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Tenses
Simple present tense: is used to show the habitual action or general fact.
Present continuous tense: is usually used for what is happening right now or during the-
moment of speaking it starts right now and it may go to future.
We} He}
You} are (aren’t) working now. She} is (isn’t) working now.
They} It}
Past tense: Expresses and activity that occurred before now at particular time in the past-
. It starts in the past and finish in the past.
Simple future tense: “Simple future tense” expresses an activity that is occurring in the
Coming time or at one particular time in the future, this will happen.
Will and be going are used with future tense but the main difference
Is that, that be going to is stronger than will.
Future progressive tense: Expresses an activity that will happen in the future at progress
Time.
Present perfect tense: “The present perfect” expresses the idea that something happened
(Or never happened) before now, at unspecified time in the past.
Present perfect “The present perfect “also, when used with for or since, expresses a
Situation that began in the past and continues to the present.
Present perfect progressive: This tense is used to indicate the duration of an activity that
Began in the past and continues to the present or it may go to
The future.
Structure: S+have/has+been+V/ing +C
Past perfect: “The past perfect” expresses an activity that was completed before another
Activity or time in the past.
Ex: I had already gone to Pakistan when she called me to come back to
Office.
If either before or after is used in the sentence, the past perfect is often not
Necessary because the time relationship is already clear.
The simple past may be used as a following.
Ex: The police had been looking for the criminal for two years
Before they caught him.
Structure: S+had+been+V/ing+C
Future perfect: “The future perfect “expresses an activity that will be completed before
Another time or event in the future.
(Notice in the examples: by the time introduces a time clause, the simple
Present is used in a time clause.)
Ex: I will graduate in June. I will see u in July. By the next time I see
You, I will have graduated.
Future perfect progressive: “The future perfect progressive” emphasizes the duration of
An activity that will be in progress before another time or
Event in the future.