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English Verb Tense Review
Simple Present Tense
Otherwise known as the
Timeless Present
Simple Present Tense is used:
• When you are referring to habitual or
repeated actions—actions.
• With state verbs.(Review)
• When you are making general statements of
a fact(universal truth).
• Future action or event that is part of a
timetable.
State Verbs
• Mental states:Believe,doubt,hate,Know,like,love
prefer, realise,recognise,regret,remember,suppose,
understand,want,agree,disagree, mean.
• Belong,contain,cost,depend,fit,matter,need,own,
possess,seem.
• Both forms:
Have,taste,see(understand),consider(believe)
Imagine(think),appear(seem)
I feel I should tell the truth / I’m feeling well today
The shop appears to be closed/I’m appearing on stage
Examples
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(habit) He always comes late to class.
(unchanging truth) The sun rises in the east.
(state verbs) They have a Porsche.
(timetable)The train to London leaves in
five minutes.
simple present tense
Key words
Always
Whenever
Everyday
Usually
Often
Frequently
Sometimes
Rarely
Occasionally
Never
Once a
week…
Hardly ever
simple present tense
Form
I study
Do you study?
You don’t study
S/he/it studies
Does he study?
He doesn’t study
simple present tense
Diagram--time on a line
simple present tense
The Present Progressive Tense
Sometimes called the
Present Continuous Tense
The Present Progressive Tense
• When an activity is in progress now at the
moment of speaking
• To talk about an action /event repeated,but
only about this time.
• Temporary situations.
• When an activity is developing and changing.
• Future arrangements.
• With always to complain about annoying
behavior.
Examples
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I’m teaching English right now.
He’s taking 16 credits this semester.
My brother is working in London.
Air travel is getting cheaper.
My dog is always jumping on the sofa.
She is flying to Rome in April.
Present Progressive Tense
Form
I am studying
You aren’t studying
Is she studying
Present Progressive Tense
Indicators
Right now, at this
moment
Still
This year, week,
month, etc.
As we speak
Present Progressive Tense
Diagram--time on a line
Present Progressive Tense
Simple Past Tense
The Simple Past Tense is Used:
• When an activity or situation began and
ended at a particular time in the past--in
other words, when an activity or situation is
completed in the past
• To refer to past habits
• A series of actions or events in the past.
Examples
• (Completed action in the past) He was late
to class yesterday.
• (Series of actions/events) She put on her
coat,opened the door and walked out…
• (Past habit) She always wrote a letter to her
mother on Sunday night.
Simple Past Tense
Key words
Last night, week, year, month, Saturday,
semester, etc.
Yesterday
Ago
Simple Past Tense
Form
I studied
I bought
Did you study?
Did you buy?
She didn’t study.
She didn’t buy
We travelled
We played
They referred
They closed
Simple Past Tense
Diagram--time on a line
Simple Past Tense
Past Progressive
• Activities/Events in progress around a time
in the past.
• One short event in the middle of a longer
one.
• Two actions happening at the same time.
• To describe a scene in the past
EXAMPLES
• They were eating when the taxi arrived.
• What were you doing yesterday at 11?
• She was sleeping while I was watching tv.
Form:
She was doing
Were you living?
You weren’t singing
Key words:
While,as,at two o’clock yesterday…
The Present Perfect
A tense very commonly used in
English to refer to the past!
The Present Perfect is Used:
• Experiences in the past.
• Recent past events with a result in the
present
• An activity is not completed in the
pastand continues up to the present.
Examples
• I’ve never tried rock-climbing.
• You have broken my laptop so I can’t
check my emails.
• I’ve had this car since 2000.
Present Perfect Tense
Key words
Before
Ever
Never
So far
Already
Yet
Just
Recently
For
since
Present Perfect Tense
Form
have or has + past participle
I have just studied
You haven’t studied .
Have you already
finished?
Has he studied?
We have never
studied . . .
Have you ever
studied?
We have seen . . .yet.
Present Perfect Tense
Diagram 1--time on a line
Present Perfect Tense
Diagram 2--time on a line
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Progressive
• This tense is used to describe actions in
progress. These actions are not completed.
She’s been writing an essay (and continue)
• To say how long an action/event has been in
progress.
I have been waiting here for two hours.
**Not used with state verbs
• Form: have or has + been + verbing
Past Perfect Simple
• To talk about an event that happened
before another one in the past.
He had visited her twice before she died.
• Form: had + past participle
Past Perfect Continuous
How long an action had been in progress.
By 2013,he had been working there for 2 years.
Form: had +BEEN+ -ing
Future Tense
The Future
Will : Predictions
Offers and promises
Spontaneous decisions
GOING TO: Plans or intentions
Predictions based on a present event.
+It looks that the match is going to be a draw.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS:
Actions in progress at a specific time in the future.
+Next year,I’ll be spending the summer abroad.
Future Perfect Simple
• Completed action or event in the future.
+ She will have finished dinner before the
game starts/ by the time he gets home.
• Form: will + have + past participle
Future Perfect Continuous
• To say how long an action or event will
have been in progress.
+By the time he takes part in the Olympics,
he’ll have been training for 2 years.
Conditionals
USED TO….habits in the past
WOULD…Habits in the past,No
witht state verbs.