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The Future 1. Will form Usiamo will / won’t (= will not ) + infinitive per le previsioni future , quando decidiamo qualcosa al momento di parlare e anche per promettere o offrire di fare qualcosa . “She will be back soon.” 2. P resent continuous Avrai sentito parlare delle persone dei propri programmi futuri . Guardiamo un esempio: Question: “What are you doing this weekend?” Answer: “I’m meeting my sister.” Come definiamo questa forma verbale? Sì, è il present continuous, ma in questo caso stiamo parlando di programmi futuri. 3. Differenza tra present continuous e be going to Qual è la differenza tra usare ‘be going to’ e il present continuous per parlare di programmi futuri? Guardiamo qualche esempio: Be going to “I’m going to play football on Saturday” Hai fatto un piano nella tua testa ma non hai fatto nulla di concreto per confermarlo . Inoltre forse giocare a football di domenica non è una cosa abituale per te . Present continuous “I’m playing footbal

The Simple Past Tense , often just called the Past Tense , is easy to use in English. If you already know how to use the PRESENT TENSE , then the Past Tense will be easy. In general, the Past Tense is used to talk about something that started and finished at a definite time in the past. How to form the Past Tense in English The main rule is that for every verb in English, there is only one form of it in the past tense. (The exception is the PAST TENSE of "BE", which has two forms: was and were ) For example: The past tense of the verb want is wanted . Wanted is used as the past tense for all subjects/pronouns. I / you / he / we / they wanted Examples of sentences using regular verbs in the past tense Last night I played my guitar loudly and the neighbors complained . She kissed me on the cheek. It rained yesterday. Angela watched TV all night. John wanted to go to the museum. Note: There are three different ways of pronouncing the –ed

Simple Present Tense We use the Simple Present Tense: 1. For facts Whales live in the ocean. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in Latin America. The flight from Chile to Australia is thirteen hours. 2. For repeated or regular actions Flights to Buenos Aires leave every hour. I eat breakfast at the table. We work every day of the week. 3. For habits I brush my teeth three times a day. He only drinks milk. We celebrate Christmas on the twenty-fifth of December. 4. For things that are generally true in the present time period: Boca Juniors is the best team in Argentina at the moment. She is my girlfriend. We study English. Present Progressive Tense We use the Present Progressive/Continuous Tense: 1. When somebody is doing something at this moment. Sarah is changing her clothes right now. Her boyfriend is waiting for her. We are learning the progressive tense in English. 2. When something is happening at this moment. When the action has st