Notes On Tenses

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Notes on tenses:

1. *Present Simple Tense*:


- Used to describe habitual actions, general truths, or permanent situations.
- Formed with the base form of the verb (e.g., "I work" or "He plays").

2. *Present Continuous Tense*:


- Used to describe actions happening right now or around the current time.
- Formed with "am/is/are" + present participle (e.g., "She is reading").

3. *Present Perfect Tense*:


- Used to express actions or events that have a connection to the present, often
with the result of the action.
- Formed with "have/has" + past participle (e.g., "They have eaten").

4. *Past Simple Tense*:


- Used to describe completed actions in the past.
- Regular verbs are formed by adding "-ed" to the base form (e.g., "She
talked"). Irregular verbs have unique past forms (e.g., "He went").

5. *Past Continuous Tense*:


- Used to describe actions that were ongoing in the past.
- Formed with "was/were" + present participle (e.g., "I was sleeping").

6. *Past Perfect Tense*:


- Used to express actions that occurred before another action in the past.
- Formed with "had" + past participle (e.g., "They had already left").

7. *Future Simple Tense*:


- Used to express actions or events that will happen in the future.
- Formed with "will" + base form of the verb (e.g., "I will travel").

8. *Future Continuous Tense*:


- Used to describe ongoing actions at a specific point in the future.
- Formed with "will be" + present participle (e.g., "They will be studying").

9. *Future Perfect Tense*:


- Used to express actions that will be completed before a certain time in the
future.
- Formed with "will have" + past participle (e.g., "She will have finished her
work").

10. *Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous*:


- These tenses describe actions that started in the past and continue into the
present or past, respectively.
- Formed with "have/has/had been" + present participle (e.g., "I have been
studying" or "She had been reading").

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