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Tenses
 Simple Tenses
Tenses tell you when the action happens. There are three tenses present,
past and future. Each tense is divided into simple, continuous, perfect and
perfect continuous.

Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect

continuous
Present 1st form of Am\is\are+1st Have\ Has + Have\Has +
rd
Tense verb+ s \ es form of verb 3 form of been + 1st
+ ing verb form of verb+
ing
Construction Finish Am\is\are\ Have\Has Have\Has
finishing finished been finishing
Example I eat I am eating I have eaten I have been
chocolate. chocolate. all the eating
chocolate. chocolate for
the last two
hours.
Past Tense 2nd form of Was\were Had + 3 rd
Had + been +
verb +1st form of form of verb 1st form of
verb +ing verb + ing
Construction Finished Was\were Had finished Had been
finishing finishing
Example I ate I was eating I had eaten all I had been
chocolate. chocolate. the chocolate eating
when you chocolates for
arrived. the last two
hours when
you arrived.
Future Tense Will\shall + Will be + 1st Will have + Will + have +
1st form of form of verb rd
3 form of been + 1st
verb + ing verb form of verb
+ ing

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Construction Will finish Will be Will have Will have
finishing finished been finishing

Example I will eat I will be I will have I will have

chocolate. eating eaten all the been eating
chocolate chocolates by chocolates for
the time you two hours
arrive. when you
arrive.

Simple tense:
Things to note:
 Present tense has original verb.
 Past tense has few patterns.
 Future tense needs will (shall) + verb
 We generally add “S” in third person singular (I write, you write,
he/she/it writes)

Examples:
Run
 Simple Present:-I run a marathon twice a year.
 Simple Past: - I ran a marathon last year.
 Simple Future:-I will run a marathon next year.
Cook
 I cook my dinner every night.
 I cooked our dinner already.
 I will cook breakfast tomorrow.

 Continuous Tense
 The continuous tense involves action that is, was or will be in progress at
a certain time.
 In the continuous tense verbs are formed with a “be” verb + ing.

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Example:
Run
 Present Continuous Tense: - I am running a marathon right now.
 Past Continuous Tense: - I was running a marathon at this time last year.
 Future Continuous Tense: - I will be running a marathon next Sunday.
Cook
 I am cooking my dinner now.
 I was cooking our dinner when you called me.
 I will be cooking dinner by the time you come home.

 Perfect Tense
 The present perfect Tense describes an action that started in the past
and continues to the present time. Use either have or has + the past
participle form of the verb.

 The past perfect tense describes an action that started and ended in the
past. Use had + the past participle form of the verb.

 The future perfect tense describes future actions that will occur before
some other action. Use will have + the past participle form of the verb.

Examples
Run
 Present Perfect Tense: - I have run several marathons this year.
 Past Perfect Tense: - I had run many marathons in the past.
 Future Perfect Tense: - I will have run a marathon by the time I
turn 30.
Cook
 I have cooked supper every night this week.
 I had cooked supper every night until the stove broke.
 I will have cooked supper every night by the time this diet ends.

 Perfect Continuous Tense:

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 This tense describes actions which were done over a period of time
(repeated) in the past and are continuing in the present or will continue
in the future.
 The Present Perfect Continuous Tense: This tense talks about a
continuous action, that was initiated in the past and finished at some
point in the past, however the action has some relation to the present
time.
Use have/ has + been +ing
Example:

 I have been running, and I am still tired.

 Past Perfect Continuous Tense: It talks about continuous action in the

past that was completed before another past action.
 Use had +been + ing
Example:
 I had been running, and I was still tired.

 Future Perfect Continuous Tense: This tense indicates a continuous

action that will be completed in the future.

 Use will + have + been + ing

Example:
 By next summer, I will have been running for almost a year and I will be
fit and healthy.