We are starting the meeting at 7. Don't be late!
- The meeting is happening now
- The meeting is happening very soon
- The meeting is in the future
- We always start at 7
I'm tired so I am going to bed
- This is talking only about the future
- This explains what is happening now
- This is only about how I feel
- This is making an offer
She has arrived at last ...
- ... so we can begin
- ... that was lucky
- ... she was late
- ... but before me
I had already met her but only met her mother yesterday
- I knew her mother before I knew her
- I first met them together
- I met her before I met her mother
- I met her mother before I met her
My brother has finished all the cake ...
- ... so we can't have any
- ... last week
- ... yet
- .... that afternoon
I was going to talk to her ...
- ... but I didn't
- ... but she didn't
- ... so I will
- ... and I am now
We were having a meeting when ...
- ... he had finished
- ... he interrupted
- ... he will be there
- ... but we didn't
Someone has been taking flowers from my garden ...
- ... but it has only happened once
- ... and it has happened a lot
- ... before I stopped them
- ... when I saw them
I used to like her ...
- ... but I don't now
- ... but she left
- ... but she's in London
- ... and she did
He was waiting at the bus stop when his bus arrived
- He stopped waiting
- He continued waiting
- He waited again
- He had got on the bus