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    This document provides a concise guide to verb tenses in English. It explains the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses; the simple past, past perfect, past continuous, and past perfect continuous tenses; and the simple future, future perfect, future continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses. Examples are given for each verb tense.

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    This document provides a concise guide to verb tenses in English. It explains the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses; the simple past, past perfect, past continuous, and past perfect continuous tenses; and the simple future, future perfect, future continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses. Examples are given for each verb tense.

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    This document provides a concise guide to verb tenses in English. It explains the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses; the simple past, past perfect, past continuous, and past perfect continuous tenses; and the simple future, future perfect, future continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses. Examples are given for each verb tense.

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    This document provides a concise guide to verb tenses in English. It explains the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses; the simple past, past perfect, past continuous, and past perfect continuous tenses; and the simple future, future perfect, future continuous, and future perfect continuous tenses. Examples are given for each verb tense.

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    VERB

    TENSES
    A complete guide on how to properly use
    the different types of verb tenses.

    G R A M M A R I S T . C O M
    PRESENT TENSES

    SIMPLE PRESENT
    WE USE THIS WHEN AN ACTION IS HAPPENING RIGHT
    NOW. VERBS USE THE ROOT FORM, BUT THE SINGULAR
    THIRD PERSON VERB USUALLY ENDS WITH AN "S".
    Example:
    I see you walking.
    Clark loves anything sweet.
    IT CAN ALSO BE ABOUT CONSTANT OR HABITUAL
    ACTION.
    Example:
    Kaye always takes the bus going to school.
    Parker practices the flute every day.

    PRESENT CONTINUOUS
    WE USE THIS WHEN AN ACTION IS HAPPENING RIGHT
    NOW AND MAY CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.
    AM, IS, ARE + PRESENT PARTICIPLE (ROOT FORM VERB + -ING)

    Example:
    They are walking at the Park while carrying their suitcases.
    I am writing a letter to my grandmother for her 80th birthday.

    PRESENT PERFECT
    WE USE THIS WHEN AN ACTION HAPPENED IN THE PAST
    BUT IS STILL ONGOING IN THE PRESENT.
    HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE

    Example:
    I have played soccer since I was four.
    Tilly has been promoted to senior manager.

    -2- grammarist.com
    PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
    WE USE THIS WHEN AN ACTION HAS HAPPENED IN THE
    PAST BUT STILL CONTINUING IN THE PRESENT TIME.
    HAVE/HAS BEEN + PRESENT PARTICIPLE

    Example:
    I have been eating healthy food for weeks now.
    Emilia hasn't been feeling well lately.

    PAST TENSES

    SIMPLE PAST
    WE USE THIS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
    THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
    ADD -ED TO THE ROOT FORM OF THE VERB

    Example:
    He devoured the pie I gave him.
    Rick played badminton with his friends.
    IT CAN ALSO BE USED TO DESCRIBE HOW SOMEONE
    FELT ABOUT SOMETHING.
    Example:
    She was happy she won the lottery.

    PAST PERFECT
    WE USE THIS WHEN AN ACTION HAPPENED BEFORE
    ANOTHER PAST ACTION.
    HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE

    Example:
    I noticed that the lights had been left on all night.
    She had washed her hands before she cooked the dinner.

    -3- grammarist.com
    PAST CONTINUOUS
    WE USE THIS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO
    ACTIONS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, OR AN
    ONGOING PAST ACTION WAS HAPPENING BUT WAS
    INTERRUPTED BY ANOTHER ACTION.
    WAS/WERE + PRESENT PARTICIPLE

    Example:
    I was cooking dinner when my mother called.
    Carl was writing an email when the computer suddenly went
    off.

    PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS


    WE USE THIS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACTION
    THAT HAPPEND IN THE PAST BUT STILL CONTINUED FOR
    A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
    HAD BEEN + PRESENT PARTICIPLE (ROOT + -ING)

    Example:
    I had been studying geology when I decided to pursue
    medicine instead.
    Lara was exhausted because she had been working all day.

    FUTURE TENSES

    SIMPLE FUTURE
    WE USE THIS WHEN AN ACTION HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
    WILL + ROOT FORM OF THE VERB

    AM/IS/ARE + GOING TO + ROOT FORM VERB

    Example:
    I will watch a new TV series tonight.
    Stacy will buy a new car.
    They are going to drink at the bar.

    -4- grammarist.com
    FUTURE PERFECT
    WE USE THIS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACTION
    THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET BUT IS EXPECTED TO
    OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.
    WILL HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

    Example:
    By the time you arrive, we will have finished the meal.
    Blake will have completed his homework by lunch time.

    FUTURE CONTINUOUS
    WE USE THIS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACTION
    THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE BUT WILL STILL
    CONTINUE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
    WILL BE + PRESENT PARTICIPLE

    Example:
    I will be arriving at the airport at three o'clock tomorrow.
    Joanne will be attending a conference meeting before joining
    us for lunch.

    FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS


    WE USE THIS WHEN AN ACTION WILL HAPPEN OVER A
    PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE SOME OTHER FUTURE EVENT
    INTERRUPTS IT OR STOPS IT.
    WILL HAVE BEEN + THE VERB’S PRESENT PARTICIPLE (VERB ROOT + -ING)

    Example:
    By the end of this month, I will have been working for the
    company for five years.
    When morning comes, Mike's family will have been driving for
    ten consecutive hours.

    -5- grammarist.com

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