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| Question | Answer |
| habits | The Present Simple ("I check my e-mail every day.") |
| routines | The Present Simple ("I usually go to bed at 11 p.m.") |
| general truths | The Present Simple ("In the summer it is very hot.") |
| facts | The Present Simple ("January has 31 days.") |
| permanent situations | The Present Simple ("I live in London.") |
| actions happening right now | The Present Continuous ("I am eating dinner.") |
| temporary actions | The Present Continuous ("I am studying French this semester." |
| future plans and arrangements | The Present Continuous ("I am leaving for Paris tomorrow.") |
| thoughts, feelings, preferences and possession | The Present Simple, with stative verbs ("I like ice-cream.") |
| completed actions in the past | The Past Simple ("Sarah called me yesterday.") |
| incomplete actions in progress at a particular time in the past | The Past Continuous ("At 7 p.m. last night I was doing my homework.") |
| life experiences | The Present Perfect Simple ("John has travelled al over the world.") |
| situations in the past that are connected to the present | The Present Perfect Simple ("I've lost my phone.") |
| actions that started in the past and continue in the present | The Present Perfect Simple ("I've lived in this city since I was ten.") |
| a completed action which took place before another action in the past | The Past Perfect Simple ("When Jane arrived to the party, Mark had already left.") |
| time up to a point in the past | The Past Perfect Simple ("She had published her first poem by the time she was eight.") |
| predictions about the future | The Future Simple ("I'll probably be home late tonight.") |
| spontaneous decisions | The Future Simple ("I feel a bit hungry. I think I’ll have something to eat.") |
| events on a timetable | The Future Simple ("The tennis match will begin at 5.30.") |
| planned actions for the future | Be going to ("I'm going to buy a new car.") |
| an action that is about to happen | Be going to ("Be careful! You are going to fall.") |
| a completed action by a certain time in the future | The Future Perfect Simple ("By the time you get home, I’ll have cleaned the entire house.") |
| an action in progress at a particular time in the future | The Future Continuous ("This time next week I’ll be taking my science exam.") |
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