Februar 2017

"It has been raining all day." The present perfect continuous is used for actions that start in the past and continue or are still happening in the present. It is often indicated by "for"/"since" (= seit), "the whole day"/"all day" (= den ganzen Tag). It doesn't exist in German but is there often used like [...]

"We have just bought a new car." The present perfect expresses actions which happen in the past but have a result in the present and generally don't happen regularly. It is translated into the German tenses "Perfekt" or "Präteritum". The present perfect is often indicated by "just"(= gerade), "already"(= schon -> only in sentences) or

Englisch Grammar - Past Simple "I watched TV last Sunday." "He was studying yesterday." The simple past is used for actions in the past that are already completed and happen regularly or singularly. It is used like the German tenses "Perfekt" or "Präteritum". Words/phrases that indicate the simple past could be for example "yesterday", "last