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Grammar – Tenses
Perfect Continuous Tenses
Past Participle
• Past participles are used for all perfect tense
forms of a verb and in the passive voice in
English.
• For regular verbs, we normally add (-ed) to
form its past participle.
• Unfortunately for irregular verbs there are no
rules and it is just a matter of practice.
Base Form
awake
be
beat
become
begin
bend
bet
bid
bite
blow
break
bring
broadcast
build
burn
buy
catch
choose
come
cost
cut
dig
do
Past Simple
awoke
was, were
beat
became
began
bent
bet
bid
bit
blew
broke
brought
broadcast
built
burned/burnt
bought
caught
chose
came
cost
cut
dug
did
Past Participle
awoken
been
beaten
become
begun
bent
bet
bid
bitten
blown
broken
brought
broadcast
built
burned/burnt
bought
caught
chosen
come
cost
cut
dug
done
Present Perfect Progressive Tense
Structure
• The Present Perfect Progressive Tense is formed
using the following structure:
– Affirmative: Subject + have / has + been + Present
Participle (verb + ing)
– Negative: Subject + haven't / hasn't + been + Present
Participle (verb + ing)
– Question: Have / Has + Subject + been + Present
Participle (verb + ing)
• The Present Participle and Past Participle for the
verb “be” (is, am, are) is been.
Affirmative sentences
Subject have/h
been
Present Participle
Rest of the Sentence
as
(verb + ing)
I
have
studying
for the exam.
You
have
buying
a new computer.
He
has
eating
my chocolate.
She
has
writing
an e-mail.
-
cold this month.
been
It
has
We
have
winning
the championship.
You
have
trying
to learn a lot.
They
have
forgetting
my birthday.
Present Perfect Progressive Tense:
Usage
• The Present Perfect Progressive Tense is used to
refer to situations where the action is on-going at
the current time, when there is also reference to
the length of time it has been on-going.
– Example: Since becoming aware of global warming,
researchers have been investigating clean energy
sources to replace fossil fuels. (Current situation:
Researchers are investigating clean energy sources.)
– Example: She has been working on her PhD for the
past 12 months. (Current situation: She is working on
her PhD.)
Present Perfect Progressive Tense:
Usage
• The Present Perfect Progressive Tense can also
be used without a duration such as "for two
weeks." Without the duration, the tense has a
more general meaning of "lately." The word
“lately” or “recently” is usually used to
emphasize this meaning.
– Recently, I have been feeling really tired.
– She has been watching too much television lately.
• She _______________ (study) English for 5 years.
• Firdaus ____________________ (come) here on
holiday every year since 1998.
• She __________________ (teach) our group for
two years.
• How long _____________________ (you wait)
here?
• It ____________________ (rain) for over 2 hours.
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE
Structure
• The Past Perfect Progressive Tense is formed
using the following structure:
– Affirmative: Subject + had + been + Present Participle
(verb + ing)
– Negative: Subject + had + been + Present Participle
(verb + ing)
– Question: Had + Subject + been + Present Participle
(verb + ing)
• The Present Participle and Past Participle for the
verb “be” (is, am, are) is been.
Affirmative sentences
Subj
had
been
Present Participle
Rest of the Sentence
ect
(verb + ing)
I
studying
for the exam.
You
buying
a new computer.
He
eating
my chocolate.
She
writing
an e-mail.
-
cold this month.
We
winning
the championship.
You
trying
to learn a lot.
They
forgetting
my birthday.
It
had
been
Past Perfect Progressive Tense: Usage
• 1. The Past Perfect Progressive Tense is used
to express longer actions in the past before
another action in the past.
– Example: Ram started waiting at 9am. I arrived at
11am. When I arrived, Ram had been waiting for
two hours.
– She had been painting the door before the dog
scratched it.
• We _________________ (sleep) for 12 hours
when he woke us up.
• They ___________________ (wait) at the station
for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
• We _____________________ (look for) her ring
for two hours and then we found it in the
bathroom.
• I _________________________ (not / walk) for a
long time, when it suddenly began to rain.
• How long _______________________ (learn /
she) English before she went to London?
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
TENSE
Structure
• The Future Perfect Progressive Tense is formed
using the following structure:
– Affirmative: Subject + will + have + been + Present
Participle (verb + ing)
– Negative: Subject + will + not + have + been + Present
Participle (verb + ing)
– Question: Will + Subject + have + been + Present
Participle (verb + ing)
• The Present Participle and Past Participle for the
verb “be” (is, am, are) is been.
Affirmative sentences
Subje will have
been
Present Participle
Rest of the Sentence
ct
(verb + ing)
I
studying
for the exam.
You
buying
a new computer.
He
eating
my chocolate.
She
writing
an e-mail.
-
cold this month.
We
winning
the championship.
You
trying
to learn a lot.
They
forgetting
my birthday.
It
will
have
been
Future Perfect Progressive Tense:
Usage
• The future Perfect Tense is used to talk about
a long action before some point in the future.
– I will have been working here for ten years next
week.
– He will be tired when he arrives. He will have
been travelling for 24 hours.
• By the time we get to Ipoh this evening, we ___________________
(drive) more than three hundred kilometers. We are going to be
exhausted.
• When Sarah goes on vacation next month, she
__________________ (study) German for over two years. She
should be able to communicate fairly well while she is in Austria.
• I have not travelled much yet; however, I _________________
(visit) the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the
United States.
• By the time you finish studying the verb tense, you _____________
(master) all twelve tenses.
• Drive faster! If you don't hurry up, she ____________________
(have) the baby by the time we get to the hospital.