Style - Use Common Tenses and Moods
Statements
| Example | Key idea | Common time phrases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 I play football | every/habit | usually, every week |
| 2 I’m playing football | right now | at the moment / this week |
| 3 I have played football | unfinished | ever, just, still not, yet, |
| 4 I played football | finished | last week, in 2012 |
| 5 I’m gonna play football | future plan | probably |
| 6 I know! I’ll play football | just decided/unsure | maybe |
| 7 I’m playing football 100% future, friends | definitely |
Questions mix and match
| Question | Topic (optional) | tense verbs | verb form |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 What | NOUN (optional) | are you | doing |
| 2 Where | X | do you | do |
| 3 When | X | did you | do |
| 4 Who | X | have you | done |
| 5 Why | X | are you | doing |
| 6 Which | NOUN (optional) | will you | do |
| 7 How | many/much/often/adj | are you gonna | do |
Names
You don’t need these unless you are doing a study abroad
| English | Japanese |
|---|---|
| 1) Present Simple | 現在 |
| 2) Present Continuous | 現在新古系 |
| 3) Present Perfect | 現在完了 |
| 4) Past Simple | 過去形 |
| 5) Future | 未来形 |