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Past tense present tense future tense8/18/2023 In order to talk about events that we expect to take place in the future we use the future simple tense. In the interrogative form this tense is used to ask a polite question.įuture Perfect Tense is used to indicate the completion of an action in a certain time in the future.įuture Perfect Continuous Tense is used to indicate an action that is in progress over a period of time and will end in the future asīy next June we shall have been living here for four years.So far we have looked at verbs in the present tense and verbs in the past tenses. The guests will be arriving anytime from now.ģ. To represent an action as going on at some time in the future as He is going to be a Doctor when he grows up.ġ. By using ‘going to’ and ‘ be about to’ to describe the speaker’s intention to do something in fairly immediate future. Using present continuous tense when we talk of something that we plan to do in the near future.ģ. Using simple present tense for official programmes and time table. The price of goods will rise by year end. For an action that has still to take place. Her eyes were red it was obvious she had been crying all day.ġ. The children had been practicing for two hours till I called them out. For an action that began before a certain time in the past and continued up to that time asĪt that time he had been editing the newspaper for two years. I had thought to send him a letter but could not send it.ġ. is used to describe things we hoped to do but could not do. Thus verbs like expect, hope, suppose, thinks, wants etc. With verb to show unfulfilled hopes and wishes. I had written the letter before he arrived.ģ. (The patient was already dead when the doctor arrived) The patient had died when the doctor arrived. The simple past is used in one clause and the past perfect in the other. However if two actions happened in the past it may be necessary to show which happened earlier. To describe an action completed in the past.Ģ. For persistent habits in the past used with always, continuallyġ. With an adverb ‘all’ emphasizing continuity or with ‘still’ emphasizing durationģ. To denote an action going on, sometime in the pastĢ. To denote an action which continue for sometime in the past?ġ. To indicate an action completed, often occurring with an adverb of time. For an action which began at sometime in the past and still continue. Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used:ġ. While ‘for’ is used for a period of time. ‘Since’ means from that point, to the time of speaking. To denote an action beginning at sometime in the past and continuing up to the present movement.Īlso used with since and for. (Implying that he is still living in Delhi)Ĥ. To express a past action the effect of which still continues To express past action whose time is not defined.ģ. To express an action that has just been completed asĢ. For a repeated or habitual action used with an adverb like always, continually, constantly, very etc.ġ. For an action planned in the near future.Ĥ. He is teaching English in Delhi University, (may not be teaching at the moment of speaking)ģ. For a temporary solution which may not actually be happening at the time of speaking. For an action going on at the time of speaking.Ģ. In exclamatory sentences beginning with here, there.ġ. Shakespeare says “frailty thy name is women”ġ0.
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