DER GROSSE ÜBERBLICK

Alle Zeitformen.
Eine klare Sicht.

Vergleiche die 12 gängigen englischen Zeitformen mit Strukturen, Beispielen und Lektionen.

Wähle eine Zeitform und eine Perspektive.

Simple beschreibt Fakten; Continuous zeigt einen Verlauf; Perfect blickt von einem Bezugspunkt zurück; Perfect Continuous betont die Dauer.

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Tabelle der englischen Zeitformen
Form	Gegenwart	Vergangenheit	Zukunft
Simple	Simple Present`subject + base verb / verb-s`She takes the train.Lektion ansehen	Simple Past`subject + past verb`We booked a table.Lektion ansehen	Future Simple: will`subject + will + base verb`I will send it tonight.Lektion ansehen
Continuous	Present Continuous`subject + am/is/are + verb-ing`I am reading the instructions.Lektion ansehen	Past Continuous`subject + was/were + verb-ing`I was cooking dinner.Lektion ansehen	Future Continuous`subject + will be + verb-ing`We will be travelling at noon.Lektion ansehen
Perfect	Present Perfect`subject + have/has + past participle`She has sent the report.Lektion ansehen	Past Perfect`subject + had + past participle`The meeting had started.Lektion ansehen	Future Perfect`subject + will have + past participle`We will have submitted the form by noon.Lektion ansehen
Perfect Continuous	Present Perfect Continuous`subject + have/has been + verb-ing`She has been studying all morning.Lektion ansehen	Past Perfect Continuous`subject + had been + verb-ing`We had been walking for hours.Lektion ansehen	Future Perfect Continuous`subject + will have been + verb-ing`I will have been studying for two hours by six.Lektion ansehen

NOCH EINE PERSPEKTIVE

Manche Lernmodelle ergänzen die Zukunft in der Vergangenheit und sprechen von 16 Formen. Der Kontext entscheidet.

would + base verb

She said she would call.

would be + verb-ing

She said she would be working at six.

would have + past participle

She said she would have finished by six.

would have been + verb-ing

She said she would have been working for eight hours by six.