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Everything You Need to Know About Past Tenses: Simple Past vs Past Continuous and More!

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The document provides a comprehensive guide on various English tenses and modal verbs, focusing on their usage, formation, and key differences. It covers topics such as the present continuous, past simple, past continuous, modal verbs like must and have to, and the present perfect tense. The guide is designed to help students understand and differentiate between these grammatical structures, offering examples and explanations for each.

Explores the differences between "been" and "gone" in the present perfect tense
Explains the usage of modal verbs "must," "mustn't," and "have to"
Provides detailed information on the formation and use of present continuous and past continuous tenses
Discusses the past simple tense and its signal words
Introduces the use of "may" and "might" for expressing future possibilities
Covers the present perfect tense with adverbs like "just," "already," and "yet"

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BEEN →→
sono andato in un posto e tornato
es. I have been to London twice this year.
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Past Continuous and Past Simple

This page focuses on the past continuous and past simple tenses, providing detailed explanations of their uses and formations. It also introduces the use of "may" and "might" for expressing future possibilities.

The past continuous tense is explained with its various uses:

Actions in progress in the past
Two simultaneous actions in the past
An action in progress interrupted by another action
Setting a scene when starting a story
Describing temporary situations in the past

Example: "While I was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes."

The guide provides the formation of the past continuous in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms:

Vocabulary: Signal words for past continuous include "when," "while," and "as."

The past simple tense is then introduced, with its uses and signal words:

Past events, actions, and places
Completed actions in the past

Vocabulary: Signal words for past simple include "yesterday," "last week/month/year," "two days/weeks/months ago," and specific dates in the past.

The document provides the formation of the past simple for regular verbs in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.

Lastly, the page introduces the use of "may" and "might" for expressing future possibilities:

Example: "I may rent a car in London. I might book a flight to Glasgow."

Highlight: "May" and "might" are modal verbs always followed by the base form of a verb, with "might" expressing a lower probability than "may."

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Present Perfect with Adverbs and Future Expressions

This page delves deeper into the present perfect tense, focusing on its use with adverbs such as "just," "already," and "yet." It also provides additional information on using "may" and "might" for future expressions.

The guide explains the use of "may" and "might" for making predictions about the future, expressing uncertainty:

Example: "Let's leave early tomorrow. There might be a lot of traffic. He may win the competition."

The document then provides a detailed explanation of the present perfect tense with adverbs:

"Already" (già):
- Used in affirmative sentences
- Shows that something happened earlier than expected
- Positioned between the auxiliary and the past participle

Example: "What time is Bill leaving? He has already left."

"Just" (appena):
- Used in affirmative sentences
- Means "a short time ago"
- Positioned between the auxiliary and the past participle

Example: "Mick has just phoned. Can you call him back?"

"Yet" (già? / non ancora):
- Used in interrogative sentences (già?)
- Used in negative sentences (non ancora)
- Positioned at the end of the main question or clause

Example: "Has it stopped raining yet?" (interrogative) Example: "I've written her an email but she hasn't answered me yet." (negative)

Highlight: The guide emphasizes the correct positioning of these adverbs in sentences, which is crucial for proper usage of the present perfect tense.

This comprehensive overview of tempi verbali inglese (English verb tenses) provides students with a solid foundation for understanding and using these grammatical structures effectively in their language learning journey.

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Present Perfect and Modal Verbs

This page introduces key concepts in English grammar, focusing on the present perfect tense and modal verbs. It explains the difference between "been" and "gone" in the context of the present perfect, and delves into the usage of modal verbs such as "must" and "have to."

The guide begins by explaining the use of "been" in the present perfect tense.

Example: "I have been to London twice this year" indicates that the speaker has visited London and returned.

It then contrasts this with the use of "gone," which implies that the person is still at the destination.

Example: "He has gone to London" suggests that the person is currently in London.

The page also covers the modal verbs "must" and "mustn't," explaining their various uses:

For expressing obligations or formal instructions
For self-imposed obligations
For recommendations or expressing necessity
For prohibitions or expressing the importance of not doing something

Highlight: The guide emphasizes the difference between "mustn't" (prohibition) and "don't have to" (lack of obligation).

The document then introduces the present continuous tense, explaining its formation and uses:

For temporary actions
For actions happening at the moment of speaking
To imply progression or change
To express complaints or annoyance

Example: "I'm going to the concert" (affirmative), "Laura isn't working hard for the exam" (negative), "Is she cleaning her bedroom?" (interrogative)

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Past conditional

Everything You Need to Know About Past Tenses: Simple Past vs Past Continuous and More!

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Explores the differences between "been" and "gone" in the present perfect tense
Explains the usage of modal verbs "must," "mustn't," and "have to"
Provides detailed information on the formation and use of present continuous and past continuous tenses
Discusses the past simple tense and its signal words
Introduces the use of "may" and "might" for expressing future possibilities
Covers the present perfect tense with adverbs like "just," "already," and "yet"

7/10/2022

1220

2ªl

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Past Continuous and Past Simple

The past continuous tense is explained with its various uses:

Actions in progress in the past
Two simultaneous actions in the past
An action in progress interrupted by another action
Setting a scene when starting a story
Describing temporary situations in the past

Example: "While I was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes."

The guide provides the formation of the past continuous in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms:

Vocabulary: Signal words for past continuous include "when," "while," and "as."

The past simple tense is then introduced, with its uses and signal words:

Past events, actions, and places
Completed actions in the past

Vocabulary: Signal words for past simple include "yesterday," "last week/month/year," "two days/weeks/months ago," and specific dates in the past.

The document provides the formation of the past simple for regular verbs in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.

Lastly, the page introduces the use of "may" and "might" for expressing future possibilities:

Example: "I may rent a car in London. I might book a flight to Glasgow."

Highlight: "May" and "might" are modal verbs always followed by the base form of a verb, with "might" expressing a lower probability than "may."

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Present Perfect with Adverbs and Future Expressions

The guide explains the use of "may" and "might" for making predictions about the future, expressing uncertainty:

Example: "Let's leave early tomorrow. There might be a lot of traffic. He may win the competition."

The document then provides a detailed explanation of the present perfect tense with adverbs:

"Already" (già):
- Used in affirmative sentences
- Shows that something happened earlier than expected
- Positioned between the auxiliary and the past participle

Example: "What time is Bill leaving? He has already left."

"Just" (appena):
- Used in affirmative sentences
- Means "a short time ago"
- Positioned between the auxiliary and the past participle

Example: "Mick has just phoned. Can you call him back?"

"Yet" (già? / non ancora):
- Used in interrogative sentences (già?)
- Used in negative sentences (non ancora)
- Positioned at the end of the main question or clause

Example: "Has it stopped raining yet?" (interrogative) Example: "I've written her an email but she hasn't answered me yet." (negative)

Highlight: The guide emphasizes the correct positioning of these adverbs in sentences, which is crucial for proper usage of the present perfect tense.

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Present Perfect and Modal Verbs

The guide begins by explaining the use of "been" in the present perfect tense.

Example: "I have been to London twice this year" indicates that the speaker has visited London and returned.

It then contrasts this with the use of "gone," which implies that the person is still at the destination.

Example: "He has gone to London" suggests that the person is currently in London.

The page also covers the modal verbs "must" and "mustn't," explaining their various uses:

For expressing obligations or formal instructions
For self-imposed obligations
For recommendations or expressing necessity
For prohibitions or expressing the importance of not doing something

Highlight: The guide emphasizes the difference between "mustn't" (prohibition) and "don't have to" (lack of obligation).

The document then introduces the present continuous tense, explaining its formation and uses:

For temporary actions
For actions happening at the moment of speaking
To imply progression or change
To express complaints or annoyance

Example: "I'm going to the concert" (affirmative), "Laura isn't working hard for the exam" (negative), "Is she cleaning her bedroom?" (interrogative)

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