Ein komplizierter Teil der englischen Grammatik ist die Auswahl der korrekten Zeitform und die Konjunktion der Verben. Unter den einzelnen Zeitformen finden Sie Anleitungen, wie man sie bildet und einsetzt.
| Das Präsens | Beispiele |
|---|---|
| Einfaches Präsens (simple present) | They walk home. |
| Verlaufsform (present continuous) | They are walking home. |
| Die Vergangenheit | |
| Einfache Vergangenheit (simple past) | Peter lived in China in 1965. |
| Verlaufsform (past continuous) | I was reading when she arrived. |
| Das Perfekt | |
| Perfekt (present perfect) | I have lived here since 1987. |
| Perfekt Verlaufsform (present perfect continuous) | I have been living here for years. |
| Plusquamperfekt (past perfect) | We had been to see her several times before she visited us. |
| Plusquamperfekt Verlaufsform (past perfect continuous) | He had been watching her for some time when she turned and smiled. |
| Futur II (future perfect) | We will have arrived in the States by the time you get this letter. |
| Futur II Verlaufsform (future perfect continuous) | By the end of your course, you will have been studying for five years. |
| Der Futur | |
| Futur I (simple future) | They will go to Italy next week. |
| Futur I Verlaufsform (future continuous) | I will be travelling by train. |
| Konditional | |
| Null Konditional (zero conditional) | If ice gets hot it melts. |
| Konditional I | If he is late I will be angry. |
| Konditional II | If he was in Australia he would be getting up now. |
| Konditional III | She would have visited me if she had had time. |
| Gemischter Konditional | I would be playing tennis if I hadn't broken my arm. |
| Die -ing Formen im Englischen | |
| Gerundium - Verlaufsform | I like swimming. |
| Partizip Präsens | She goes running every morning. |
| Der Infinitiv | |
| Das Passiv |