| Present
| Past
| Future
| Future in the Past
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Indefi-nite
| I goto the theatre every week.
| I wentto the theatre last week.
| I shall go to the theatre next week.
| I said I should goto the theatre next week.
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Conti-nuous
| (Don’t speak to him.) He is working.
| When I came, he was working.
| (Don’t comeat 8.) I shall be working.
| He said he would be workingat8 o’clock.
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Perfect
| 1. (I can return the books to the library.)
I have readthem.
| 1. I had read all the books by the 1st of April.
| 1. Ishall have readall the books by the1st of April.
| I said I should have readall the books by the 1st of April.
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| 2. Ihave known him for two years.
| 2. By 1955 I had known him for two years.
| 2. By 1965 Ishall have knownhim for twelve years.
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Perfect Conti-nuous
| 1. I have been readingthe book for a week.
| 1. I had been readingthe book for a week, when you asked me for it.
| By the 1st of May I shall have been readingthe book for a fortnight.
| I said that by the1st of May I should have been readingthe book for a fortnight.
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| 2. (I am very tired.) I have been reading a lot.
| 2. (I was very tired.) I had been readinga lot.
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