English Grammar Cheat Sheet

ENGLISH GRAMMAR - CHEATSHEET PRESENT PAST PAST SIMPLE: I went to school. PRESENT SIMPLE: I go to school. PAST PERFECT: I had gone to school. an action to be completed at some point in the future PRESENT PERFECT: I have been to school. an action that happened before another event in the past FUTURE PERFECT: I will have gone to school. an action started in the past that is still true/relevant in the present PAST CONTINUOUS: I was going to school. an activity that happened at a specific moment in the past an action that happened before a certain time in the past FUTURE SIMPLE: I will go to school. general ongoing, regular, scheduled activity something that happened in the past PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: I had been going to school. FUTURE an action finishing in the future, before or at the time of another action PRESENT CONTINUOUS: I am going to school. FUTURE CONTINUOUS: I will be going to school. an action occurring now an activity occurring at a specific point in the future PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: I have been going to school. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS: I will have been going to school. an action from the past continuing in the present an action at a certain point in the future, expressing duration PREPOSITIONS OF TIME PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE The 1900s/ 1999 - Centuries/ Decades/ Years March/ 5 Weeks/ Spring - Months/ Weeks/ Seasons The Future - Parts of the Day The Easter Holiday - Periods of Time The Evening - Holidays Easter Day - Holidays with „Day“ Sunday Morning - Day & Part of Day My Birthday - Specific Days The Weekend/ Tuesday - Time/ Days May 3rd - Dates GENERAL Countries - Germany Cities - Berlin Neighborhood - Kreuzberg Enclosed Space - A Car IN MORE SPECIFIC ON Streets / Avenues - Broadway Surfaces - The Table Means of Transport - A Bus Communication - The Radio IN The ball is in the box. ON The ball is on the box. 7am - Hours VERY SPECIFIC Addresses - 367 Georgetown Street Midday - Parts of the Day Specific Locations - The School AT The Moment - Time Easter - Holidays without „Day“ PREPOSITIONS OF TIME PREPOSITION EXPLANATION EXAMPLE DURING I stayed in the hotel during the earthquake. FOR Something happens within the time that something else is happening Period of time UNTIL/ TILL Up to a certain time SINCE A point of time where something began Start and end FROM...TO AGO BY How far back in time sth. happened A time previous to any specific point in time Not later than AFTER Later in time than TO Until/ time until the hour BEFORE BETWEEN... AND WITHIN PAST I‘m going to study for two hours. I‘m on a diet till Christmas. I have studied English since January. The course is from Monday to Friday. I left the party an hour ago. I am at school. PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE BESIDE „by the side of“ The ball is beside the box. NEXT TO „close to“ The ball is next to the box. IN THE MIDDLE „centre, midpoint“ The ball is in the middle of the table. IN FRONT OF The ball is in front of the box. BETWEEN The ball is between the book and the pen. „related to the idea of lower/ less than“ I will help you after lunch. ABOVE THROUGH He kicked his ball below mine. The ball is flying through the box. The picture is being hung above the table. OVER UNDER The ball is under the table. BELOW I caught the ball before it hit the ground. I will be back by 5pm. Three days to Easter. It‘s five to nine. Time that separates two I have much to do between points now and tomorrow. A span of time during which You should receive an email something occurs within the next five minutes. Amount of time after the hour It‘s five past nine. AT BEHIND The ball is behind the box. The ball is flying over the table. https://sprachinstitut-berlin.de