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Tense

Signal words

Examples affirmative Examples negative Examples interrogative I work.

I don't work.

Do I work?

Infinitive

He works.

He doesn't work.

Does he work?

he/she/it + -s

I go.

I don't go.

Do I go?

He goes.

He doesn't go.

Does he go?

I'm working.

I'm not working.

Am I working?

He's working.

He isn't working.

Is he working?

I'm going.

I'm not going.

Am I going?

He's going.

He isn't going.

Is he going?

I worked.

I didn't work.

Did I work?

He worked.

He didn't work.

Did he work?

I went.

I didn't go.

Did I go?

He went.

Use

He didn't go.

Did he go?

Form

every day

something happens repeatedly sometimes how often something happens always one action follows another
Simple
Present

often things in general usually seldom never with the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.) future meaning: timetables, programmes first ... then now Present
Progressive

at the moment
Look!
Listen!

something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)

to be (am/are/is) +
Infinitive + ing

last ...

Simple
Past

... ago in 1990 yesterday action took place in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present)

regular:
Infinitive + -ed irregular: 2. Spalte

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I was working.

Past
Progressive

while

Was I working?

He was working.

He wasn't working.

Was he working?

I was going.

I wasn'tgoing.

Was I going?

He was going.

He wasn't going.

Was he going?

I have worked.

I haven't worked.

Have I worked?

He has worked.

He hasn’t worked.

Has he worked?

I have