USING VERB TENSES

• SIMPLE TENSES

  • Present Tense - expresses an unchanging, repeated, or recurring action or situation that exists only now and widespread truth.
• SIMPLE TENSES

  • Past Tense - shows action that was completed in the past.
• SIMPLE TENSES

  • Future Tense - indicates that an action will take place, or that a particular condition will exist in the future.
• PROGRESSIVE TENSE

  • Present Progressive Form - describes an on-going action that is happening in the present or continuing form.
• PROGRESSIVE TENSE

  • Past Progressive Form - expresses a past continuing action when another action took place.
• PROGRESSIVE TENSE

  • Future Progressive Form - expresses activities that will that will be in progress in the future.
• PERFECT TENSES

  • Present Perfect Tenses - expresses a condition that has existed in the past up to the present moment, and is still true at the present (Enteng has been the janitor of the school since last year);
  • Expresses an action that has (or has not) occurred in the past, and which may (or may not) occur again the future (I have been to China several times already);
  • Expresses recentness of action or condition (Kaye has just completed her Ph.D. program);
  • Indicates that an act was completed before the moment of speaking (I have already entered the right password).
• PERFECT TENSES

  • Past Perfect Tense - indicates an action that occurred in the past before some other action that happened in the past.
  • It is formed by the the auxiliary verb had + the past participle, both for singular and plural subjects.
  • Example: I had completed the task before Oscar called the phone.
• PERFECT TENSES

  • Future Perfect Tense - indicates an action or condition that will have been completed by sometime in the future.
  • It is formed by the auxiliaries will have or shall have + the past participle.
  • Example: By next week, I shall have finished my project.
• PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES

  • Present Perfect Progressive Form - describes an action that begin in the past, continues in the present, and may continue in the future.
  • Example: They have been inquiring about the schedule of the release of my school records.
• PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES

  • Past Perfect Progressive Form - describes a past, on-going action that was completed before some other past action.
  • Example: Dina had been living in New York for a year when she decided to move to New Hampshire for good.
• PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES

  • Future Perfect Progressive Form - describes a future, on-going action that will occur before some specified future time.
  • Example: By that time, she will have been working here for two years.