Prime Time 5, Transition, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

G Present progressive Naomi: What are you doing this weekend, Pete? Pete: Well, on Saturday I’m helping at the dogs’ home. But I’m not doing anything special on Sunday. • Use the present progressive when you talk about arrangements for the future (oŒen with future adverbials like tomorrow, next week, this weekend, on Sunday, etc.). Present simple Marsha: When does your interview in Leicester start, Jason? Jason: It begins at 10:30 . Marsha: And when does your train leave? Jason: It leaves Peterborough at 8:54 and gets to Leicester at 9:51 . So I’ll have lots of time. • Use the present simple for timetable information in the future (train times, programmes, etc.). Past forms  Page 36 Past simple We read Romeo and Juliet at school last year . • Use the past simple when you want to say that something happened in the past and is over . It is oŒen used with adverbials like ago, yesterday, when, in 2009, last week/month/year, 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. • e past progressive describes an activity that was happening in the past. We were just getting ready to go when it started to rain. • OŒen the past progressive is used to emphasise that an activity was still going on when a new event occurred. In this case, use the past simple 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 . Present perfect simple I’ve already seen the film. So I know how it ends. • e present perfect stresses the result of an activity. It is oŒen 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 some- thing has happened before ( ever, never, (not) yet, so far, etc.). G3 156 Grammar Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv