LEARNING
LEARNING
TENSES
EASILY
Created By : Kenas Dayne
TENSES
Tense means time. But time was different from tense. Time refers to now, past and future. Tense was a verb from or series of verb forms.
It function as the following :
To indicate wheather an action was in the past, present or
future
To indicate whether an action was complete or not
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1. The present tense 2. The past tense 3. The future tense
1. The simple 2. The continous 3. The perfect
1. PRESENT
SI M PL
E
US A G E
S + V1 Example :
I eat
He study
The simple present tense is used :
To express a habitual action (every day action)
Ex : I eat rice every day
To denote unchanging truth about the universe or nature
PR
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EN
T
C O N TI
N O US
US A G E
S + to be (am/is/are) + Ving
Example :
I am eating
He is studying
It is used to denote an action which is still in
progress at the moment of speaking :
When an action begins and when it will end is not
concerned about
Ex : He is studying grammar now
Can also be used for an action in the ammediate
future to show intention
PR
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EN
T
PE RF EC T
US A G E
S + Have/Has + V3
Example :
I have eaten
He has studied
It is used to denote that an action which happend at an indefinite
time in the past is complete at the moment of speaking
When we use the present perfect tense we are not interested in the
time in the past, but we want to say that the action is already complete now
Ex : I have already eaten this rice
They are also used for an action began in the past but it is still in
progress at the time of speaking
PR
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EN
T
PE RF EC T CO NT IN OU
S
US A G E
S + Have/Has+Been+Ving
Example :
I have been eating
He has been studying
It is used to denote that an action which began in
the past is still in progress now
Sometimes the present perfect continous tense is
used to denote the fact that an action has been uninterrupted.
2.
P
A
S
T
SI M PL
E
US A G E
S + V2 Example :
I ate
He studied
It is used to denote an action which began and ended in
the past, or to denote that an action happened, or finished at some time in the past.
PA
ST
C O N TI
N O US
US A G E
S + Was/Were + Ving
Example :
I was eating
He was studying
The past continous tense was used to denote :
That an action was still in progress at certain time in the past. Ex : I was eating at nine o’clock last night
The an action was unfinished when another action occured.
Ex : When I ate, Ahmad was studying.
That two actions were in progress at the same time in the past.
PA
ST
PERF EC T
US A G E
S + Had+ V3
Example :
I had eaten
He had studied
It is used to denote an action which is complete
before a definite point of time in the past.
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PE RF EC T CO NT IN OU
S
US AG
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S + Had + Been + Ving
Example :
I had been eating
He had been studying
It is used to denote an action beginning in the past
time and is still in progress at a certain time in the past also.
3.
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SI M PL
E
US A G E
S + Will/Shall + V1 Example :
I will eat
He will study
The future tense is used to denote an action happening in
future.
FU
TU
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C O N TI
N O US
US A G E
S + Will/Shall + Be + Ving
Example :
I will be eating
He will be studying
It is used to denote an action which is still in
progress at the certain time in the future.
FU
TU
RE
PE RF EC T
US A G E
S + Will/Shall + Have + V3
Example :
I will have eaten
He will have studied
It was used to denote an action that had been
complete at the certain time in the future.
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TU
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PE RF EC T CO NT IN OU
S
US AG E
S + Will/Shall + Have Been + Ving
Example :
I will have been eating
He will have been studying
It is used to express that an action had been still in
progress at certain time in the future, while at the same we think of it as action beginning in the past.
The Easy Rule of Tenses
Present
S = S + V1
C = S + To Be (am/is/are) + Ving P = S + Have/Has + V3
PC = S + Have/Has + Been + Ving Past
S = S + V2
C = S + Was/Were + Ving P = S + Had + V3
PC = S + Had + Been + Ving Future
S = S + Will/Shall + V1
