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Veröffentlicht am 07.12.2018

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Present Simple Englisch

Zusammenfassung

Dieses Referat beinhaltet eine Übersicht der am häufigsten verwendeten Zeiten der englischen Sprache. Dabei werden present simple und present continuous, simple past und past continuous sowie die beiden Zukunftsformen Will und going to beschrieben.
#1. Present Simple
 We use the present simple to talk about habits and routines; things which happen regulary. 
 For example: I visit my grandparents very Saturday evening. We use the present simple to talk about permanent situations.
 For example: Jennifer lives in Liverpool. We use the present simple to talk about Timetables.
 For example: The bus leaves at 8 o’clock.

 We use the present simple to talk about what happens in stories, books and movies.
 For example: At the beginning of the story, Jennifer tries to find a new job.

 We use the present simple to talk about general facts, that are always true.
 For example: The heart pumps blood through our body.

 Signal words for the present simple are: always, often, normally, never, rarely, every week, once ad day, twice a week, …
 #2. Present Continuous: (To be + infinitive + ing) We use the present continuous to talk about things which are happening at the moment.
 For example: Right now I am doing the washing up.

 We use the present continuous to talk about temporary situations or new habits.
 For example: I am studying on an English university for the next six months.

 We use the present continuous to talk about things which will happen in the future. For example: I am meeting my parents after school today.

 We use the present continuous to describe situations, actions and people in pictures.
 For example: On this photo, my mother is sitting on a horse.

 We use the present continuous to talk about annoying habits.
 For example: You are always interrupting me! Signal words are: currently, now, at the moment, listen! Look!, … 3. Will Future (will + infinitive) We use the will future to talk about spontaneous decisions.
 For example: I will take a burger and chips. We use the will future to talk about predictions.
 For example: It will rain the whole next week. We use the will future to talk about future facts which cannot be changed
 For example: My birthday will be on a Saturday. We use the will future to talk about Promises, Requests and Refusals.
 For example: I promise I won’t forget your birthday again! Give me a second, I will help you! #4. Going to Future (To be + going to + infinitive) We use the going to future to talk about things in the future which are already planned.
 For example: I am going to make a birthday party next Saturday.

 We use the going to future to talk about predictions based in evidence.
 For example: The sky is very cloudy. It’s going to rain. 
#5. Past Simple

 We use the simple past to talk about finished actions in the past.
 For example: Some months ago, I found one hundred dollars on the street!

 We use the simple past to describe habits and routines in the past.
 For example: When I was a child, I went to the football training twice a week.

 We use the simple past to talk about an order of events in the past.
 For example: First I had a cup of tea, then I switched on the TV and after that, I read a book. #6. Past continous (was + infinitve + -ing)

 We use the past continuous to talk about an action in progress in the past (at a specific moment in the past).
 For example: Yesterday at 7 o’clock, I was playing the guitar.

 We use the past continuous to talk about a temporary situation in the past.
 For example: When I was 20 years old, I was studying in England for six months.

 We use the past continuous to describe multiple actions in the past, which are happening at the same time.
 For example: While he was playing the guitar, I was doing the washing up.

 We use the past continuous to talk about a long action in the past, which gets interrupted by a short action.
 For example: I was watching television, when suddenly the phone rang.
 We use the past continuous to underline the length of an action in past.
 For example: Jennifer was waiting for one hour.

 We use the past continuous to describe something annoying that happened all the time in past.
 For example: Jennifer was always forgetting her homework and coming to late to school!