Those who need a comparison with the Tenses in German can find it here: Deutsche Zeitformen.
The abstract is based on Englische Zeiten (Übersicht).
Zeitform | Positiv/Negativ/Frage | Anwendung | Signalwörter |
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Present Simple Präsens, einfache Gegenwart |
P: He speaks. N: He does not speak. F: Does he speak? |
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always, every …, never, normally, often, seldom, sometimes, usually If-Satz Typ I (If I talk, …) |
Present Progressive Verlaufsform des Präsens (der Gegenwart) |
P: He is speaking. N: He is not speaking. F: Is he speaking? |
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at the moment, just, just now, Listen!, Look!, now, right now |
Simple PastPräteritum einfache Vergangenheit |
P: He spoke. N: He did not speak. F: Did he speak? |
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yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday If-Satz Typ II (If I talked, …) |
Past ProgressiveVerlaufsform des Präteritum Verlaufsform der Vergangenheit |
P: He was speaking. N: He was not speaking. F: Was he speaking? |
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when, while, as long as |
Present Perfect SimplePerfekt vollendete Gegenwart |
P: He has spoken. N: He has not spoken. F: Has he spoken? |
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already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now |
Present Perfect ProgressiveVerlaufsform des Perfekt Verlaufsform der vollendeten Gegenwart |
P: He has been speaking. N: He has not been speaking. F: Has he been speaking? |
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all day, for 4 years, since 1993, how long?, the whole week |
Past Perfect SimplePlusquamperfect Vorvergangenheit |
P: He had spoken. N: He had not spoken. F: Had he spoken? |
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already, just, never, not yet, once, until that day If-Satz Typ III (If I had talked, …) |
Past Perfect ProgressiveVerlaufsform des Plusquamperfect Verlaufsform der Vorvergangenheit |
P: He had been speaking. N: He had not been speaking. F: Had he been speaking? |
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for, since, the whole day, all day |
Future I Simple(will) Futur I Zukunft |
P: He will speak. N: He will not speak. F: Will he speak? |
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in a year, next …, tomorrow If-Satz Typ I (If you ask her, shewill help you.) Vermutung: I think, probably, perhaps |
Future I Simple(going to) | P: He is going to speak. N: He is not going to speak. F: Is he going to speak? |
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in one year, next week, tomorrow |
Future I ProgressiveVerlaufsform des Futur Verlaufsform der Zukunft |
P: He will be speaking. N: He will not be speaking. F: Will he be speaking? |
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in one year, next week, tomorrow |
Future II SimpleFutur II vollendete Zukunft |
P: He will have spoken. N: He will not have spoken. F: Will he have spoken? |
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by Monday, in a week |
Future II ProgressiveVerlaufsform des Futur II Verlaufsform der vollendeten Zukunft |
P: He will have been speaking. N: He will not have been speaking. F: Will he have been speaking? |
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for …, the last couple of hours, all day long |
Conditional I SimpleKonjunktiv II (Gegenwart) Möglichkeitsform |
P: He would speak. N: He would not speak. F: Would he speak? |
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If-Satz Typ II (If I were you, I would gohome.) |
Conditional I ProgressiveVerlaufsform Konjunktiv II (Gegenwart) Verlaufsform der Möglichkeitsform |
P: He would be speaking. N: He would not be speaking. F: Would he be speaking? |
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Conditional II SimpleKonjunktiv II (Vergangenheit) vollendete Möglichkeitsform |
P: He would have spoken. N: He would not have spoken. F: Would he have spoken? |
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If-Satz Typ III (If I had seen that, I would have helped.) |
Conditional II ProgressiveVerlaufsform Konjunktiv II (Vergangenheit) Verlaufsform der vollendeten Möglichkeitsform |
P: He would have been speaking. N: He would not have been speaking. F: Would he have been speaking? |
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