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Here is a sample table of tenses which I made
it in very simple way. Hope it is a worth reference for us! Thank you.. (^^,)
TENSES
Simple
present
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Simple
Past
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Simple
future
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We use the present tense:
1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.
I take the
train to the office.
The train to
Berlin leaves every
hour.
John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.
2. For facts.
The President
of The USA lives in The White House.
A dog has four
legs.
We come from
Switzerland.
3. For habits. (every)
I get
up early every day.
They travel to
their country house every weekend.
4. For things that are always / generally true.
It rains a lot in winter.
The Queen of
England lives in Buckingham Palace.
They speak English
at work.
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Simple
past indicates the action in the past.
Examples
Yesterday, I took a book on your table.
I was in Japan last
year
She had a
headache yesterday.
We did our
homework last night.
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Simple
future indicates an action in the future.
Examples
I
will take a book on your table.
I will
open the door.
I am
going to study English next year.
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Present
continuous
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Past
continuous
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Future
continuous
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(is/are + present participle)
Present
continuous describes:
1.An
action that is taking place now (exactly at that moment)
I
am taking my lunch now.
2. An action
that is taking place now, but not at the exact moment of speech.
(now
can mean: this second, today, this month, this year, this century, and so on)
I
am studying to become a doctor.
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Past
continuous describes an action in the past when/while another action begins
(was/were
+ present participle)
Example
I was taking my lunch when you called yesterday.
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Future
continuous describes an action takes part before another action begins.
(will be/am + present participle)
Examples
I will be taking my dinner when you arrive tonight.
I am going to be taking my dinner when you arrive tonight.
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Present
perfect
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Past
perfect
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Future
perfect
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Present perfect is used to
express a past event that has present consequences without specific time
expressions (ever,
never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, since,
while)
(has/have
+ past participle)
Examples
I have eaten (so
I'm not hungry).
You have seen that movie many times.
I think I have met him once before.
People have traveled to the Moon.
You have grown since the last time I saw you
We have had many major problems while working on this project.
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Past perfect describes an action occurred
before another action in the past or before a specific time in the past.
(had +
past participle)
Signal
words : Before
Examples
I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.
She had visited her Japanese relatives once in 1993 before she moved in with
them in 1996.
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Future perfect describes an event that is expected or planned to happen
before another event in the future.
(will
have+past participle)
Signal words : By the time, by
Examples
You will have
perfected your English by the time you come back from the U.S.
By Monday, Susan is going to
have had my book for a week.
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Present
perfect continuous
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Past perfect
continuous
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Future
perfect continuous
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Duration from the past until now.
(has/have
+ been + present participle)
Signal words : Since, for, lately, recently.
Examples
You have been
waiting here for two hours.
James has been
teaching at the university since June.
Recently,
I have been
feeling really tired.
She has been
watching too much television lately.
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A continuous temporary
event which started happening in the past before another past event.
(had been
+ present participle)
Signal words : Before, when
Examples
I had been learning English for six years before I went to England.
She had been
working at that company for three years when it went out of business.
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An ongoing action completed
after some time in the future
(will
have been + present participle)
Signal words : before, when, by the time
Examples
You will have
been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.
James will have
been teaching at the university for more than a year by the time he leaves for Asia.
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tq teacher
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