Page 3: Simple Past Perfect, Past Perfect Progressive, Will-Future, and Going To-Future

This page covers four more Englische Zeitformen (English tenses): Simple Past Perfect, Past Perfect Progressive, Will-Future, and Going To-Future.

The Simple Past Perfect describes actions completed before a specific time in the past. It is formed using had plus the past participle of the main verb.

Example: I had worked. / He had worked.

The Past Perfect Progressive emphasizes the duration of an action that began before a specific time in the past and continued up to that time. It is formed using had been plus the present participle (-ing form) of the main verb.

Example: I had been working. / He had been working.

The Will-Future is used for predictions, spontaneous decisions, and in Type I conditional sentences. It is formed using will plus the base form of the verb.

Example: I'll work. / He'll work.

The Going To-Future expresses planned intentions or logical conclusions about the future. It is formed using am/is/are going to plus the base form of the verb.

Example: I'm going to work. / He's going to work.

Highlight: This page provides a clear Englisch Zeitformen Zeitstrahl (English tenses timeline) perspective, showing how different past and future tenses relate to each other.