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Verb Tense Forms
Present
Past
Future (two forms)
Simple
She eats.
She ate.
She will (She’ll) eat.
She is (She’s) going to eat.
Be+going+to+V
Progressive
Be+V+ing
She is (She’s)
eating.
She was eating.
She will (She’ll) be eating.
She is (She’s) going to be
eating.
Perfect
Have + past
participle
She has (She’s)
eaten.
She (She’d) had
eaten.
She will (She’ll) have
eaten.
She is (She’s) going to
have eaten.
Perfect
Progressive
Have+past
participle of
be (been)
+V+ing
She has (She’s)
been eating.
She had (She’d)
been eating.
She will (She’ll) have been
eating.
She is (She’s) going to
have been eating.
Grammar 4
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Tense Name
Present
Past
Future (two forms)
Simple
General stmt.
Habits, every day actions
•
•
began and ended at a
particular time.
(always, every day, etc.)
•
•
Progressive
Be+V+ing
•
in progress at speaking or
near future
(right now, soon, not repeated, only
progressive verbs)
• Also: with always (annoyance)
•
•
two actions, one started
and was in progress
when another
happened.
two actions both in
progress at the same
time.
not planned before
speaking (will)
planned before
speaking (be+going to)
prediction (either form)
• two actions, one will
start and be in
progress when
another happens in
the future
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Verb Tense Meanings
Tense Name
Present
Past
Future
Perfect
Have + past
participle
•
began in past, continue s up to
present
unspecified time in past
repeated event in past up to
present
•
event completed before
another activity in the
past
•
event will start and
be finished in the
future before another
future event
Perfect
Progressive
Have+past
participle of
be (been)
+V+ing
•
how long activity that began in
the past has been in progress
up to present
general activity in progress
recently
•
how long activity in
progress in the past
before another activity
in the past
activity in progress
close in time to another
past activity
•
how long activity in
progress in the future
will continue before
another future
activity
•
•
•
•
Grammar 4
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English Page.com Exercises
Verb Tense Exercise 1
Simple Present and Present Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 2
Simple Present and Present Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 3
Simple Past and Past Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 4
Simple Past and Past Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 5
Simple Past and Present Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 6
Simple Past and Present Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 7
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 8
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 9
Present Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 10
Present Continuous and Present Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 11
Simple Past and Past Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 12
Simple Past, Present Perfect, and Past Perfect
Verb Tense Exercise 13
Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 14
Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, and Past Perfect
Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 15
Present Continuous, Simple Past, Present Perfect Continuous, and Past Perfect
Continuous
Verb Tense Exercise 16
Present and Past Tenses with Non-Continuous Verbs
Verb Tense Exercise 17
Present and Past Tense Review
Grammar 4
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