Просунуті нюанси часів, герундій, linking verbs
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This tense is all about movement, change, and drama—perfect for things happening right now or around this time.
✅ In progress at this moment:
📖 I’m writing a book.
🧘♀️ I’m doing yoga now.
✅ Temporary situations:
🌍 This month, I’m learning Italian.
📚 This summer, I’m taking an English course.
✅ Annoying habits (with always)
😤 You’re always throwing away my stuff!
It tells us about things that are true, regular, or official—like a news anchor or a football commentator.
✅ Performance verbs (no drama, just facts!) When something is straightforward, like giving a formal apology or admitting something, the resent
Simple keeps it real:
🙏 We apologize for not replying sooner.
✅ Sports commentary (fast & direct)
⚽ Look! He runs, he shoots… he scores!
✅ Headlines (big news, no fluff)
📰 PM of Great Britain resigns.
For storytelling, combine these tenses to create contrast between background and main actions!
🐕 Look! The dog is chasing the cat!
🌳 The cat is climbing the tree!
🏃♂️ The dog stops… The cat jumps… And—oh no!—the dog runs away!
Some verbs prefer to stay in the Present Simple—they describe feelings, thoughts, and senses.
Feelings: You don’t have to act on how you feel—it’s already clear.
Thoughts and opinions: These aren’t temporary actions—they’re your permanent beliefs.
Senses: You see something, but you’re not doing it, so no Present Continuous here.
⚠️ But some stative verbs break the rules!
✔ You are being friendly today. (= acting friendly now, not always)
✔ I am seeing someone. (= dating)
✔ I am having a great time! (= experiencing fun)
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This tense shows results or experiences that matter now.
✅ Achievements & experiences:
💻 I have accomplished two Java courses.
📚 I have read ten books this year.
✅ Recent actions with a present effect:
👶 Sarah has had a baby! (It happened recently, and now she’s a mom!)
🤖 Someone has invented a chip for learning languages! (Let’s imagine this miracle happened and we can see the result of it.)
🕰 ❌ No specific time is mentioned! The focus is on now!
Past Simple is like your photo album—snapshots of things that happened at a specific time in the past.
✅ Finished actions, no connection to now:
🐻 Did you collect Kinder Hippos when you were a child?
🎄 Last Christmas, I gave you my heart…
🕰 Uses time markers like:
📅 yesterday, last week, several days ago…
Imagine you’re watching a movie flashback. Past Continuous paints the background action that was happening for some time in the past.
✅ Longer actions in progress in the past:
💭 Ten years ago, I was struggling to speak English fluently.
📖 Last summer, I was reading a book for two hours every day.
🕰 Uses phrases like:
⏳ for two hours, all summer, from five to seven…
This one is like your activity tracker—it focuses on how long something has been happening until now.
✅ Ongoing actions that started in the past & still continue:
👩🍳 I have been cooking all morning. I’m so tired!
🏃 I have been running around the city all day!
❓ Why are you sweaty?
💪 Because I have been working out!
📌 Present Perfect → Result or experience (What have you done?)
📌 Past Simple → A finished action (When did it happen?)
📌 Past Continuous → A long action in the past (What was happening?)
📌 Present Perfect Continuous → A long action leading to now (How long has it been happening?)
КІЛЬКІСТЬ БАЛІВ ЗА ВИКОНАННЯ ЗАВДАННЯ: аудіо 5 балів відео 10 балів ← Назад Далі →
Відкрити завданняПовторіть слова дня — картка за карткою. Те, що не далося, повернеться наприкінці.
Воркбук надішле менеджер вашого чату.
Use "will" for quick decisions, predictions, and promises
✅ Spontaneous decisions:
👩💻 Oh no, my battery is dead! I’ll charge my phone now.
✅ Predictions (without proof):
🌍 A fortune-teller: ‘You will get married very soon.’
🌍 I think AI will change the world in the next 10 years.
✅ Promises & offers:
🤝 I will always support you!
👜 Don’t worry, I’ll help you with your heavy bags.
🚫 BUT: If you already have a plan, don’t use "will"! Continue reading to find out why!
This is your "future to-do list"—use it when you have an intention or evidence that something is about to happen.
✅ Intentions & personal plans:
🎓 I’m going to take a Spanish course next month.
🏋️♂️ I’m going to start working out (someday… maybe 😆).
💍Are you going to marry my daughter?
✅ Obvious predictions (based on evidence):
☁️ Look at those dark clouds! It’s going to rain.
🚗 That driver is texting… He’s going to crash!
🚫 BUT: If you’ve arranged something officially, use…🔽
Think of this as your calendar - use it for fixed plans with specific arrangements.
✅ Planned events & social life:
🎭 I’m meeting my friend for dinner tomorrow.
✈️ We’re flying to Tokyo next week!
🚫 BUT: If it’s a general schedule, use…
Some things in life don’t change, and when they don’t, we use Present Simple to talk about the future.
✅ Fixed schedules & timetables:
🚆 The train leaves at 8 AM tomorrow.
🎬 The movie starts in five minutes!
✅ After time clauses (when, as soon as, before, after, until, if, by the time)
Even if we’re talking about the future, we don’t use "will" after these words! Instead, we stick to Present Simple.
⏳ Tell me when you come. (❌ NOT: when you will come)
🛫 As soon as you finish your work, we will go to have dinner.
🎉 We’ll start the meeting after everyone arrives.
✅ After "suppose" when making assumptions about the future
🤔 I suppose we miss the train.
🔍 I suppose they find a solution eventually.
Want to sound more sophisticated? Future Continuous is perfect for talking about an ongoing action at a specific time in the future.
✅ An action that will be happening at a certain moment in the future:
📞 Sorry, I can’t join the call at 3 PM—I’ll be flying to Paris.
🍕 This time tomorrow, I’ll be eating pizza in Rome!
This is your "time traveler" tense—it lets you jump ahead and talk about something that will be completed before a specific time in the future.
Structure: By _(the time)___, (I,you,we…) + will + have + past participle _____
✅ Completed actions before a deadline:
📖 I will have read 20 new books by the end of the year.
🎯 By 2030, scientists will have discovered a cure for cancer (hopefully!).
Imagine looking ahead in time and focusing on how long something will have been happening. That’s where the Future Perfect Continuous (will have been + V-ing) comes in! It shows that an action will be ongoing for a period of time before a specific point in the future.
✅ Structure:
🔹 will have been + verb-ing
1️⃣ To show the duration of an action before a future point
🔢 By next year, I will have been working here for a decade.
📖 By 10 PM, she will have been studying for five hours straight!
2️⃣ To emphasize the process, not just the result
🏃♂️ By the time you arrive, I will have been waiting for you for an hour!
📝 By Friday, they will have been discussing the contract for a week.
🔹 Future Perfect vs. Future Perfect Continuous?
When discussing official plans, instructions, or expectations for the future, English often uses "to be + infinitive" instead of "will" or "going to."
This structure gives a formal or authoritative tone, commonly found in news reports, official announcements, and rules.
✅ Official Plans & Arrangements
🏛️ The Prime Minister of Great Britain is to come to visit Ukraine very soon.
⚖️ The new law is to take effect next month.
✅ Future Events That Are Expected
📢 The population of the world is to grow really fast next centuries.
💼 A new CEO is to take over by the end of the year.
КІЛЬКІСТЬ БАЛІВ ЗА ВИКОНАННЯ ЗАВДАННЯ: аудіо 5 балів відео 10 балів ← Назад Далі →
Повторіть слова дня — картка за карткою. Те, що не далося, повернеться наприкінці.
Воркбук надішле менеджер вашого чату.
🔹 After certain verbs: adore, enjoy, suggest, imagine, keep, avoid, appreciate, can’t help, consider, deny, finish, risk, miss, tolerate, would mind…
✅ I enjoy reading books.
✅ Would you mind closing the door?
✅ Bob suggested going to the cinema.
▶ put off (delay) → I put off doing my homework.
▶ go on (continue) → She goes on learning the language.
▶ carry on (continue) → He carried on playing after the injury.
▶ keep on (persist) → They kept on working despite the noise.
👥 Verb + Someone + Gerund (-ing)
✅ Sorry for keeping you waiting for such a long time
✅ I can’t imagine Jessica dating with him.
✅ We noticed her crying during the movie.
If you want to show that an action happened before another past event:
✅ They admitted having stolen the keys. (Stealing happened before admitting.)
🔹 After certain verbs: agree, decide, refuse, promise, deserve, pretend, hope, manage, need, plan, want, would like, fail, arrange, offer, ...
✅ He offered to take the second interview.
✅ We agreed to meet next week.
✅ My kids refuse to take the pills.
💛 More Common Verbs That Take "To + Infinitive":
Seem → You seem to be really calm now.
Appear → She appears to be very tired today.
Tend → My neighbors tend to talk too much.
Pretend → She pretended to be sick to skip school.
📝 Structure:
➡ not + to + verb
✅ We decided not to go to the theater this evening.
✅ I promised you not to take your clothes!
✅ He planned not to go out this evening.
💡 Common verbs that often use the negative infinitive:
ask, decide, expect, hope, promise, refuse, tell, advise, remind, warn, plan
🚨 Incorrect: ❌ She decided to not go to the party.
✔ Correct: ✅ She decided not to go to the party.
КІЛЬКІСТЬ БАЛІВ ЗА ВИКОНАННЯ ЗАВДАННЯ: аудіо 5 балів відео 10 балів ← Назад Далі →
Повторіть слова дня — картка за карткою. Те, що не далося, повернеться наприкінці.
Воркбук надішле менеджер вашого чату.
The backbone of linking verbs, "to be" connects a subject to either a noun (identity) or an adjective (description).
✔ Jessica is a doctor. (identity)
✔ The weather was beautiful. (description)
These verbs can sometimes include "to be", but it's optional.
✔ The party looked (to be) amazing!
✔ She seemed (to be) unable to think.
Rule of Thumb:
When something changes, "become" and "get" both work—but "become" is more formal.
✔ She became recognized as a marketing expert. (more polished)
✔ She got recognized as a marketing expert. (more casual)
Some changes in life are unfortunate, and that’s where "go" comes in.
✔ My son went crazy when he saw Santa Claus!
✔ Everything went wrong today.
✔ My phone went dead during the call.
We also use "go" for gradual physical changes:
✔ He went blind at 60.
✔ She went bald in her 30s.
🚨 Exceptions: Some states require "get" instead of "go." ✔ Get ill, get sick, get old, get tired (❌ NOT "go ill," "go tired")
Example Yesterday I had a terrible date. At the beginning, nothing seemed to go bad. But then that man was being so rude. I thought I would just go crazy. I wanted to end this as soon as possible, I got emotionally tired. граматичний
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