Present Perfect Continuous (теперішній тривалий доконаний)

Вживаємо, коли дія почалася в минулому і ще не закінчилася на момент мовлення

(підмет + доп. дієслова (have\has + been) + присудок з ing (verb+ing))

Індикатори: since 1992, for a long time

Positive (ствердження)			Negative (заперечення)			Interrogative (питання)
I	have	been reading	I	have not	been reading	Have	I	been reading
You	have		You	have not		Have	You
He	has		He	has not		Has	He
She			She				She
It			It				It
We	have		We	have not		Have	We
They	have		They	have not		Have	They

1. Без ing: hate, like, love, trust, agree, see, be, feel, hear, wish, know, believe, find, remember, look, contain etc.

2. do not = don’t, is not = isn’t, have not = haven’t, has not = hasn’t

Appendix 4 Past Tenses (минулі часи) Past Indefinite (Simple) (минулий неозначений (простий))

Вживаємо, коли дія відбувалася або відбувалася в минулому

(підмет + дієслово+ed/II форма; допоміжне дієслово - did)

Індикатори: yesterday, last week, last year, last summer, the other day

Positive (ствердження)		Negative (заперечення)		Interrogative (питання)
I	worked/wrote	I	did not work/write	Did	I	work/ write
You		You			You
He		He			He
She		She			She
It		It			It
We		We			We
They		They			They

Past Continuous (минулий тривалий)

Вживаємо, коли дія відбувалась, тривала в певний момент часу в минулому

(підмет + доп.дієслово (was/were) + присудок з ing (verb+ing))

Індикатори: from 6 till 7, at 2 o’clock, at midnight, this/that time last year

Positive (ствердження)			Negative (заперечення)			Interrogative (питання)
I	was	working	I	was not	working	Was	I	working
You	were		You	were not		Were	You
He	was		He	was not		Was	He
She			She				She
It			It				It
We	were		We	were not		Were	We
They	were		They	were not		Were	They