1. | Permanent or regular actions and situations | A. | Passive | |
2. | Temporary, developing or changing actions and situations | B. | BY | |
3. | Actions or situations begun in the past and still true now or continuing now | C. | Present Perfect | |
4. | Used in the Present Perfect Progressive tense to show 'a period of time' | D. | Past Perfect | |
5. | Used in the present Perfect Progressive tense to show 'a point of time' | E. | Present Perfect Simple | |
6. | Refer to permanent states or situations (not used in the Progressive form) | F. | USED TO | |
7. | To refer to simultaneous events or activities that continued or were interrupted. | G. | FOR | |
8. | To emphasize that the activity no longer takes place | H. | Present Progressive | |
9. | To emphasize that one past event happened before another. | I. | Past Progressive | |
10. | To refer to the past when - no definite time in the past is given/ known - or when the activity began in the past and has not finished yet (not used after 'when') | J. | Stative Verbs | |
11. | Is used when the person responsible for an action is not known or is not important, or to avoid mentioning the person responsible for an action. | K. | SINCE | |
12. | Used with the passive to show who was responsible for an action. | L. | Present Simple |
L | 1. | Permanent or regular actions and situations | A. | Passive |
H | 2. | Temporary, developing or changing actions and situations | B. | BY |
E | 3. | Actions or situations begun in the past and still true now or continuing now | C. | Present Perfect |
G | 4. | Used in the Present Perfect Progressive tense to show 'a period of time' | D. | Past Perfect |
K | 5. | Used in the present Perfect Progressive tense to show 'a point of time' | E. | Present Perfect Simple |
J | 6. | Refer to permanent states or situations (not used in the Progressive form) | F. | USED TO |
I | 7. | To refer to simultaneous events or activities that continued or were interrupted. | G. | FOR |
F | 8. | To emphasize that the activity no longer takes place | H. | Present Progressive |
D | 9. | To emphasize that one past event happened before another. | I. | Past Progressive |
C | 10. | To refer to the past when - no definite time in the past is given/ known - or when the activity began in the past and has not finished yet (not used after 'when') | J. | Stative Verbs |
A | 11. | Is used when the person responsible for an action is not known or is not important, or to avoid mentioning the person responsible for an action. | K. | SINCE |
B | 12. | Used with the passive to show who was responsible for an action. | L. | Present Simple |