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Verb Tenses Chart

This document provides a summary of English verb tenses including: 1) It outlines the basic forms of several common tenses like present simple, past simple, and present perfect. 2) It explains the typical uses of each tense such as using the present simple for habits or the past simple for completed past actions. 3) The document also covers less common tenses like the future perfect and past perfect continuous and their general uses.

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Verb Tenses Chart

This document provides a summary of English verb tenses including: 1) It outlines the basic forms of several common tenses like present simple, past simple, and present perfect. 2) It explains the typical uses of each tense such as using the present simple for habits or the past simple for completed past actions. 3) The document also covers less common tenses like the future perfect and past perfect continuous and their general uses.

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TENSES – (Grammarbook) - http://www.time4english.

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TENSES
TENSE ACTIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION USE
present simple She plays tennis. She doesn’t play tennis. Does she play tennis? habits and routines
present continuous She is playing tennis. She is not playing tennis. Is she playing tennis? things that are happening now
past simple She played tennis. She didn’t play tennis. Did she play tennis? completed actions in the past.
past continuous She was playing She wasn’t playing tennis. Was she playing tennis? interrupted past actions or actions at a specific time in
tennis. the past
present perfect She has played tennis. She hasn’t played tennis. Has she played tennis? 1. action that started in the past and continues now.
2. recent action with an effect in the present

present perfect She has been playing She hasn’t been playing Has she been playing tennis? usually used to express the duration of an activity that
tennis. tennis. started in the past and continues into the present. (she
continuous has been playing tennis for three hours.)
past perfect She had played tennis. She hadn’t played tennis. Had she played tennis? usually used to talk about an action that happens before
another action in the past. (she had played tennis before
she started university.)
past perfect She had been playing She hadn’t been playing Had she been playing tennis? usually used to express the duration of a continuous
tennis. tennis. activity that started before another activity in the past.
continuous
future with will She will play tennis. She won’t play tennis. Will she play tennis? usually used for a spontaneous promise, belief or offer
future with going to She is going to play She is not going to play Is she going to play tennis? future plan
tennis. tennis.
future using present She is playing tennis. She is not playing tennis. Is she playing tennis? plan for a specific time in the future. (she is playing
tennis tonight after work.)
simple structure.
future perfect She will have played She won’t have played Will she have played tennis? 1. used to talk about something that will have
tennis. tennis. happened at a particular time in the future - (she
will have played tennis before she goes out
tonight. … [so she’ll be tired])
2. used to say how long something will have
happened for at a particular time in the future -
(she will have played tennis for 7 years by the
time she plays at wimbledon.)
future perfect She will have been She won’t have been Will she have been playing tennis? as above, but with a greater focus on the action itself
playing tennis. playing tennis.
continuous
TENSES – (Grammarbook) - http://www.time4english.com

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