Tense can also make finer distinctions than simple past-present-future; past tenses for example can cover general past, immediate past, or distant past, with the only difference between them being the distance on the timeline between the temporal reference points. Such distinctions are not precise: an event may be described in the remote past because it feels remote to the speaker, not because a set number of days have passed since it happened; it may also be remote because it is being contrasted with another, more recent, past event. This is similar to other forms of deixis such as this and that.

Visit visited

Put Put

cut cut

Have hade

eat ate

" ago , yesterday , for ages , last( week , month , day , … ) , that ( day , time week, … ) ,it's ( time , 2hours , several days … )

I sent ( send ) a letler to my friend last week .

We had ( have ) abike many years ago .

Had didn't have

Broke didn't broke

Saw didn't see

W.h + did + subject + verb (base) + ****** + comp?

What did John eat last evening ?

Where did Ahmad leave last night ?

b.Yes , no s

Did + subject + verb ( base ) +****** + comp ?

Did Ahmad watch television yesterday ?

Did Laila play basketball yesterday ?

Had + P.P

Before + simple past / Had + P.P " Before I went to School , I Had eaten breakfast "

After + had + P.P / simple past " After I had eaten breakfast , I went to School"

She / He / It /I + was + verb + ing We / They / You + were + verb + ing

We were reading all day yesterday .

While she was sleeping , the door bell rang .

" while , when , as , all ( day , time , …. ) yesterday , last yesterday (in the hours)

1- while + was /were + verb + ing/simple past " while I was working , my father came "

2- As + was/were + verb +ing/ simple past " As I was having breakfast , the man knocked at the door"

3- When + simple past / was,were + verb + ing " When he left us ,it was raining heavily.

· I, We,They/ + have + P.P · He,she,It / + has + P.P

( already, just , at last , so , far , for , since , never , ever , recently , up till now , yet lately )

She has driven her for over five years .

He has started to learn English since Ramadan .

Father hasn't come in Yet .

Have you ever been to Petra ?

Have you written your homework , Yet ?

Has / Have+ already / just/Never + P.P

Ammar has already eaten his lunch .

Mother has almost finished

cleaning the house .

I have Just finished

He has driven for five years

We have painted the door .

He/ She/ It + Is + verb+ing I + am + verb + ing We/ You / They + are + verb + ing

The men are working on the field now .

( tomorrow , tonight , next , time )

They are wrking on the field next week .

Continually, constantly, for ever

She is continually asking for new clothes .

You are always shouting at me constantly .

They are for ever destroying toys .

They are for ever destroying toys .

· ( now, still, at, moment, at the present , in this hours , in this day , look! , listen! , lookout! Watchful! Becareful !)

agree, differ , doubt ,forget, remember ,know,mean, Notice , recognise , suppose , think , believe , understand

Desire, mind , hope , like ,please , prefer , want , wish ,feel , Forgive , hate , love , detest .

Appear, belong to ,consist of , contain , cost , depend , deseive , equal , find , mater, seen , possess, care , refuse , have , dislike , own, gather , be worth .

Feel , smell , taste , see, notice hear , observe , sense touch .

I/you / we /they + have +been +ing She /He/It + has +been+ +ing

All time this ( morning ,evening ….) All ( time , day, my life ….. ) ( privately ) , since , for .

For/since : have ,has +v3

For/since : Have ,has + been +ING

Will , shall + base Is / am / are + going to + base

" Tomorrow , tonight , later , soon , in the future , this evening ,next ( week , time , day , … ) After ( 2houre , Sunday . 3 days … ) , At ( 7o'clock , night , half past seven … ) afew ( houre , days ,…. ) on ( Sunday , Monday , the summer holiday ) "

all the working will stop at five o'clock .

I'm going to marry Laila this summer .

Believe , thing , expect , know .

Wh + will + subject + verb ( base ) + ****** + comp ?

When will Ahmed buy his new car ?

will Laila leave her job next week

Will + have + P.P التصريف الثالث

By + ( الزمن ) By tomorrow , by 2020 , by next week By the end of tomorrow .

( Will + be + ing ) will be playing

By the time this ( year , week , mounth , … ) Next year at the same time .