Anglina

Present simpe tense

to talk about things which happen or exist all the time, not just at the moment of speaking
• He always comes late to schol.
• I never go to the mountains alone.

For repeated actions
• The postman always delivers the letters at 8.00 PM.

For general truths, facts and states
• Our bodies contain 5 litres of blood.

For timetables, schedules and programms, often made by someone else, not the speaker
• Lunch is at 1.00 PM

For present actions in commentaries or stories
• The horse Starlight is in the lead.
• Ronaldo passes the ball, he shoots.

Present continuous (progressive) tense

For incomplete actions at the moment of speaking
• I´m talking in the phone, wait a moment please.

For temporary situations at the moment
• My husband is working late hours this week.

For changes taking place at the moment
• It´s getting colder.

For future arrangements
• I´m meeting my friend at 6.00 PM.

Past simple tense

For repeated actions in the past
• We walked in the park every morning.

For short, completed actions in the past
• We left at 6.00 pm.

For telling stories in which one thing happened after another
• She said goodbye, opened the door and left the house.

For completed situations in the past
• My grandparents lived in Corfu for many years. (Ale už sa odsťahovali.)

Past continuous (progressive) tense

For temporary continuing situations in the past
• He was standing next to the window.

For past events that were in progress at certain time in the past
• What were you doing yesterday at 8.00 pm?

For two past actions that were happening at the same time in the past
• My mum was making dinner and my dad was reading newspaper.

For background information about the weather/about what people were doing or wearing (descriptions in telling stories)
• The children were all wearing new clothes.

For an action in the past that was interrupted by another
• I was having a shower when the telephone rang.

Present perfect simple tense (indefinite past)

For recently completed actions
• I´ve finished my homework.
• He´s just washed the car.

For actions or situations (in definite time) in the past which are important now
• He has painted many wonderful pictures.

For actions or situations which started in the past and continue up to the present
• They have walked to school every day for two years.

• He has lived in this town since 1980.

For expressing unique experiences
• Have you ever visited Australia?
• He has never been in a plane.

With the superlative
• This is the best holiday I´ve ever had.

Present perfect continuous tense

For actions that started in the past and continue up to the present (to emphasize the continuous character of the action)
• She has been playing the piano since lunchtime.

Present perfect simple: How much has been done? (What has been done?)
Present perfect continuous: For how long has something be done?

Btw, vobec sa nemusis bat spytat preco toto alebo hento... Ja mam vacsinou iba debilne otazky a musim si na ne vediet odpovedat takze by som mohla zvladnut aj tie tvoje inteligentne

Hm... zase moje slangy Btw=by the way=mimochodom

Taky mozno maly pomocny detail:

Prislovky ktore sa zvycajne viazu s present perfect continuous:
since/for, all day/month/winter/season...

Dvojtvary:

I have lived here for 20 years. -konštatovanie, žijem tu už 20 rokov
I have been living here. -zdôrazňujem, že tu žijem už 20 rokov bez prestávky.

I have studied (all the) irregular verbs. -učil som sa nepravidelné slovesá (konštatovanie)
I have been studying irregular verbs (for two hours). -zdôrazňujem, že mi to učenie trvalo.

DAKUJEM. prepáč zabudla som si vypnúť capslock.