Simple past grammar
Classified in English
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Grammar: future tenses
FUTURE CONTINUOUS: will+be+verb -ing = action that will be in progress in the future.
FUTURE PERFECT: will+have+verb third column = an action that will be finished or not in the future.
FUTURE SIMPLE: will+infinitive = spontaneous decission, an offer, a promise, a prediction.
BE+GOING+TO = intention or desire.
PRESENT SIMPLE: timetables.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS: arrangements or something organized.
Future time
present simple | I like ice cream | She said (that) she liked ice cream. |
present continuous | I am living in London | She said (that) she was living in London. |
past simple | I bought a car | She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car. |
past continuous | I was walking along the street | She said (that) she had been walking along the street. |
present perfect | I haven't seen Julie | She said (that) she hadn't seen Julie. |
past perfect* | I had taken English lessons before | She said (that) she had taken English lessons before. |
will | I'll see you later | She said (that) she would see me later. |
would* | I would help, but..” | She said (that) she would help but... |
can | I can speak perfect English | She said (that) she could speak perfect English. |
could* | I could swim when I was four | She said (that) she could swim when she was four. |
shall | I shall come later | She said (that) she would come later. |
should* | I should call my mother | She said (that) she should call her mother |
might* | I might be late | She said (that) she might be late |
must | I must study at the weekend | She said (that) she must study at the weekend OR She said she had to study at the weekend |