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THE TENSES

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

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PRESENT TENSES - Present Simple

I He
You She
play. plays.
They It

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PRESENT TENSES - Present Continuous

I am He is
You are She is
playing. playing.
They are It is

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PRESENT TENSES - Present Perfect

I have He has
You have She has
played. played.
They have It has

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PRESENT TENSES - Present Perfect Continuous

I have been He has been

You have been She has been
playing. playing.
They have been It has been

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The Present Tenses

Tense Example Use

Present simple I play on Tuesdays. General statements, facts and habits.

Present continuous I am playing now. Actions that are happening right now.

Present perfect I have played for a club. A past event that has present
consequences.
Present perfect I have been playing for An action that started in the past and
continuous three hours today. continues to the present.

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PAST TENSES - Past Simple

I He
You played. She
They played.
It

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PAST TENSES - Past Continuous

I was He was
You were She was
playing. playing.
They were It was

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PAST TENSES - Past Perfect

I had He had
You had She had
played. played.
They had It had

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PAST TENSES - Past Perfect Continuous

I had been He had been

You had been She had been
playing. playing.
They had been It had been

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The Past Tenses

Tense Example Use

Past simple I played abroad last year. Past, finished actions.

Past I was playing at 2 pm yesterday. A continuing action at some point

continuous in the past.
Past perfect I had played there for two years Past actions that happened before
before I got to play for England. another past action or time.
Past perfect I had been playing there for two Past actions that continued to a
continuous years before I finally got a chance to past point in time.
play for England.
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FUTURE TENSES - Future Simple

I will He will
You will
play. She will play.
They will
It will

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FUTURE TENSES - Future Continuous

I will be He will be
You will be She will be
playing. playing.
They will be It will be

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FUTURE TENSES - Future Perfect

I will have He will have

You will have She will have
played. played.
They will have It will have

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FUTURE TENSES - Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been He will have been

You will have been playing. She will have been playing.
They will have been It will have been

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The Future Tenses

Tense Example Use

Future I will play in October. Events or actions we believe will happen in

simple the future.
Future I will be playing at 2 pm An action at a specific moment in the
continuous tomorrow. future.
Future I will have played there for An action that is planned or expected to
perfect two years on Monday. happen before a certain time in the future.
Future I will have been playing An action that will continue up to a certain
perfect there for two years on point in the future.
continuous Monday.
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CONDITIONAL TENSES - Conditional Simple

I would He would

You would
play. She would play.
They would
It would

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CONDITIONAL TENSES - Conditional Continuous

I would be He would be
You would be She would be
playing. playing.
They would be It would be

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CONDITIONAL TENSES - Conditional Perfect

I would have He would have

You would have played. She would have played.
They would have It would have

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CONDITIONAL TENSES - Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been He would have been

You would have been playing. She would have been
playing.
They would have been It would have been

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The Conditional Tenses

Tense Example Use

Conditional simple I would play abroad if I could. Hypothetical actions in the present

Conditional I would be playing abroad now if I Hypothetical continuous actions in

continuous wasn’t stuck here. the present.

Conditional perfect I would have played abroad last year Hypothetical actions in the past.
but I didn’t get my visas.

Conditional perfect I would have been playing here for Hypothetical actions that started in
continuous longer if I had got my visas earlier. the past and continued.

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