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    The document provides a review of different English tenses including their forms, uses and examples.

    The tenses covered include: Simple Present, Present Progressive, Simple Past, Past Progressive, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Progressive, Future Simple, Future Progressive, Future Perfect and Future Perfect Progressive.

    Each tense is explained in terms of its form, uses and sometimes examples are provided to illustrate its usage.

    Review of English tenses

    This is a review of the English tenses. The table is provided to help recall the form and use of
    the different English tenses studied in previous lessons.

    Simple Present
    Affirmative
    Negative
    Interrogative
    Form

    She drinks.
    She does not drink.
    Does she drink?
    I, you we they play | he, she, it plays

    action in the present taking place once, never or several times

    facts

    actions taking place one after another

    action set by a timetable or schedule

    Uses

    Present Progressive
    Affirmative
    Negative
    Interrogative
    Form
    Uses

    He is reading.
    He is not reading.
    Is he reading?
    To be (in the simple present) + verb + ing

    action taking place at the moment of speaking

    action arranged for the future


    Simple Past

    Affirmative I cried.
    Negative
    I did not cry
    Interrogative Did I cry?
    Regular verbs: Verb + ed | Irregular verbs: forms differ and should be
    Form
    learned by heart. This is a list of irregular verbs

    action in the past taking place once, never or several times

    actions taking place one after another

    Uses

    Past Progressive
    Affirmative
    Negative
    Interrogative
    Form

    Uses

    He was driving.
    He was not driving.
    Was he driving?
    to be (in the simple past) + verb + ing

    action going on at a certain time in the past

    actions taking place at the same time

    action in the past that is interrupted by another action

    Present Perfect Simple


    Affirmative They have slept.
    Negative
    They have not slept.
    Interrogative Have they slept?
    Have / has + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed |
    Form
    Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by
    heart. This is a list of irregular verbs)

    emphasis is on the result (not the duration)

    action that started in the past & is still going on

    action that stopped recently

    finished action that has an influence on the present

    Uses

    Present Perfect Progressive


    Affirmative He has been thinking.
    Negative
    He has not been thinking.
    Interrogative Has he been thinking?
    Form
    have or has + been + verb + ing

    Uses

    putting emphasis on the course or duration (not the result)

    action that recently stopped or is still going on

    finished action that influenced the present


    Past Perfect Simple

    Affirmative She had won.


    Negative
    She had not won.
    Interrogative Had she won?
    had + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past
    Form
    participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by
    heart. This is a list ofirregular verbs)

    Uses

    action taking place before a certain time in the past

    sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive

    putting emphasis only on the fact (not the duration)

    Past Perfect Progressive


    Affirmative He had been waiting.
    Negative
    He had not been waiting.
    Interrogative Had he been waiting?
    Form
    had + been + verb + ing

    Uses

    action taking place before a certain time in the past

    sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple

    putting emphasis on the duration or course of an action


    Future Simple

    Affirmative
    Negative

    You will win.


    You will not win.

    Interrogative Will you win?


    Form
    will + verb

    Uses

    Affirmative
    Negative

    action in the future that cannot be influenced

    spontaneous decision

    assumption with regard to the future

    Near Future
    (going to)
    He is going to watch TV.
    He is not going to watch TV.

    Interrogative Is he going to watch TV?


    Form
    to be (in the simple present) + going + to + verb

    decision made for the future

    conclusion with regard to the future

    Uses

    Future Progressive
    Affirmative She will be listening to music.
    Negative
    She will not be listening to music.
    Interrogative Will she be listening to music?
    Form
    will + be + verb + ing

    action that is going on at a certain time in the future

    action that is sure to happen in the near future

    Uses

    Future Perfect
    Affirmative He will have spoken.
    Negative
    He will not have spoken.
    Interrogative Will he have spoken?
    will + have + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed |
    Form
    Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by
    heart. This is a list of irregular verbs)
    Uses

    action that will be finished at a certain time in the future


    Future Perfect Progressive

    Affirmative
    Negative
    Interrogative
    Form

    You will have been studying.


    You will not have been studying.
    Will you have been studying?
    will + have + been + verb + ing

    action taking place before a certain time in the future

    putting emphasis on the course of an action

    Uses

    Conditional Simple
    Affirmative We would relax.
    Negative
    We would not relax.
    Interrogative Would we relax ?
    Form
    Uses

    would + verb

    action that might take place

    Conditional Progressive
    Affirmative He would be writing.
    Negative
    He would not be writing.
    Interrogative Would he be writing?
    Form
    would + be + verb + ing

    action that might take place

    putting emphasis on the course / duration of the action

    Uses

    Conditional Perfect
    Affirmative He would have written.
    Negative
    He would not have written.
    Interrogative Would he have written?
    would + have + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb +
    Form
    ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be
    learned by heart This is a list of irregular verbs)
    Uses

    action that might have taken place in the past

    Conditional Perfect Progressive


    Affirmative She would have been sleeping.
    Negative
    She would not have sleeping speaking.
    Interrogative Would she have been sleeping?

    Form

    would + have + been + verb + ing

    action that might have taken place in the past

    puts emphasis on the course / duration of the action

    Uses

    Examples of English Tenses


    English tenses
    These are examples of the English tenses. The table is provided to help you recall the
    different tenses studied in previous lessons.
    Explanations
    Action that is repeated every Friday.
    Habitual action.
    Facts that are believed to be true.
    Generalizations
    Scheduled events in the near future
    Explanations

    Present Simple
    I visit my uncle every Friday
    Cats hate mice.
    The sun rises in the morning.
    The plane takes off at 10 o'clock tonight
    Present Progressive

    Action that takes place now / at the


    moment
    Near future
    Explanations
    To talk about experiences
    Past action that has the result in the
    present.
    Action which started in the past and
    continued up to now.
    Explanations
    To show that something started in
    the past and has continued up until
    now.

    I am working on my computer

    To talk about an action that started


    in the past and stopped recently.
    To talk about an action that started
    in the past and is continuing now.
    Explanations
    Completed action in the past.
    To talk about an action that started
    in the past and stopped recently.
    To talk about an action that started
    in the past and is continuing now.
    An action taking place in the middle
    of another action.
    Explanations
    Actions happening at the same time
    in the past.
    Interrupted action in the past.

    The grass is wet because it has been raining all day


    long.
    I have been watching TV for 2 hours / since you left.

    Explanations
    Completed action before another
    action in the past.
    Explanations
    To show that something started in
    the past and continued up until
    another action stopped it.
    To show that something started in
    the past and continued up until
    another time in the past.

    I am leaving tomorrow
    Present Perfect
    I have been to Italy.
    She has read that book.
    I have lived in this town for 12 years.
    Present Perfect Progressive
    He has been sleeping for the last 3 hours

    Past Simple
    She left yesterday.
    She woke up, had a shower and left.
    If I had a million dollar, I would help the poor.
    She was playing when the accident occurred.
    Past Progressive
    He was reading a newspaper while his wife was
    preparing dinner.
    Sh was reading a book when the light went off, had a
    shower and left.
    Past Perfect Simple
    She had left when I arrived.
    Past Perfect Progressive
    They had been playing soccer when the accident
    occurred
    I had been living in that town for ten years before I
    moved to New York.

    We use the Past Perfect Continuous


    before another action in the past to
    show cause and effect.
    Explanations
    Instant decisions
    We use the simple future , when we
    predict a future situation
    We use the simple future with: "I
    (don't) think...", "I expect...", "I am
    sure...", "I wonder...", "probably".
    Conditional sentence type one
    Explanations
    Action that will be taking place at
    some time in the future.
    Explanations
    Completed action before another
    action in the past
    Explanations
    It is used to show that an action will
    continue up until a particular event
    or time in the future.

    I was so tired. I had been working for 6 hours.

    Future Simple
    I've left the door open; I'll close it.
    She'll pass the exam. She's hardworking.
    It will probably rain tonight

    If I have enough time, I'll watch the film.


    Future Progressive
    When you arrive, I'll be sleeping .
    Future Perfect
    By tomorrow, I will have finished the work.
    Future Perfect Progressive
    She will have been working for over 8 hours by the
    time her children arrive.

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