GRAMMAR 3 – VERB TENSES

FRITZ
TIME  PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
A+A –PROGRESSIVE I am teaching
B+B –PERFECT I have learned
B+C -have learn
C+A Should listening
A+B Was been
C+B Could been
C+C – I should listen
D – He develops
E – I submitted
B+B/A+A PERFECT PROGRESSIVE –
have been attending
There has been an accident 
PRESENT PERFECT (B+B)
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE -
The student has been reviewing for
the past 2 weeks. (B+B/A+A)
SIMPLE TENSES:
Simple Present:
Fact: I work at Niner. Ervin works at
Niner.
Routine: Every Saturday, my family
goes to the mall. The IOC Committee
organizes the Olympics every 4 years.
Opinion: I agree with the statement.
I think global warming is a threat to
humanity.
General Explanation: For example, a
doctor in the Philippines earns less
than a doctor in the US.
Simple Past
Past event (time is indicated): Last
night, the President addressed the
entire country.
The Congress discussed last Monday
about their thoughts on providing
extra power and funds to the
President.
Simple Future:
Future event (time is indicated): Next
week, the LGU’s will extend their
curfew hours.
In the coming months, the economy
will definitely suffer from the
pandemic. I will go to the mall later.
PROGRESSIVE TENSE
Present Progressive
In progress/ At the moment: The
students are taking down notes. Our
health care practitioners are working
24/7. I am teaching.
Future event (near future): I will go
to the mall later. / I am going to the
mall later.
WILL – MODAL (FUTURE)
WILL BE GOING TO
GOING (MAIN VERB) + TO
(PREPOSITION) = PHRASAL VERB

Past Progressive:
In progress in the past/ certain point
in the past:
I was eating my dinner last night
when you called me on the phone.
Future Progressive:
Future event: I will go to the mall
later. I am going to the mall later. I
will be going to the mall later.

PERFECT TENSE
Present Perfect:
Past event (no time is indicated):
I have submitted my project to the
professor.
The President has announced some
important reminders regarding the
quarantine.

Past event  Present moment

Metro Manila has changed
dramatically over the past 2 decades.

Past event (repetition)

I have seen the movie several times.
Past Perfect:
2 Past events (one after another)
I had written my essay by the time
the teacher asked us to submit our
work.

Future Perfect:
2 Future events (one after another)
I will have graduated college by the
time my brother will enter his first
year.
I have been submitted (B+B/A+B)
A+B  PASSIVE VOICE  Subject is
receiving the action
ACTIVE  Subject is doing the action

PERFECT PROGRESSIVE:
Present Perfect Progressive:
Past event  Present  Future
(duration or when it started)
I have been working at Niner for the
past 2 years.
I work at Niner.
I am working at Niner.

He has been waiting on the phone

since 10am.
Many countries have been struggling
to battle the virus for the past weeks.

Past Perfect Progressive:

2 past events (one is ongoing
interrupted by another): I had been
writing my essay for 20 minutes by
the time the professor asked us to
S ubmit it.
PAST PERFECT: I had written my
essay by the time the professor
asked us to submit it.

Future Perfect Progressive:

2 future events (one is ongoing
interrupted by another)
I will have been studying college for
3 years by the time my brother will
enter his first year.
1. The class officers canceled the
party after I made all the
arrangements for it.
2. Debbie based her decision on the
proverb that honesty was the best
policy.
3. By the time I will graduate, my
sister will be practicing law for five
years.
4. When the police finally arrived,
the thief already vanished with the
loot.
5. If you were here earlier, you
would have met Maria.
GRAMMAR 4
Conditionals
Zero – facts – If I heat ice, it melts.
First – possibility – If it rains later, I
will stay home.
Second – possibility with slim
chances – If I won the lottery, I would
buy a house and lot.
Third – regrets – If I had studied
harder, I would have passed the
exam.
6. In the afternoon, gardeners
trimmed the trees.
7. We do not wish to have been
involved in any scandal.

8. I hope to have been a successful

writer.
9. They were shocked to learn that a
diamond was merely a form of
carbon.
10. By Saturday, I will be working
here for three weeks.