Time expressions used with:

PRESENT

(Esamasis laikas)

Simple(paprastasis esm.l.): ( V ) every day/week/month/year, usually, sometimes, always, rarely, never, often, on Monday, in the morning/evening, at night/the weeknwd, etc

Continuous(esm. tęstinis l.): ( am/is/are + Ving )now, at the moment, at present, nowadays, today, this month, this week, tonight, always, still, these days, etc

Šie veiksmažodžiai neturi tęstinių laikų:hate, fear, respect, wish, love, like, want, dislike, enjoy, prefer, adore(garbinti), detest(neapkęsti), forgive, prefer(teikti pirmenybę), appear (rodytis), hear, feel, notice(įspėjimas), see, llook, seem, smell, sound, taste, agree, believe, have, suppose(manyti, spėti), understand, recognize(pažinti), remember, mean, know, belong(priklausyti), consist (susidėti, susidaryti),depend(pasitikėti), fit, include(turėti (savyje), apimti), need, own, possess(turėti, valdyti), require((pa)reikalauti, įsakyti), want, realise, forget, think, expect, contain(turėti (savyje); būti (kur)), matter(sunkumas), cost, weigh, wish, keep, etc

Šie žodžiai nors ir neturi tęstinių laikų, kartais gali turėti tęstini laiką:

Present Simple Present Continuous

1. think (=nuomonė reiškiama, =believe)

e.g. What do you think?

2. taste (=turi kažkas skonį)

e.g. The soup tastes good.

(skani sriuba)

3. ssee (=matyti, suprantu)

4. look (=atrodyti)

5. smell (=turėti kvapą)

e.g. These flowers smells wonderful.

6. feel (=būti)

e.g. The baby’s hear feels like silk.

7. have (=turėti)

8. weigh (=sveria, turi svorį)

e.g. Tomatoes weigh 10 kilos.

9. fit (=tikti kažkam (drabužiai))

10. appear (=atrodyti)

e.g. HHe appears to be nervous.

11. to be (=apie charakterį- pastovi būsena)

e.g. He is a rude person.

1. think (=galvoti, =consider)

e.g. -What are you thinking about?

-I’m thinking about a coming party

2. taste (=ragauti)

e.g. I‘m tasting the soup to see if it‘s good.

3. see (=susitikti)

4. look (žiūrėti)

5. smell (=uostyti)

e.g. I’m smelling.

6. feel (=liesti)

e.g. I’m feeling the heater to see it’s warm.

7. have (=išsireiškimai)

e.g. I’m having dinner at the moment.

to have breakfast

brunch

lunch

dinner.

a shower

a bath

a temperature.

8. weigh (=sverimas, pats procesas)

e.g. Tom is weghing the tomatoes.

9. fit (=taisyti,įtaisyti)

10. appear (=dalyvauti)

11. to be (=elgesys ir laikinumas)

e.g. He is being rude.

(jis grubiaielgiasi, tačiau šiaip jis toks

nėra)

Perfect ((esm. atliktinis l.): ( have/has + VIII ) just, ever, never, already, yet(neigimuose&klausymuose), always, how long, so far, recently(neseniai), since, for, today, this week/month, today, this week/month/., lately, still(neiginiuose), etc

Perfect Continuous (esm. atliktinis tęstinis l.): ( have/has + been + Ving ) just, ever, never, already, yet(neigimuose&klausymuose), always, how long, so far, recently(neseniai), since, for, today, this week/month, lately, etc

PAST

(Būtasis laikas)

Simple(paprastasis būt.l.): ( Ved / VII )yesterday, last week/month/./Tuesday/., three days/weeks, (how long) ago, then, just, nnow, when, in 1991, etc

Continuous(būt. tęstinis l.): ( was/were + Ving ) while, when, as, the moment that, all morning/evening/day/night, etc.

Perfect(būt. atliktinis l.): ( had + VIII ) for, since, already, after, just, never, yet, before, by, by the time, till/until, when, etc

Perfect Continuous(būt. atliktinis, tęstinis l.): ( had + been + Ving ) for, since, how long, before, until, etc

FUTURE

(būsimasis laikas)

Simple(paprastasis būs. l.): ( will + V ) tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, tonight, soon, next week/month/year, in a week/month/year, etc. po šiū žodžių: believe, think, expect, hope, promise, be sure, be afraid, probably, perhaps, certainly, know, suppose, possibly, surely, etc

Continuous(būs. tęstinis l.): ( will + be + Ving )

Perfect(būs. atliktinis l.): ( will + have + VIII ) before, by, by then, by the time, until/till(neiginiuose), etc

Perfect Continuous(būs. atliktinis, tęstinis l.): ( will + have + been + Ving )

Po šių žodžių bsimieji laikai nevartojami: when, before, while, after, till, as soon as, until, once, if, unless(nebent), on condition(that) (su sąlyga, kad.), provided(jei) (su sąlyga), providing (jei su sąlyga), in case(tuo atveju), even if(net jeigu), even though(nors ir), no matter how(kad ir kaip), whenewer(kai tik, kada tik), whatever(bet kkuris, bet kas), however, moreover, furthermore, also, in addition(be to, (ir) dar), as well etc