| Meaning |
Time
Indicators |
Present |
Past |
Future |
| An action going on at the
definite period of time |
now, at present, at this
moment, at 5,at that time, while |
George is going to
the University at this moment |
George was going to the
University at 5
The phone rang while I was
having a bath
|
George will be going
to the University at 5 |
|
An action filling up the whole
period of time/limited duration/
|
now,from5 to 6,from
morning till night, the whole day, all day long |
He came to England
last month and now hr is writing a new novel |
It was raining the
whole day yesterday |
Kate will be writing
the report the whole day tomorrow |
|
An action thought of as a continual
process, as an emotional coloring, such as exaggeration,
irritation
|
always, ever, constantly |
He is always writing
with a special pen just because he likes to be different
He is forever loosing his keys |
My grandfather was
always forgetting things |
|
| An action in the very
near future |
tomorrow, the day after tomorrow,
in a day, next week, one of these days, soon, tonight, on Sunday,
in February
|
I am leaving for
London tomorrow |
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