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| Nutid | Eksempler |
|---|---|
| Almindelig nutid (simple present) | They walk home. |
| Udvidet præsens (present continuous) | They are walking home. |
| Datid | |
| Præteritum (simple past) | Peter lived in China in 1965. |
| Udvidet præteritum (past continuous) | I was reading when she arrived. |
| Perfektum | |
| Førnutid (present perfect) | I have lived here since 1987. |
| Udvidet førnutid (present perfect continuous) | I have been living here for years. |
| Førdatid (Past perfect) | We had been to see her several times before she visited us. |
| Udvidet førdatid (past perfect continuous) | He had been watching her for some time when she turned and smiled. |
| Førfremtid (future perfect) | We will have arrived in the States by the time you get this letter. |
| Udvidet førfremtid (future perfect continuous) | By the end of your course, you will have been studying for five years. |
| Fremtid | |
| Almindelig fremtid (simple future) | They will go to Italy next week. |
| Udvidet fremtid (future continuous ) | I will be travelling by train. |
| Konditionalis | |
| Nul konditionalis (zero conditional) | If ice gets hot it melts. |
| Konditionalis 1 | If he is late I will be angry. |
| Konditionalis 2 | If he was in Australia he would be getting up now. |
| Konditionalis 3 | She would have visited me if she had had time. |
| Blandet konditionalis (mixed conditional) | I would be playing tennis if I hadn't broken my arm. |
| -ing formerne på engelsk | |
| Gerundium | I like swimming. |
| Lang tillægsmåde (present participle) | She goes running every morning. |
| Navnemåde | |
| Passiv |