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Tenses
Tenses
1. Present Simple: - Structure: Subject + base verb (s/es for third person singular)
2. Present Continuous - Structure: Subject + am/is/are + present participle (-ing form of the verb)
(Progressive):
- Example: "They are playing football right now."
4. Present Perfect - Structure: Subject + have/has been + present participle (-ing form of the
Continuous: verb)
Past Tenses:
6. Past Continuous - Structure: Subject + was/were + present participle (-ing form of the verb)
(Progressive):
- Example: "While they were playing outside, it started to rain."
- Example: "By the time we arrived, they had finished the project."
8. Past Perfect Continuous: - Structure: Subject + had been + present participle (-ing form of the verb)
- Example: "Before they arrived, I had been working for six hours straight."
Future Tenses:
10. Future Continuous - Structure: Subject + will be/shall be + present participle (-ing form of the
(Progressive): verb)
- Example: "By the end of the year, he will have graduated from college."
12. Future Perfect - Structure: Subject + will/shall + have been + present participle (-ing form
Continuous: of the verb)
- Example: "By next summer, they will have been working on this project
for two years."