Schemi per Grammatica inglese

English Grammar Guide

2. English Tenses (Part 1)

Present Simple: I eat. (habits, general truths)

- He drinks coffee every morning.

Present Continuous: I am eating. (actions happening now)

- She is studying for her exams.

Present Perfect: I have eaten. (experience, recent actions)

- We have finished our homework.

Present Perfect Continuous: I have been eating. (actions continuing up to now)

- He has been working all day.

Past Simple: I ate. (completed actions in the past)

- They visited Rome last year.

Past Continuous: I was eating. (action in progress in the past)

- She was reading when I called. English Grammar Guide

3. English Tenses (Part 2)

Past Perfect: I had eaten. (action before another past action)

- She had left before I arrived.

Past Perfect Continuous: I had been eating. (duration before something in the past)

- They had been playing for hours.

Future Simple: I will eat. (decisions, predictions)

- I will call you tomorrow.

Future Continuous: I will be eating. (action in progress in the future)

- This time tomorrow, I will be flying to Paris.

Future Perfect: I will have eaten. (action completed before a specific future time)

- By 8 p.m., I will have finished my work.

Future Perfect Continuous: I will have been eating. (duration of action up to a point in the future)

- By next year, she will have been living here for a decade.

English Grammar Guide

4. Modal Verbs

Modal verbs express necessity, possibility, permission, or ability.

Main modals: can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would

Examples and uses:

- Can: ability or permission - "She can swim."

- Could: past ability or polite request - "Could you help me?"

- May: permission or possibility - "May I come in?"

- Might: slight possibility - "It might rain later."

- Must: strong necessity or logical conclusion - "You must wear a helmet."

- Shall: suggestion or offer (mainly British English) - "Shall we dance?"

- Should: advice or expectation - "You should see a doctor."

- Will: future prediction or certainty - "It will be sunny tomorrow."

- Would: polite request or hypothetical - "Would you like some tea?"