English Grammar in Use
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1. Present Continuous (I am doing)
When to use:
I’m doing something = I’m in the middle of doing something; I’ve started doing it and I haven’t finished yet. The action is not necessarily happening at the time of speaking.
When we talk about things happening in a period around now (for example, today / this week / this evening etc).
- Is Susan working this week?
When we talk about changes happening around now.
- Is your English getting better?
2. Present Simple (I do)
When to use:
When we talk about things in general.
We use do/does to make questions and negative sentences.
When we say how often we do things.
I promise…, I apologize…, I advise…., I insist…, I agree…, I refuse…, etc.
3. Present Continuous and Present Simple (I am doing and I do)
5. Past Simple (I did)
6. Past Continuous (I was doing)
7. Present Perfect (I have done)
9. Present Perfect Continuous (I have been doing)
10. Present Perfect Continuous and Simple (I have been doing and I have done)
11. How Long Have You (Been)…
12. When…?and How Long…? For and Since.
13. Present Perfect and Past (I have done and I did)
15. Past Perfect
16. Past Perfect Continuous (I had been doing)
17. Have and Have Got
18. Used to (Do)
19. Present Tenses (I am doing / I do) for the future
20. (I’m) Going to (Do)
21. Will/Shall
23. I will and I’m Going to
24. Will be doing and will have done
25. When I do / When I’ve done When and if
26. Can, Could and (be) able to
27. Could (do) and could have (done)
28. Must and can’t
29. May and might
31. Must and have to
32. Must mustn’t needn’t
33. Should
