SIMPLE PRESENT

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT

FORM: VERB + (E)S pers.III sg.

FORM: TO BE + VERB + ING

FORM: HAVE/HAS + VERB (ed/III)

PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

Eg. I, you, we, they work/go

He, she, it works/goes

Eg. I am working on the report now.

He is talking to the manager.

Eg. He has been a student for 1 year.

FORM: HAVE/HAS + BEEN +

VERB-ING

Se foloseste pentru actiuni care

au loc

Se foloseste pentru actiuni care sunt

in curs de desfasurare in present

USUALLY, GENERALLY
EVERY DAY, YEAR, etc.

NOW

Se foloseste:
1) actiuni incepute in tecut care
continua pana in present: FOR,
SINCE, LATELY, SO FAR
I havent seen him for 1 week
2) actiuni terminate intr-un trecut
nespecificat: He has read the courses.
3) cu urmatorii markeri temporali:
EVER, NEVER, JUST, ALREADY,
YET

? DO/DOES
Do (you, we, they) go to university?
Does (he, she, it) work?

? INVERSION
Is he talking to the manager?
Who is he talking to?

? INVERSION
Have you ever visited England?
Where have you been?

SIMPLE PAST

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT

FORM: - verbe regulate: + ED

- verbe neregulate: forma II

FORM: WAS/WERE + VERB-ING

FORM: HAD + VERB(ED/III)

Eg. They visited Italy last summer;

He bought a car a year ago.

Eg. At this time yesterday he was

working on the project (lucra)
While he was working the manager
entered.

Eg. The robbers had run away before

the police arrived. (Hotii fugisera
inainte ca politia sa ajunga)

Se foloseste pentru actiuni care s-au

intimplat in trecut
LAST YEAR, YESTERDAY, A
YEAR AGO, IN 2000, etc.

Se foloseste pentru actiuni in

desfasurare in trecut
WHILE, AT THIS TIME.

Se foloseste pentru a arata o actiune

trecuta care a avut loc inaintea altei
actiuni trecute

? INVERSION
What was he doing at this time..?

? INVERSION
What had he done before?

? DID + VERB I (!!!)

When did he buy his car?

Eg. Ive been reading for half an hour.

Se foloseste pentru actiuni care au
inceput in trecut si continua si in
present
Hes been waiting for 15 minutes
(si acum asteapta)

? INVERSION
How long has he been waiting?

PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
FORM: HAD+BEEN+VERB-ING
Eg. The baby had been crying for 10
minutes before his mother came.
Arata o actiune trecuta care a
continuat pana la o alta actiune
trecuta.
? INVERSION
How long had the baby been crying?

SIMPLE FUTURE

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

FUTURE PERFECT

FORM: WILL + VERB

FORM: WILL + BE + VERB +

ING

FORM: WILL + HAVE + VERB

Eg. At 10 oclock he will be visiting

patients in the left wing of the clinic.

Eg. The senior physician will have

finished the grand round by then.

Se foloseste pentru actiuni in

desfasurare intr-un anumit moment
din viitor

Se foloseste cu actiuni care se vor

termina inaintea unui timp din viitor
sau a unei alte actiuni din viitor. Este
echivalent cu viitorul perfect in limba
romana (va fi terminat)

Eg. They will visit the new hospital

next week.

Next week, tomorrow

AT THIS TIME TOMORROW

AT 6 PM, etc.

(ed/III)

BY

FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
FORM: WILL + HAVE + BEEN +
VERB-ING
Eg. By June 1st, he will have been
working in this unit for 10 years
Se foloseste pentru actiuni viitoare in
desfasurare pentru o perioada de timp
pana la un alt moment din viitor sau o
alta actiune viitoare.
BY

He will have finished the round by

11:am.
? INVERSION
What will they do after they graduate?
What will you be doing tomorrow?
! Will you help him with the paper?
(indicates willingness, i.e. vrei sa?)
deci pentru o simpla intrebare
referitoare la viitor se foloseste forma
continua:
Will you be helping him with the
paper?

? INVERSION
What will you be doing at this time
tomorrow?

? INVERSION
Will he have finished the project by
next weekend?

? INVERSION
How long will he have been working
in this unit by June 1st?