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Present Perfect

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"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

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Present Perfect Continuous

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"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

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Past Perfect

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"They had talked to the teacher... ...before they went home." The past perfect is equivalent to the German "Plusquamperfekt". It is used to express and differ between older and younger actions so if there is an action and another action, which happened before, is supposed to be described, the older action has to be expressed

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Past Perfect Continuous

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"They had not been talking for three days until she called him." The past perfect continuous describes an action in the past which lies ahead of a younger action in the past and is used to empathize the duration of the action. Typical indication words for the past perfect continuous can be "for/since" and "the

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Future Perfect Simple

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"They will have returned in a few minutes." The future perfect simple is equivalent to the German tense "Futur II" and describes actions which start in the present and will be completed at a certain point in the future. It can be indicated by "by then" (= bis dahin) for example. Formation: subject + auxiliary

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Future Perfect Continuous

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"She will have been waiting for two hours when we arrive." The future perfect continuous empathizes the duration of an action and is used for actions in the future that will be finished at a specific time. Like every other continuous tense, it doesn't exist in German. Formation: subject + auxiliary "will"/"won't" + infinite present

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Conditional I

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"If it wasn't raining, she wouldn't need an umbrella." The conditional I is used to express possibilities, typical behaviors in the past and for indirect speech. It is also often used in the so called if - clauses. Formation: subject + "would"* (+ not) + infinite verb Examples: We would leave now. If it wasn't

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Conditional II

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"If she hadn't been too late, he wouldn't have needed to text her." The conditional II describes possibilities in the past. It is also often used for indirect speech or with the so called if - clauses. Formation: subject + "would"* (+ not) + "have" + past participle Examples: I would have liked to go

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Simple Past

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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

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Kommasetzung im Englischen

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Future Perfect Simple

Future Perfect Continuous

Conditional I

Conditional II

Simple Past

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