| Tabellarische Darstellung der wichtigsten Zeiten |
| Past Perfect | Past Tense | Present Tense | Future |
| before | yesterday | now | tomorrow |
| the year before | last week | at present | next year |
| the previous (day) | in 1978 | always | soon |
| up to that year | ten years ago | every day | at 8.25 |
| Before, I had never written such a letter. | Yesterday, I wrote my first letter. | Now, he is repairing his car. | We will supply the goods tomorrow. |
| The year before, we had been to Spain. |
Last year we were in France. | At present we are only making experiments. | I am going to help you next month. |
| The previous year they had made preparations. | The company was established in 1978. | This train always arrives on time. | We are coming soon. |
| Up to that time he had done nothing useful. | Three days ago Tom worked very hard. | This data base is updated every day. | The train leaves at 8.25 tomorrow. |
| Past : in 1978 | Present: today (1998) | ||||
| Present Perfect | |||||
| for ten years | |||||
| since 1978 / since I was born | |||||
| ever / never | |||||
| always | |||||
| just | |||||
| I have known your boss for sixteen years. | |||||
| We have been co-operating since 1978. | |||||
| Tom has lived /has been living/ here since he was born. | |||||
| Have you ever heard of the O.J. Simpson case? | |||||
| She has always tried to promote him. | |||||
| The manager has just left the office. | |||||
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Exercises!! 1. Wir haben diese Reise letztes Jahr gebucht. 2. Kim, warst du jemals in den USA? Ja, ich habe 1986 einen Freund besucht. Im Jahr davor war ich in Mexiko. 3. Die Maschine wird morgen geliefert. 4. Ihre Fahrräder sind gestern angekommen. 5. Letztes Jahr hat David für ICI gearbeitet. Zur Zeit arbeitet er für die britische Regierung. Als er ein chemisches Experiment machte, wurde er schwer verletzt. 6. MS Gloria verläßt Hamburg in Richtung (for) London am Montag morgen. 7. Messrs Powels sind seit drei Jahren unsere Kunden. 8. Morgen besucht Sie unser Vertreter. 9. Bevor er frühstückte, hatte er geduscht. 10. Es ist furchtbar, ich arbeite jetzt schon seit drei Stunden an diesem Problem. 11. Was tun Sie (beruflich)? Ich arbeite als Ingenieur. Im Moment fliege ich nach New York. 12. Schau dir diese Wolken an! Es wird bald regnen! 13. Bevor er zu VW ging, hatte er viele Dokumente gesammelt. 14. Als sie gerade die Rechnung tippte, rief der Kunde an.
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