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PAST |
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FUTURE |
FUTURE IN THE PAST |
S I M P L E
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I went to the cinema last week. He didn't stay long at the party. Did you like the music?
I was in France five years ago. Where were you last weekend?
yesterday, last month, two weeks ago |
We travel a lot. How often do you go out? They don't work at weekends.
He likes this kind of music. She doesn't understand that language. Does it often rain here? |
I think I will/shall buy this dress. Will you phone me tonight? She won't be able to come tomorrow.
tomorrow, next week, in five hours
will / shall do |
I would buy the shoes if they weren't so expensive. I wouldn't let her do it if I were her mother. If you had a lot of money, what would you spend it on?
would do |
C O N T I N U O U S |
I was working all day yesterday. What were you doing at 5 p.m.? She wasn't watching TV in the evening.
I was having a shower while the phone rang.
was / were doing |
My mother is cooking dinner at the moment. Where are you going? They aren't playing now.
What are you doing this weekend? When are you leaving?
am / is / are doing |
I will be waiting at the usual time. I'm sure that when we arrive he'll be working in the garden. What will you be doing tomorrow at 6:30?
will / shall be doing |
She said that at 8 p.m. she would be having supper. Peter wondered what Kate would be doing that evening.
would be doing |
P E R F E C T
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He said that somebody had broken into his flat. When I arrived at the station the train had already left. Had they already gone home when you arrived?
had done |
I have bought a new car. Have you ever tasted tortilla? They haven't finished it yet.
Has the train arrived yet? She has visited me lately.
have / has done
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Tom will have finished his work at 8 p.m. By the time we arrive They will have gone out. I shall have cooked the dinner by 5 p.m.
will / shall have done |
We would have bought the car if it had been less expensive. Steve said he would have done the homework by 9 o'clock.
would have done
III okres warunkowy |
P C E O R N F T E I C N. T
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He had been reading a book before he went out. Betty said she had been writing letters all evening.
had been doing
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I have been cleaning the kitchen for two hours. He has been waiting for me for 15 minutes. What have you been doing in my room? have / has been doing |
At 9 p.m. I will have been driving the car for 10 hours. By the end of December we will have been living in Warsaw for 3 years.
will / shall have been doing |
What would you have been doing yesterday evening if he hadn't invited you to the cinema? We would have been playing the ball at 5 p.m. if Chris had been allowed to come. would have been doing |