Page 2: Future Tenses and Conditional Forms

This page focuses on future tenses and conditional forms in English, including the will-future, going-to future, Future II, and Conditional I and II.

The will-future is used for future events, promises, and predictions.

Example: "I promise I'll come to your party."

Highlight: It's also used in if-clauses type I.

The going-to future describes planned future actions.

Example: "This year we are going to go to Italy."

Definition: It's formed using to be (am/are/is) + going to + infinitive.

The Future II expresses actions that will be completed by a specific point in the future.

Example: "In 2025 you (hopefully) will have passed your final exams."

Conditional I expresses what would happen under certain circumstances.

Example: "I would practice the tenses."

Highlight: It's used in if-clauses type II.

Conditional II describes hypothetical past situations and their consequences.

Example: "I would have gone to the job center."

This page provides a comprehensive overview of future and conditional forms, helping students understand the nuances of English tenses and their applications in various contexts. The Englische Zeitformen Tabelle presented here offers a clear and concise summary of these complex grammatical structures, making it easier for learners to grasp and remember the different tenses and their uses.

Page 1: Present and Past Tenses

This page covers the simple present, simple past, present perfect, past perfect, present progressive, and past progressive tenses in English.

The simple present is used for regular actions and general truths.

Example: "I go to school every day."

Highlight: Signal words for simple present include every day/year, sometimes, always, never, usually, often, on Thursday.

The simple past describes completed actions in the past.

Example: "Last week I went to Rome."

Vocabulary: Signal words for simple past include last week/Sunday, yesterday, ago, in 2020.

The present perfect expresses past actions with present relevance.

Example: "Look, I've just cleaned my bike."

Definition: It's formed using have/has + verb + -ed/3rd form (irregular verbs).

The past perfect indicates actions completed before another past event.

Example: "After I had done my homework, I went swimming."

The present progressive describes actions happening right now.

Example: "Where are you going?"

Highlight: Signal words include now, at the moment, today, this year, look!, listen!

The past progressive expresses ongoing actions in the past.

Example: "Yesterday I was working in the garden."

The page also introduces the present perfect progressive and past perfect progressive tenses, which express ongoing actions over a period of time.

Example: "I've been repairing my bike for two hours."