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ENGLISH TENSES
148
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PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
Something is happening now, at this very moment.
PAST
CONTINUOUS
Subject + verb to be + verb(ing) + complement
FUTURE
Ex. I am playing soccer.
To indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted.
verb to be
in past
(was, were)
Subject + + verb (ing) + complement
GOING TO
Will
Ex. He was playing soccer when the party started.
- to Express a Voluntary Action
- to Express a Promise
- to Express a Prediction
- to Express a Plan
- to Express a Prediction
Subject + will + verb (infinitive) + complement
Subject + am/is/are + going to + verb
He is going to spend his vacation in Hawaii.
I will send you the information
PRESENT SIMPLE
PAST SIMPLE
An action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
To express the idea that an action is repeated or usual.
(habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens.)
Subject + verb (past simple) + complement
Ex. Yesterday he played soccer.
Subject + verb (infinitive) + complement
*Be careful with
irregular verbs
Ex. He plays soccer
FURTHER IN
THE PAST
FURTHER IN
THE FUTURE
RIGHT NOW
A POINT IN
THE FUTURE
A POINT IN
THE PAST
PRESENT
PERFECT
FUTURE
PERFECT
PAST
PERFECT
Simple
Continuous
To describe an event that will be finished by a particular time in the future.
Continuous
Simple
- puts emphasis on the duration or course of an action (not the result)
- action that recently stopped or is still going on
- finished action that influenced the present
Expresses an action taking place before a certain time in the past.
To show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.
- puts emphasis on the result
- action that is still going on
- action that stopped recently
- finished action that has an influence on the present
- action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking