TENSESTENSES
SIMPLE PRESENT
Everyday, sometimes, Always,often,
usually,never, seldom
For habitual actions,Something happens
Repeatedly, how often something happens
I smoke everyday.
TENSESTENSES
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Now. Look! Listen!
Something is happening
at the same time of speaking
Future meaning: when you have alreadyDecided to do it.
He is smoking.
TENSESTENSES
PRESENT PERFECT
JUST,NEVER,ALREADY, SO FAR,
RECENTLY
ACTION STARTED IN THE PAST AND CONTINUES UPTO
THE PRESENT
I have seen him
TENSESTENSES
PRESENTPERFECT
CONTINUOUS
ALL DAY, HOWLONG,SINCE,
FOR
ACTION BEGAN IN THE PAST
AND HAS JUST STOPPED
HE HAS BEEN SMOKING.
TENSESTENSES
SIMPLE PAST
LAST YEAR,2 YEARS AGO,
IN 1990YESTERDAY
Action took placeIn the past, generallyConnected with an Expression of time.
(no connection to the Present)
I SMOKED YESTERDAY
TENSESTENSES
PAST CONTINUOUS
WHILE
AN ACTION HAPPENED
IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER ACTION
I WAS SMOKING
TENSESTENSES
PAST PERFECT
ALREADY,JUST,
NEVER
Mostly when two Actions are related toEach other: the actionWhich happened first
Is put into past Perfect and the secondAction into simple past
HE HAD LEFT, BEFORE
SHE RETURNED
TENSESTENSES
PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
HOW LONG,SINCE-TO
FOR
SOMETHING HAD BEEN HAPPENINGFOR SOME TIME
BEFORE SOMETHINGELSE HAPPENED
HE HAD BEEN WORKING
SINCE 1986 TO 1996.
TENSESTENSES
SIMPLEFUTURE
He will write
PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE
FUTTURE(IF YOU THINK
SOMETHING WILLHAPPEN)
I will write.
TENSESTENSES
FUTURECONTINUOUS
I WILL BE WRITING IF YOU
COME AT MIDNIGHT
An action will be in Progress at a certain
Time in the future
HE WILL BE WORKING WHENYOU CALL HIM.
TENSESTENSES
FUTURE PERFECT
They will have Finished it before
christmas
Something willAlready have
happened beforeA certain time in
the future
He will have built aHouse before the
monsoon
TENSESTENSES
FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
I WILL HAVE BEEN
LEARNING
SOMETHING WILLALREADY HAVE
HAPPENED BEFORE A CERTAIN
TIME IN THE FUTURE.There will be a length of time in an action
HE WILL HAVEBEEN TEACHING
SIMPLE PRESENTSIMPLE PRESENT
STEMSTEM
STEM + SSTEM + S
PRESENT PROGRESSIVEPRESENT PROGRESSIVE
‘‘BE’+ STEM + INGBE’+ STEM + ING
PRESENT PERFECTPRESENT PERFECT
HAVE/HAS+ STEM+PAST HAVE/HAS+ STEM+PAST PATICIPLE(ED/EN)PATICIPLE(ED/EN)
PRESENT PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUSCONTINUOUS
HAVE/HAS+BEEN+HAVE/HAS+BEEN+
STEM+INGSTEM+ING
SIMPLE PASTSIMPLE PAST
STEM + EDSTEM + ED
PAST CONTINUOUSPAST CONTINUOUS
PAST FORM OF “BE’+ PAST FORM OF “BE’+ STEM+INGSTEM+ING
PAST PERFECTPAST PERFECT
HAD+STEM+PAST HAD+STEM+PAST PARTICIPLEPARTICIPLE
PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUSCONTINUOUS
HAD+BEEN+PRESENT HAD+BEEN+PRESENT PARTICIPLE(STEM+ING)PARTICIPLE(STEM+ING)
SIMPLE FUTURE SIMPLE FUTURE
WILL + STEMWILL + STEM
BE+GOING TO+STEMBE+GOING TO+STEM
FUTURE CONTINUOUSFUTURE CONTINUOUS
WILL+BE+STEM+INGWILL+BE+STEM+ING
FUTURE PERFECTFUTURE PERFECT
WILL/WILL/SHALL+HAVE+STEM+EDSHALL+HAVE+STEM+ED
FUTURE PERFECT FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUSCONTINUOUS
WILL+HAVE+BEEN+WILL+HAVE+BEEN+PRESENT PRESENT
PARTICIPLE(STEM+ING)PARTICIPLE(STEM+ING)