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Korduv, regulaarne tegevus:I WORKevery day / each Monday /only on Wednesdays.

ldine, tavaprane tegevus;loodusseadused / fsika etc.reeglid:

I usuallyDO NOT WORKin summer.She DOES NOT WORKat night.MagnetATTRACTS iron.

!!! Spordikommentarid: and nowhe PASSESthe ball and off he GOES

towards the goal

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Present Progressive Hetkel toimuv, pooleliolev tegevus:

S/he IS TALKingon the phone now. IAM READing an interesting book.

Ajutine, regulaarsele ja tavaprasele

vastanduv tegevus (tulevikku viitav):This summer theyARE not GROWing

cucumbers as usual. TheyRE GROWing

tomatoes instead. !!! Halvakspanu vljendus

harjumusprase tegevuse kohta: He IS

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Present Perfect ON -NUD Toimunud tegevus, seos olevikuga:

I haveWORKedhere for 3 years. Toimunud olevikuga

seotud/lpetamata tegevus (saab

muuta):S/he hasCALLedthem twice already. !!! Kordne tegevus:

Its the umpteenth time youveTOLDme this! Have I everFORGOTTENanything?

!!! Tutvuse pikkuse vljendus: I dont

know how long I have

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Present Perfect

Tegevuse protsessi/kestvuserhutamine, lpetamata:I have beenWORKing on this

project since morning! (Im sick &tired of it!)

sja lppenud tegevuse

nhtavate tagajrgedekirjeldus:Ithas been RAINing. (Ground

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Non-progressive verbs

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What do you thinkabout this idea? Turn themusic down, please, Im thinking.

Everyone has something to believe in. Wewere having a great time at the partyyesterday.

They are really tired again. Shes being reallynasty to us. Do you see that red car over there? Im seeing

a dentist tomorrow morning. / Im afraid hes

seeing things. We hear something new each day. I thought I

was hearing things when music suddenly beganto play.

I consider him to be a very lucky man. Im

Examples

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Past Simple ra toimunud (regulaarne) tegevus:

I WORKED yesterday. S/he didntWORKlast Monday.

Lpetatud tegevus:

I alreadyCALLED them today. (Im notgoing to call again!)

Which countries didyouVISIT? (Youreback ) BUT:

Which countries haveyou VISITED so far?(Youre not back yet or you travel regularly )

Jutustused, mineviku sndmuste

kirjeldus:

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Past Progressive Minevikus pooleliolnud/pooleliolev

tegevus:S/he WAS TALKingon the phone when

you CAME.

He WAS already SLEEPingwhen OdieCAME.

Ajutine, regulaarsele ja tavaprasele

vastanduv tegevus (tulevikku viitav):This summer they WERE not GROWing

cucumbers as usual. TheyWERE

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Past Perfect OLI -NUD Toimunud tegevus, enne teist

mineviku tegevust:IhadWORKedthere for 3 years until

they finally PROMOTED me.

The classes hadalready STARTEDbythe time Arno ARRIVED at the schoolhousewith his father.

Garfield hadEATEN all pizzas by thetime we REACHED home.

had + -ed/3 pv d = had / would

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Past Perfect Progressive Mineviku lpetamata tegevuse

protsessi vi kestvuse rhutamine:They had beenWATCHingTV since

morning (and he wasgoing slightly

mad). sja lppenud tegevuse (tagajrjed

nhtavad) kirjeldus minevikus:

Ithadnotbeen RAINing for weeks,everything was crisp and dry andbrown.

Hehad been PAINTing.

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Future Tenses Lihttulevik (Future Simple / Future

Indefinite) markeerimata tulevikutegevus

Kestev tulevik (Future Progressive

/ Future Continuous) pooleli- vikimasolev tegevus tulevikus Perfekti tulevik!!! (Future Perfect)

tulevikus tehtud saav tegevusON NUD (= saab olema lppenud) Kestev perfekti tulevik (Future

Perfect Progressive) tulevikus

pooleli- vi kimasoleva tegevuse

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Future SimpleTuleviku moodustamise vimalused:

WILL / SHALL + 1pv:Next yearI WILL GO somewherespecial.

SHALL we HAVE chicken or fish for

dinner? BE (am/is/are) GOING TO + 1pv:

WeREGOING TO SPEND this weekendat home.

I dont know if theyARE GOING TOTHROWa party or not.

!!!NB!!! BE GOING TO saab kasutada ka

mineviku kohta: IWAS GOING TO CALL

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Future Simple - WILL Ennustamine, oletus:

Hellprobably FAILthe exam (hedoesnt study).

I dont expect/thinkit willRAIN

tomorrow.

Lubadused:IllMEETyou at midnight. IllPAY

you tomorrow.

Hetke otsused/keeldumised:What would you like? IllHAVE

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Future Simple BE Oletus hetke situatsiooni phjal:

Watch out! This cake is going toFALL soon.

Look at these clouds. Its going to

RAIN tonight. Ettekavatsetud, planeeritud

tegevus:

I amgoingtoDO some shopping,would you like something. No, thanks,Im fine. ImgoingtoPREPARE somelasagna instead.

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Future Simple Oleviku

Kindel planeeritud tegevus (plaan,leping vmt):Hes getting a dog for his birthday. (he

knows)

Im going to the dentist tomorrow.(appointment)

Kindel, tpne, konkreetne planeeritudtegevus:

Our plane leaves 6:25. The party startsat 5 p.m.

COMPARE!

Im having a party. Im going to have

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Future Progressive Tulevikus pooleliolev tegevus:

She WILL BE WORKingin the garden atthat time of the day so, dont call.

Most probably ILL BE SURFing if the

weather is fine.

GarfieldWILL not BE SLEEPing only as

usual.He WILL probably BE DRIVing a lot this

summer.

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Future Perfect Tegevus, mis tulevikus saab olema

toimunud:In a few seconds hewill have

EATENthis sandwich!

Lpetamata tegevus tulevikus,toimunud mingit aega:Soon hewill haveWAITedthere for 5

hours.

will have + -ed/3 pv