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English Tense and Aspects Chart

This document discusses English tenses and aspects. It explains that aspects include simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. The simple aspect presents an action, continuous presents an action in development, perfect shows if an action is finished, and perfect continuous focuses on the duration of an action. It then provides examples of how these tenses and aspects are used for past, present, and future actions involving reading a book.

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English Tense and Aspects Chart

This document discusses English tenses and aspects. It explains that aspects include simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. The simple aspect presents an action, continuous presents an action in development, perfect shows if an action is finished, and perfect continuous focuses on the duration of an action. It then provides examples of how these tenses and aspects are used for past, present, and future actions involving reading a book.

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ENGLISH TENSES AND ASPECTS

Aspect
Simple
presents the action

Continuous (to be, ing)


presents the action in
development

Perfect (have, V3)


shows whether the action is
finished or not

Perfect Continuous
( have, been, V1, ing)
focuses on the duration of
the action

Past
I read a book yesterday.
I didnt read a book
yesterday.
Did I read a book
yesterday?

Present

Future

I read a book once a week.


I dont read a book once a
week.
Do I read a book once a
week?

I will read a book tomorrow.


I wont read a book
tomorrow.
Will I read a book
tomorrow?

I was reading a book


I am reading a book now.
when
Im not reading a book now.
I wasnt reading a book
Am I reading a book now?
when
Was I reading a book when?

I will be reading a book at


I wont be reading a book
at
Will I be reading a book
at?

I had read a book before


I hadnt read a book
before
Had I read a book
before?

I have already read a book.


I havent read a book yet.
Have I read a book yet?

I will have read a book by


I wont have read a book
by
Will have I read a book by

I had been reading a book


for
I hadnt been reading a book
for
Had I been reading a book
for?

I have been reading a book


for
I havent been reading a
book for
Have I been reading a book
for?

I will have been reading a


book for
I wont have been reading a
book for
Will I have been reading a
book for?

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