always, often, sometimes, everyday, daily, regularly, usually normally, occasionally, generally, etc.
Present Continuous
now, at this moment, at this time, at present, shill, look (āϤāĻžā§āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖāĻŽā§āϞāĻ), listen etc.
āϝā§āĻŽāύ : We have known each other since 1993.
Past Indefinite
yesterday, ago, long ago, long since, last, last night, last week, last month, last year, as soon as, the day before yesterday, once.
Past Continuous
at that moment, at that time, then etc. āĻāĻŦāĻ while/when/ as āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ āϤā§āϤ āĻāĻāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ while/when āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻāĻŋ Past Continuous āĻšā§āĨ¤
7. Yesterday, ago, long ago, long since, last, last night, last week, last month, last year, the day before yesterday, as soon as āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ Past Indefinite Tense āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύâ
He moved to Chicago just a few months ago."
I opened the door as soon as I heard the bell.
8. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠at that time, at that moment, then āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Past Continuous Tense āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϤā§āϤā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύāĻž while/when/as āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧠while/when/as āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻāĻŋ Past Continuous Tense āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ āĻĒāϰ āĻ āĻāĻļā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧ Past IndefiniteāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻāύ⧠when āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻ āĻāĻļ Past Indefinite āĻšāϞ⧠āĻ āĻĒāϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ Past Continuous āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤
We were watching the news when the telephone rang.
11. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠tomorrow, next, coming, ensuing, in the days/years to come āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Future Indefinite Tense āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĨ¤
He will come home tomorrow.
12. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠by this time, by (time, month, year), next (time, month, year) by next (time, month, year) āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Future Perfect Tense āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύâ
Next August, Lata and Tanim will have been married for 10 years.
13. āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§āϧāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠Tense āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ Auxiliary Verbs āϝā§āĻŽāύâ do, does, did, have āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ Does āĻ did āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āĻāϏāϞ⧠āĻŽā§āϞ Verb-āĻāϰ Present form āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāύāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠Wh-question āĻāϏāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ Tense āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ Auxiliary Verbs + Subject āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
Where did the accident happen?
14. It is time, it is high time, wish āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ Subject āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠Verb-āĻāĻŋ Past Tense āĻāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ subject āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠to + Verb āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŦā§ wish āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ be verb āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻĨāϞ⧠were āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
(i) Clause in present tense + as if/as though + clause in past indefinite tense (be verb āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻĨāϞ⧠were āĻšāϝāĻŧ)
(i) Clause in past tense + as if/as though + clause in past perfect tenseāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŦ āĻāĻāύāĻž āύāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻ āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
Rishan walks as if he were lame.
16. Since āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧠since-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ Present Indefinite āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž Present Perfect āĻšāϞ⧠since-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ Past Indefinite Tense āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ since- āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ Past indefinite āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠Past Perfect āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Some days have passed since my father died.
17. āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠mind, cannot help, could not help, with a view to, look forward to, be used to, get used to, worth āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āύ Verb āĻāϏāϞā§
Verb-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ ing āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύâ
I don't mind helping with the cooking but I am not going to wash the dishes.