	something is happening at the same time of speaking future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a plan, date) Действие, которое происходит сейчас.	to be (am/are/is)+ infinitive+ -ing	I‘m working.
He‘s working.
Simple Past or Past Simple	last …(week, year, month…) … ago in 1990 yesterday	action finished in the past Действие в прошлом.	regular: infinitive + -ed irregular: 2nd column of table of irregular verbs	I worked.
He worked.
I went.
He went.
Past Continuous	while	an action happened in the middle of another action someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) Действие, которое происходит в указанный момент в прошлом	was/were + infinitive+ -ing	I was working.
He was working.
Simple Present Perfect or Present Perfect	just yet never ever already so far up to now since for recently	something has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present action started in the past and continues up to the present Действие, которое произошло в какой-то неуказанный момент в прошлом, и эффект которого, зачастую, имеется в настоящем.	have/has +past participle*	I have worked.
He has worked.
I have gone.
He has gone.
Present Perfect Continuous	all day the whole day how long since for	action began in the past and has continued up until now. how long the action has been happening Действие, которое началось в прошлом, и которое происходит в течение некоторого периода времени, и продолжается в настоящем или закончилось только что.	have/has + been + infinitive + -ing	I have been working.
He has been working.
Simple Past Perfect or Past Perfect (Simple)	already just never by the time until last week	mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: the action which had already happened is Past Perfect, the other action is Simple Past the past of Present Perfect Действие, которое завершилось до другого действия в прошлом	had + past participle*	I had worked.
He had worked.
I had gone.
He had gone.
Past Perfect Continuous	how long since for up to now	how long something had been happening before something else happened Действие, которое происходило в течение периода времени до другого действия в прошлом	had + been+ infinitive+ ing	I had been working.
He had been working.
will – future	tomorrow tonight next week soon in the future	predictions about the future (you think that something will happen) you decide to do something spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven’t made a decision before main clause in the if clauses	will + infinitive	I‘ll work.
He‘ll work.
going to – future		when you have already decided to do something in the future what you think what will happen	to be (am/are/is)+ going to + infinitive	I‘m going to work.
He‘s going to work.
Future Continuous		An action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. This action has begun before the certain time. Действие, которое будет происходить через некоторое время в будущем	will + be + infinitive + ing	I‘ll be working.
He‘ll be working.
Simple Future Perfect or Future Perfect Simple		something will already have happened before a certain time in the future Действие, которое завершится до другого действия в будущем	will + have+ past participle*	I‘ll have worked.
He‘ll have worked.
I‘ll have gone.
He‘ll have gone.
Future Perfect Continuous		something will already have happened before a certain time in the future emphasis: length of time of an action Действие, которое начнется в будущем, и которое будет происходить в течение некоторого периода времени до другого действия в будущем	will + have+ been + infinitive + ing	I‘ll have been working.
He‘ll have been working.
Conditional Simple		something that might happen main clause in the Conditional sentences	would + infinitive	I would work.
He would work.
Conditional Continuous		something that might happen emphasis: length of time of an action	would + be+ infinitive+ ing	I would be working.
He would be working.
Conditional Perfect		something that might have happened in the past (It’s too late now.) main clause in type III of the if clauses	would + have + past participle*	I would have worked.
He would have worked.
I would have gone.
He would have gone.
Conditional Perfect Continuous		something that might have happened in the past (It’s too late now.) emphasis: length of time of an action	would + have + been + infinitive + ing	I would have been working.
He would have been working.
I would have been going.
He would have been going.

(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)

Progressive is also used instead of Continuous.