TENSES
TENSE TIMELINE ALREADY ALREAD Y HAPPENED HAPPENED
PAST
HAPPENING NO NOW W
PRESENT
WILL HAPPEN
FUTURE
Simple Tenses
Progressive Or Continuous Tenses
Perfect Tenses
Perfect Progressive
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
Simple Past
Simple Present
Simple Future
Past Continuous
Present Continuous
Future Continuous
Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Future Perfect
Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Future Perfect
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
PRESENT TENSE
PRESENT TENSE
SIMPLE PRESENT
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
+s, +es, +ies,
am v+ing is v+ing are v+ing
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS have/has been v+ing has/have v+past participle
SIMPLE PRESENT a fact or habit EXAMPLE He studies grammar every day. We will eat after he gets here. KEY WORDS always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely, never, every day, on Sundays, etc .
PRESENT CONTINUOUS To talk about actions in the present, or things that are still going on or happening now. EXAMPLE I can't talk on the phone. I am eating lunch. KEY WORDS now, right now, this quarter, etc. Note: the Present Continuous and simple present can also be used for a future meaning with scheduled events.
I am meeting her in the library tomorrow at 10 am. The plane leaves at 6 p.m.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS Thing happenings in the past that explain or affect the present. The verbs have and has are used as “helping” or auxiliary verbs to form the present perfect tense EXAMPLE I have been eating since four o'clock . I’ ve just finished my shower . KEY WORDS for, since, lately
PAST TENSE
PAST TENSE
SIMPLE PAST
PAST CONTINUOUS
+d, +ed, +ied, change, not changed
was v+ing were v+ing
PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
had v+past participle had/have been v+ing
SIMPLE PAST at one time in the past, this happened; activity completed in the past EXAMPLE I ate dinner yesterday. KEY WORDS yesterday, last week, last month, this morning (when meaning is past), etc.
PAST CONTINUOUS an activity in progress at a particular time in the past EXAMPLE I was eating when you called . KEY WORDS while, when
PAST PERFECT an activity which was completed before another activity in the past EXAMPLE I had already eaten when they arrived. KEY WORDS already, before, when, by the time
FUTURE TENSE
FUTIRE TENSE
SIMPLE FUTURE
FUTURE (be going to)
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Shall – I, We Will – all
Going to +root
Will be v+ing
FUTURE PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Will have v+past
Will have been v+ing
SIMPLE FUTURE (WILL) (activity that will happen in the future) will: used for prediction & willingness EXAMPLE I will study after I finish eating. The phone is ringing. I’ll answer it. KEY WORDS tomorrow, next week, next month, etc .
FUTURE (BE GOING TO) (activity that will happen in the future) be going to: used for prediction and prior plan EXAMPLE I am going to study from six to nine. KEY WORDS tomorrow, next week, next month, etc.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS (activity which will be in progress at a particular time in the future) EXAMPLE She will be studying when we arrive. I’ll be staying with my cousin for several weeks. KEY WORDS for
FUTURE PERFECT (an activity which will be finished before another time or activity in the future) EXAMPLE I will have finished studying by the time you arrive. KEY WORDS when, by the time
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS (activity in progress in the future before another activity in the future) EXAMPLE I will have been studying for two hours by the time my parents come. KEY WORDS for, by the time
Notes by: Rahmawati Osman For
RELP 2016