Prime Time 5, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

Our school team is doing very well this year . Marco is training a lot these days . You can also use the present progressive to talk about activities that last for a longer period of time ( this year, these days , etc.). b) Past forms Simple past We read Romeo and Juliet at school last year . Use the simple past when you want to say that something happened in the past and is over . It is often used with adverbials like ago, yesterday, when, in 2009, etc. But I didn’t like it at first because I thought it was so difficult. But then I watched it on DVD and at last I understood the story. It is also used to relate a series of events in the past e.g. in reports and narrations . Past progressive I called Naomi last night. She didn’t answer the phone because she was having a bath. The past progressive describes an activity that was in progress in the past. We were just getting ready to go when it started to rain. Often the past progressive is used to emphasise that an activity was still going on when a new event occurred. In this case, use the simple past for the new event. I was preparing lunch while my brother was playing computer games and my sister was practising for the school concert. Use the past progressive to point out that several things were happening at the same time . Simple present perfect I ’ve already seen the film. So I know how it ends. The present perfect stresses the result of an activity. It is often used with already or just . We haven’t had the results of the test yet . Have you ever been to Australia? Use the present perfect to express that something hasn’t happened yet or if you want to ask if something has happened before ( ever, never, (not) yet, so far, etc.). Present perfect progressive You ’ve been watching TV for hours . I ’ve been working hard since I got up this morning. The present perfect progressive describes an activity that began in the past and has continued until now. The focus is on the duration of the activity. For is used for a period of time ( for hours, for days, etc.). Since is used for a point in time ( since three o’clock, since last night, etc.) 151 G Grammar Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv