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Signal Words – Present Simple often usually sometimes always never* seldom normally every day/month etc occasionally * can also be a signal word for present perfect when talking about life experiences e.g. I have never been to Paris. Copyright © October 2011 Joanne Chapman www.speak-sprachschule.de Signal Words – Present Continuous just* just now now at the moment right now currently at present * can also be a signal word for present perfect when talking about something which was recently finished but with a present result e.g. I have just finished the report, here it is. Copyright © October 2011 Joanne Chapman www.speak-sprachschule.de Signal Words – Past Simple yesterday 2 weeks ago in 1990 the other day the day before yesterday last week/month etc Copyright © October 2011 Joanne Chapman www.speak-sprachschule.de Signal Words – Present Perfect just* already** since till now up to now so far not yet ever never*** this morning/week etc * can also be a signal word for the past perfect e.g. I had just left the house when the telephone rang. ** can also be a signal for past perfect e.g. I had already left the house when the telephone rang. ***can also be a signal word for present simple when talking about routines e.g. I never drink coffee in the afternoon. Copyright © October 2011 Joanne Chapman www.speak-sprachschule.de Exercises 1 Choose 3 signal words from each page and write an example sentence for each one, being careful to use the correct verb tenses. Exercise 2 Look at the signal words again and compare them to the verb tense rules. Can you explain why these words are related to those verb tenses? Exercise 3 Write a short text about the following: - what you studied at university/what profession you learnt - what job you are doing at the moment - how long you have been doing that Make sure you think carefully about the verb tenses. Exercise 4 Write a short text/story using all of the following signal words: - just - currently - sometimes - so far - last week/month/year Make sure you think carefully about the verb tenses. Copyright © October 2011 Joanne Chapman www.speak-sprachschule.de