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Introduction to Tenses

  • Tenses help us talk about when things happen - in the past, present, or future.
  • In English, there are three main tenses: Past, Present, and Future.

1. Present Tense:

  • Present Tense talks about things happening now.
  • Use the base form of the verb (the verb without 'to') for most actions in the present.

Examples:

  • I eat an apple. (action happening now)
  • She plays with her toys. (action happening now)

2. Past Tense:

  • Past Tense talks about things that happened before now.
  • Add 'ed' to regular verbs to make them past tense.

Examples:

  • I ate an apple. (action happened in the past)
  • He watched a movie yesterday. (action happened in the past)

3. Future Tense:

  • Future Tense talks about things that will happen later.
  • Use "will" before the base form of the verb for most future actions.

Examples:

  • I will eat an apple. (action will happen in the future)
  • They will go to the park tomorrow. (action will happen in the future)

4. Present Continuous Tense:

  • Present Continuous Tense talks about actions happening right now.
  • Use "am/is/are" + the base form of the verb + 'ing'.

Examples:

  • I am eating an apple. (action happening right now)
  • She is playing with her toys. (action happening right now)

5. Past Continuous Tense:

  • Past Continuous Tense talks about actions that were happening in the past.
  • Use "was/were" + the base form of the verb + 'ing'.

Examples:

  • I was eating an apple when the phone rang. (action happening in the past)
  • They were playing in the garden yesterday. (action happening in the past)

6. Future Continuous Tense:

  • Future Continuous Tense talks about actions that will be happening at some point in the future.
  • Use "will be" + the base form of the verb + 'ing'.

Examples:

  • I will be eating dinner at 7 PM. (action in the future)
  • She will be playing with her friends tomorrow. (action in the future)

7. Present Perfect Tense:

  • Present Perfect Tense talks about actions that happened at an unspecified time before now.
  • Use "have/has" + the past participle form of the verb.

Examples:

  • I have eaten lunch. (action happened at an unspecified time before now)
  • He has visited the museum. (action happened at an unspecified time before now)

8. Past Perfect Tense:

  • Past Perfect Tense talks about actions that happened before another action in the past.
  • Use "had" + the past participle form of the verb.

Examples:

  • I had already eaten lunch when she called. (action happened before another action in the past)
  • They had finished their homework before going out. (action happened before another action in the past)

9. Future Perfect Tense:

  • Future Perfect Tense talks about actions that will be completed before some point in the future.
  • Use "will have" + the past participle form of the verb.

Examples:

  • By 5 PM, I will have finished my work. (action will be completed before a point in the future)
  • She will have read the book by next week. (action will be completed before a point in the future)

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