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| Engelska tempus för att uttrycka nutid | Exempel |
|---|---|
| Presens | They walk home. |
| Progressiv presens | They are walking home. |
| Engelska tempus för att uttrycka dåtid | |
| Imperfekt | Peter lived in China in 1965. |
| Progressiv imperfekt | I was reading when she arrived. |
| Engelska perfekttempus | |
| Perfekt | I have lived here since 1987. |
| Present perfect continuous | I have been living here for years. |
| Pluskvamperfekt | We had been to see her several times before she visited us. |
| Past perfect continuous | He had been watching her for some time when she turned and smiled. |
| Futurum Exaktum | We will have arrived in the States by the time you get this letter. |
| Future perfect continuous | By the end of your course, you will have been studying for five years. |
| Engelska tempus för att uttrycka framtid | |
| Enkel futurum | They will go to Italy next week. |
| Future continuous tense | I will be travelling by train. |
| Engelska verb för att uttrycka konditionalis | |
| Konditionalis 0 | If ice gets hot it melts. |
| Konditionalis 1 | If he is late I will be angry. |
| Konditionalis 2 | If he was in Australia he would be getting up now. |
| Konditionalis 3 | She would have visited me if she had had time. |
| Mixed conditional | I would be playing tennis if I hadn't broken my arm. |
| Engelska -ing former | |
| Gerundium | I like swimming. |
| Presens particip | She goes running every morning. |
| Infinitiv | |
| Passivform |