Birthdays

8. Grammar - Mixed bag (tenses)

In the last part of this book you learned about the will-future. Now you can talk about ...


... the future (die Zukunft)	→ will-future
... the present (die Gegenwart)	→ simple present and present progressive
... the past (die Vergangenheit)	→ simple past

Im letzten Teil dieses Buches hast du das "Futur mit will" gelernt. Jetzt kannst du über die Zukunft, die Gegenwart und die Vergangenheit sprechen.

Here's a short summary of the tenses you know so far:

Hier findest du eine kurze Zusammenfassung der Zeitformen, die du bisher kennst:

WILL-FUTURE	PRESENT PROGRESSIVE	SIMPLE PRESENT	SIMPLE PAST
I will meet you tomorrow.	He is talking to his friend at the moment.	I always do my homework.	He saw a real ghost.
I won't meet you next week.	He isn't doing his homework.	He doesn't play football on Tuesdays.	She didn't go to school yesterday.
Will you come to my birthday party? Yes, I will. / No, I won't.	Are you listening? Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.	Do you celebrate Halloween? Yes, I do. / No, I don't.	Did he see you? - Yes, he did. / No, he didn't.
Where will we meet?	What are you doing?	What does she do every week?	Where did you go for your last holiday?
signal words:
tomorrow, next week, ...	now, at the moment	always, never, every day, on Mondays	last week, two years ago, yesterday, ...