TENSES
TENSES
STRUCTURE
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EXTRA INFO.
EXAMPLE
Present
Simple
subject +
verb/+s/+es
Daily Routine
Always, Usually,
Often, Sometimes,
Never, once a…
-He studies...
-He doesn’t study…
-Does he study…?
Present
Continuous
subject+ to be +
verb-ing
to be= am/is/are
Speak in present
Things we do at the
moment
At the moment
Now
-He is studying now.
-He isn’t studying…
-Is he studying…?
Present
Perfect
Simple
subject+have/has +
verb 3rd/ed
Events in the past
with consequences
in the present.
Recent events, past
experiences,
unfinished situations
Just, Yet(-/?),
Already, For, Since,
Still, Ever(?), Never(-)
-He has studied for…
-He hasn’t studied…
-Has he studied…?
Present
Perfect
Continuous
subject+have/has +
been + verb-ing
Started in the past
but still happens in
the present
-He has been
studying…
-He hasn’t been
studying…
-Has he been
studying…?
Past
Simple
Subject + verb
2nd/ed
Action in the past
Yesterday, Last
month, A year ago…
-He studied maths.
-He didn’t study…
-Did he study…?
Past
Continuous
subject +
was/were+verb-ing
Had progres in the
oast
-He was studying…
-He wasn’t studying…
-Was he studying…?
Past Perfect
Simple
Subject + had + verb
3rd/ed
Action that
happened before
another action in the
past
Before, After, by the
time, already, yet(-/?)
-He had studied…
-He hadn’t studied…
-Had he studied…?
Past Perfect
Continuous
Subject + had + been
+ verb-ing
In progres
-He had been
studying…
-He hadn’t been
studying…
-Had he been
studying…?
