| | INDEFINITE
| CONTINUOUS
| PERFECT
| PERFECT CONTINUOUS
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| PRESENT
| I do my homework
Tense markers:every day, regularly, always, seldom, rarely, etc.
| I’m doing my homework
Tense markers:now, currently
| I have done my homework
Tense markers:already, just, lately, recently, never, etc.
| I have been doing my homework
Tense markers:for two hours, since I came home, etc.
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| PAST
| I did my homework
Tense markers:yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week, two days ago, etc.
| I was doing my homework
Tense markers:at this time yesterday, at 8 p.m. yesterday, when my friend called me, while my mother was cooking dinner, etc.
| I had done my homework
Tense markers:by 10 p.m. yesterday, when you rang me up, before the soccer match began, etc.
| I had been doing my homework
Tense markers:for two hours before my friend came to me.
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| FUTURE
| I’ll do my homework
Tense markers: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week, etc.
| I’ll be doing my homework
Tense markers:at this time tomorrow, at 8 p.m. tomorrow,
| I’ll have done my homework
Tense markers:by 10 p.m. tomorrow, when you come to me, before the soccer match begins, etc.
| I’ll have been doing my homework
Tense markers:for several hours before I go to bed.
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| PASSIVE VOICE
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| PRESENT
| My homework is done
| My homework is being done
| My homework has been done
| |
| PAST
| My homework was done
| My homework was being done
| My homework had been done
| |
| FUTURE
| My homework will be done
| | My homework will have been
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Use the following verbs to practice your grammar skills:to sleep (slept, slept) well, to get up (got, got), to do (did, done) morning exercises, to jog, to take (took, taken) a shower, to have (had, had) breakfast, to have … for breakfast, to iron a white coat, to listen to the latest news, to get to the academy by bus, to come (came, come) to the academy in time, to attend lectures on preclinical disciplines, to study thoroughly, to work from morning till night, to work on the computer, to analyze [‘aenelaiz] Internet files on medicine, to look through electronic journals and books, to send (sent, sent) E-mail letters to pen pals, to receive E-mail messages, to learn (learnt, learnt or learned, learned) English, to translate articles from English into Russian, to analyze medication summaries, to make (made, made) reports on scientific topics, to take (took, taken) part in conferences, to write (wrote, written) scientific reviews, to read (read [red], read [red]) scientific literature, to carry out laboratory works, to dissect dead bodies, to carry out chemical, to make experiments in Physics, to take tests and exams in preclinical subjects, to take multiple-choice computer tests, to pass tests and exams in preclinical subjects, to interview (to question) professors, to have medical practice, to go (went, gone) shopping, to cook (very well), to go (went, gone) to the theater, to watch TV, to enjoy good music, to go (went, gone) to bed… to keep to a diet low in fats and cholesterol, to keep off (to give up, to avoid, to quit) smoking and alcohol…
