PRESENT SIMPLE
  • Habitual actions in the present
  • General, timeless truths
  • With be or other stative verbs (speak, love, think)
  • Present action
/ PRESENT PERFECT
  • Smth that began at an earlier point in time and continues into the present
  • An action occurring or not occurring at an unspecified previous time that has a connection with now
  • A very recently completed action (often with just)
  • An action that happened over a previous time period and that is completed at the moment of speaking

PAST SIMPLE
  • A definite single completed action in the past
  • Habitual or repeated action in the past
  • An event with duration that applied in the past but no longer applies in the present
  • With states in the past (speak, love, think)
/ PAST PERFECT
  • An action completed in the past before some other past event or time

FUTURE SIMPLE
  • An action to take place at some definite future time
  • A future habitual action or state
/ FUTURE PERFECT
  • future action that will be completed before a specific future time
  • A state/accomplishment that will be completed in the future before some other future time or event

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
  • An activity in progress
  • A temporary situation
  • Repetition in a series of similar ongoing actions
  • Emotional comment on present habit (w/always and forever)
  • A change in progress
/ PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
  • Situation/habit that began in the past (recent or distant) and that continues up to the present (and possibly into the future)
  • An action in progress that is not yet completed
  • A state that changes over time

PAST PROGRESSIVE
  • action in progress at specific point of time in the past
  • past action that happens at the same time with some other event that is usually stated in the simple past (I was washing my hair when the phone rang)
  • repetition of some ongoing past action
/ PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
  • An action or habit taking place over a period of time in the past before some other past event or time
  • A past action in progress that was interrupted by a more recent past action
  • An ongoing past action or state that becomes satisfied by some other events

FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
  • An action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future
  • Duration of some specific future action
/ FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
  • An action (habitual, duration) that is taking place in the present and that will continue into the future up until or through a specific time

PRESENT SIMPLE
  • He walks to school everday.
  • Water freezes at 0 degrees. / Spaniards eat dinner late.
  • I speak English. / I know Jennifer.
  • And Karadeniz scores a goal!!!!!
/ PRESENT PERFECT
  • I have been a teacher since 2003.
  • I have already seen that movie.
  • Ayse has just finished her homework.
  • The value of Fatih’s house has doubled in the last 4 years.

  • I attended a meeting of that club last week.
  • It rained every weekend last spring.
  • Antonia taught at Büyük Kolej for 2 years.
  • He looked like a nice guy.
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  • He had already left before I could offer him a ride.

FUTURE SIMPLE
  • Ahmet will take the ÖSS next month.
  • After March, Burcu will take the dolmus into the city every day.
/ FUTURE PERFECT
  • I will have finished all this homework by 5pm.
  • At the end of the summer, Can and Aylin will have been married for 5 years.

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
  • He is talking on the phone now.
  • Cem is living with his parents.
  • Mujde is kicking the football around the field.
  • He’s always helping out when it matters.
  • He’s becoming more and more like his father.
/ PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
  • Sinem has been going out with Ekrem.
  • I have been reading this book.
  • The students have been getting better and better.

PAST PROGRESSIVE
  • He was walking to school at 8:30 this morning.
  • I was washing my hair when the phone rang.
  • Murat was coughing all night long.
/ PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
  • Irem had been working hard, so her doctor told her to take a vacation.
  • We had been planning to vacation in Side, but changed our minds after hearing about Tekirova.
  • I had been wanting to see that concert, so I was happy when I won the tickets.

  • He will be taking a test at 8am tomorrow.
  • Muhi will be working on his thesis for the next 3 years.
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  • I will have been keeping a journal for 10 years next month.