1. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 1 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. conditional present past conditional the 4 timeframes future ote Example: she wrote (see chart 6) ould Example: she would write (see chart xx) ites Example: she writes (see chart 4) Example: she will write (see chart 7)

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4. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 4 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. es Ann is a journalist at FreeTime Magazine. She writes the Holiday Report. present

5. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 5 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. now (3 p.m.) this morning past ote She wrote the Hawaii Report this morning, before her boss arrived.

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7. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 7 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. She has written the Report already. Here it is! present perfect now (3 p.m.) CYPRUS … …so far today......

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10. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 10 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. present perfect progressive CYPRUS now (11 a.m.) … … all morning … … Yawn! She is writing the Report. She has been writing the Report all morning - so she's tired.

11. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 11 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. now (1 p.m.) at the meeting d She felt great at the meeting because she ha d written the Report already. past past perfect CYPRUS time up to the meeting this morning She has written the Report at last!

12. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 12 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. now (1 p.m.) past past progressive the phone rang While she was writing the Report this morning, the phone rang. She is writing the Report right now.

13. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 13 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. past past perfect progressive now (1 p.m.) at the meeting … all morning … Yawn! d She was tired at the meeting because she had been writing the Report all morning. She has been writing the Report all morning She is writing the Report right now.

14. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 14 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. 8 p.m. future perfect now (1 p.m.) CYPRUS She has written the Report. before 8 p.m. this evening She will have written the Report by 8 o'clock - so call her then.

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19. © Steve Powell 1998: verbs in colour 19 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. These slides are available online at http://pogol.net/index.php?p=22, where you will also find a teachers version with extensive explanations, as well as on slideshare.net.http://pogol.net/index.php?p=22