5.5 Hope This can be followed by either present or future tenses.
I hope it doesn’t 't rain. I hope it won't rain. 5.6 Think, believe, expect, doubt Most verbs of thinking can be followed by will if there is future reference.
I expect the train will be late. I doubt whether United will win. 5.7 Just/just about to Just can be used to describe something on the point of happening.
Hurry up! The tram is just leaving\ just about to leave. 5.8 Shall is used for first person in future and possibly declining in use.
We also use shall to ask politely: Shall I open the window?
1.Completed actions, happed one after the other
I got up, switched off the radio, and sat down again. 2. Habits Every day I went to the park. 3. States In those days, I didn’t like reading. 4.Actions happed at a stated past time
She passed her exam last month. 5.Completed past actions not connected to the present
Elvis Presley made lots of records. Mozart was a well-known pianist at the age of 10.
2. Past continuous
1. Actions in progress (interrupted by events)
I was drinking my coffee at the time. While I was opening the letter, the phone rang. 2. Background description in narrative
I entered the office and looked around. Most people were working at their desks, but Jane was staring out the window and pretending to write something at the same time. 3. Changing states
The car was getting worse all the time. One of the headlights was gradually falling off, and the engine was making more and more funny noises. 4. Repeated actions – criticism. With a frequency adverb, this use is similar to the use of present continuous to express annoyance.
When Jane was at school, she was always losing things.
