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This tenses are used to denote something that is fixed, habitual or an essential
truth. Because it is often related to the incident at about past, present and
future, this at least has the Tenses description for a certain time.
FORM:
(+) Subject (s) + Verb1 + Object (o)
ex: She ate the rice
(-) S+do/does not+Verb1+O
ex: She doesnt eat the rice
(?) Do/Does + S + Verb1 + O
ex: Does she it the rice?
I, You, They, We use do when it come to negative and question sentence. While
He, She, It use does.
2. Present Continuous Tense
This tenses are used to express an action which is actually being done at this
time.
FORM:
(+) S + to be + Verb-ing + O
(?) to be + S + Verb-ing + O
This tenses are used to express your experience. This sentence can used to say
that you have never had a certain experience. Present Perfect Tense didnt use to
describe specific event.
FORM:
Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used to show that something started in the
past and has continued up until now. for two hours, for two weeks, since
yesterday are all durations which can be used with this sentence. Without the
durations, the tense has a more general meaning of lately. We often use the
words lately or recently to emphasize this meaning.
FORM:
FORM:
(+) S + Verb2 + O
This tense is used to say when we were in the middle of doing at a particular
moment in the past.
FORM:
The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another
action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific
time in the past.
FORM:
had+past participle
We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past
and continued up until another time in the past. For five minutes and for two
weeks are both durations which can be used with the Past Perfect Continuous.
Notice that this is related to the Present Perfect Continuous however, the
duration does not continue until now, it stops before something else in the past.
FORM:
ex: Lina had been study at the university for 1 year before she left to Korea.
often called will. because, the modal auxiliary verb in this sentence is will.
FORM :
(-) S+WILL+not+Verb1
Future Continuous has two different forms: will be doing and be going to be
doing. Future Continuous forms are usually interchangeable.
FORM:
This sentence is used when we talk about the past in the future.
FORM:
We use the future perfect continuous tense to talk about a long action before
some point in the future.
FORM:
this tense is used to express the events that WILL be done, BUT in the past, not
the present.
FORM:
ex: I would go
ex: I wouldnt go
FORM:
time signals for this tense is time in the past like, this morning, yesterday, last
night, last week and so on.
This tense is restates the action stated in Future Perfect Tense but with different
time dimension, it is in past time whilst the Future Perfect is in future time (not
happen yet).
FORM:
Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense emphasizes on the course and the duration
of the action. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to tell an action which
would have been happening until a certain time (period) in the past.
FORM:
ex: Chris would have been working for 6 years when he get fired
ex: Chris wouldnt have been working for 6 years when he get fired
ex: Would Chris have been working for 6 years when he get fired?