Констатація факту, не вказуючи на тривалість дії. Дія, яка повторюється, відбувається регулярно. Ряд послідовних дій.
Процес, який відбувається в певний момент часу, який позначається а) точним зазначенням часу; б) періодом часу; в) іншою дією.
Дія, яка мала місце до певного моменту часу і важливим є результат або наслідок цієї дії.
Процес, який розпочався до певного моменту, тривав певний час аж до цього моменту (іноді навіть під час та після цього моменту)
Present
V, V-s/-es
+ They (He) play (plays)chess every Saturday and Sunday.
They (He) don’t (doesn’t) play chess on Monday.
? Do (Does) they (he) play chess on Wednesday? Who plays chess on Wednesday?
am
is + V-ing
are + They (He) are (is) playingchess now.
They (He) aren’t (isn’t) playing chess now.
? Are (Is) they (he) playing chess now?
have
hasV-ed/III + They (He) have (has) just finished a game of chess.
They (He) haven’t (hasn’t) finished a game of chess yet.
? Have (Has) they (he) finished a game of chess?
have
hasbeen + V-ing + They (He) have (has) been playing chess for three hours.
They (He) haven’t (hasn’t) been playing chess for two hours.
? Have (Has) they (he) been playing a game of chess for five hours?
Past
V-ed, VII + They played chess last Wednesday.
He didn’t play chess
last Wednesday.
? Did you play chess last Wednesday?
was
were+ V-ing + They (I) were (was) playing chess at 7 p.m. yesterday.
They (he) weren’t (wasn’t) playing chess at 7 p.m. yesterday.
? Were (was) they (he) playing chess at 7 p.m. yesterday?
had + V-ed/III + They had played chess before we returned.
They hadn’t played chess before we returned.
? Had they played chess before she returned?
had been + V-ing + They had been playing chess for three hours before I came home.
They had been playing chess for three hours before I came home.
? Had you been playing chess for three hours when I came?
Future
will/shall + V + They will play chess next week.
They won’t playchess next Sunday
? Will they play chess in a week?
shall
willbe + V-ing + They will be playingchess at this time tomorrow.
They won’t be playing chess at 12 p.m. tomorrow.
? Will they be playing chess at 5 p.m. tomorrow?
shall
willhave + V-ed/III
+ They will have played chess by the time mother comes.
They won’t have played chess by the time mother comes.
? Will they have played chess by the time mother comes?
shall
willhave been + V-ing + They will have been playing for about three hours by the time I come.
We won’t have been playing for three hours by the time I come.
? Will you have been playing chess for two hours when I come?
Future-in-the-Past
would/should + V + He said he would play chess next day.
He said he wouldn’t play chess next Sunday
? He wanted to know if they would play chess next Monday.
would
shouldbe + V-ing + He told us he would be playingchess at this time next day.
He said they wouldn’t be playing chess at 12 p.m. next Sunday.
? He wondered if they would be playing chess at 5 p.m. next Friday.
would
shouldhave+ Ved/III +He thought they would have played chess by the time mother came.
He said they wouldn’t have played chess by the time mother came.
? He asked if they would have played chess by the time mother came home.
would
shouldhave been + V-ing + He said they would have been playing for two hours by the time I came.
He said they wouldn’t have been playing for an hour by the time I came.
? She asked if he would have been playing chess for two hours by 7 p.m.
