Tenses
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This document provides information on English verb tenses, including present, past, and future tenses. It discusses the simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms of each tense. For each tense form, it provides the basic meaning or usage and examples to illustrate when that tense would be used. The tenses covered are the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous.
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Tenses
- 1. WELCOME
- 2. TENSES 1. Present Tense Present Simple Tense Present Continuous Tense Present Perfect Tense Present Perfect Continuous Tense 2. Past Tense Past Simple Tense Past Continuous Tense Past Perfect Tense Past Perfect Continuous Tense 3. Future Tense Future Simple Tense Future Continuous Tense Future Perfect Tense Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- 3. PRESENT TENSE The PRESENT TENSE uses the verb's base form (write, work), or, for third-person singular subjects, the base form plus an -s ending (he writes, she works). The PRESENT TENSE indicates that an action is present, now, relative to the speaker or writer.
- 4. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE Present Simple Tense means to talk about a permanent situation or something that is always true: Insects have six legs. What temperature does water boil at? To talk about things that happen regularly: She leaves for school at 8 oclock. We dont often go out for a meal.
- 5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE The present continuous tense is used to express a continued or ongoing action at present time. It expresses an action which is in progress at the time of speaking. We use the present continuous tense to talk about the present: for something that is happening at the moment of speaking Examples: You are learning English now. You are not swimming now. Are you sleeping? I am sitting. I am not standing.
- 6. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE The Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. Examples: They have been talking for the last hour. She has been working at that company for three years. What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes? James has been teaching at the university since June. We have been waiting here for over two hours!
- 7. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now Examples: I have seen that movie twenty times. I think I have met him once before. There have been many earthquakes in California. People have traveled to the Moon. People have not traveled to Mars.
- 8. PAST TENSE A Past Tense is used to indicate those actions which began in past time and also got over in the past time.
- 9. PAST SIMPLE TENSE The Simple Past is used to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Examples: I saw a movie yesterday. I didn't see a play yesterday. Last year, I traveled to Japan. Last year, I didn't travel to Korea. Did you have dinner last night? She washed her car.
- 10. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE The Past Continuous tense expresses action at a particular moment in the past. The action started before that moment but has not finished at that moment. Examples: I was watching TV when she called. When the phone rang, she was writing a letter. While we were having the picnic, it started to rain. What were you doing when the earthquake started? I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm. You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off.
- 11. PAST PERFECT TENSE 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. Examples: I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai. I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet. Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several times. Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand? She only understood the movie because she had read the book.
- 12. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to express a continued or ongoing action that started in past and continued until sometime in past. Examples: They had been talking for over an hour before Tony arrived. She had been working at that company for three years when it went out of business. How long had you been waiting to get on the bus? Mike wanted to sit down because he had been standing all day at work. James had been teaching at the university for more than a year before he left for Asia.
- 13. FUTURE TENSE A Future tense is used to expressing an action that has not yet happened or a state that does not yet exist. Examples He will start a business. She will send me a letter. I will give you a pen tomorrow. They will buy a new car. The Pattern of exam will change next year. Students will take exams at the end of semester
- 14. FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE Future simple tense is used to express an action which has not occurred yet and will occur after saying or in future. Examples I will send you the information when I get it. I will translate the email, so Mr. Smith can read it. Will you help me move this heavy table? Will you make dinner? I will not do your homework for you. I won't do all the housework myself!
- 15. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE Future Continuous Tense is used to express a continued or an ongoing action in future. Examples: I will be watching TV when she arrives tonight. I will be waiting for you when your bus arrives. I am going to be staying at the Madison Hotel, if anything happens and you need to contact me. He will be studying at the library tonight, so he will not see Jennifer when she arrives.
- 16. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE Future Perfect Tense is used to express an action which will occur in future and is thought to be completed in future. It expresses a sense of completion of an action which will occur in future. Examples: By next November, I will have received my promotion. By the time he gets home, she is going to have cleaned the entire house. I am not going to have finished this test by 3 o'clock. Will she have learned enough Chinese to communicate before she moves to Beijing? Sam is probably going to have completed the proposal by the time he leaves this afternoon.
- 17. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to express a continued or ongoing action that will start in future and is thought to be continued till sometime in future. Examples: They will have been talking for over an hour by the time Thomas arrives. She is going to have been working at that company for three years when it finally closes. James will have been teaching at the university for more than a year by the time he leaves for Asia. How long will you have been studying when you graduate? We are going to have been driving for over three days straight when we get to Anchorage.
- 18. Thank you!!!! Presentation by -Nevil Thumar