Времена активного залога

Употребляется для констатации общеизвестных фактов; обычных, регулярно повторяющихся и последовательных действий в настоящем, прошедшем и будущем.

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Не writes letters every week.

write \ writes

do \ does write

Does he write letters every week? He does not (doesn't) write letters every week.

today; every day/ week/ year;

seldom; usually; sometimes;

at 7 o'clock

He wrote the letter yesterday.

wrote

did write

Did he write the letter yesterday?

He did not (didn 't) write the letter yesterday.

yesterday; last week/ month;

2, 3 days ago; a week ago,

2 years ago; in 1998

He will write the letter tomorrow.

shall \ will write

Will he write the letter tomorrow?

He will not (won't) write the letter tomorrow.

tomorrow; next week/ year/ month;

in 2, 3 days; in future;

in an hour; in a moment in 2003

Употребляется, если действие в процессе, в развитии, происходящее в определенный момент времени в настоящем, прошедшем и будущем.

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He is writing the letter now.

am \ is \ are writing

Is he writing the letter now?

He is not (isn't) writing the letter now.

...is always doing sth; are constantly doing sth; ...ever now...; ...now; ... nowadays...; is just now...

He was writing the letter then.

was / were writing

Was he writing the letter then?

He was not (wasn't) writing the letter then.

from 9 to II; when I came in, was (were) doing sth; was (were) doing sth. constantly; was still doing sth.

He will be writing the letter tomorrow.

shall \will be writing

Will he be writing the letter tomorrow after supper? He will not (won't) be writing the letter after supper.

...in the evening;

at 8 tomorrow;

at 8 on Friday; at 10 o'clock;

will still be doing sth.

Выражает действие, совершившееся к моменту речи в настоящем, прошедшем и будущем времени (имеется результат).

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Не has written the letter already.

have / has written

Has he already written the letter? He has not (hasn’t) written the letter yet.

just; yet; already; ever;

never; by... o'clock; since

He had written the letter when the phone rang.

had written

Had he written the letter when the phone rang? He had not (hadn't) written the letter when ….

by ... o'clock; just; yet; already; by the end of the year; by this time

He will have written the letter by that time.

shall \will have written

Will he have written the letter by that time? He will not (won't) have written the letter by that time.

...by the end of the year; ...by tomorrow; before the classes begin

Выражает действие, начавшееся до момента речи о нем, длившееся в течение некоторого времени и продолжающееся в момент речи в настоящем, прошедшем и будущем времени (имеется результат).

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Не has been writing a letter for 2 hours.

have / has been writing

Has he been writing a letter for 2 hours? He has not been writing a letter for 2 hours.

for 2 hours, for a month, for the last two days, since 5 o’clock

How long…? Since when..?

He had been writing the letter for 2 hours when the phone rang.

had been writing

Had he been writing the letter when the phone rang?

He had not been writing the letter when…

for 2 hours, for a month, for the last two days, since 5 o’clock

He will have been writing the letter you come in the evening.

shall \will have been writing

Will he have been writing the letter you come in the evening? He will not have been writing the letter you come in the evening.

for 2 hours, for a month, since 5 o’clock

How long…? Since when..?