16 TENSES IN ENGLISH I. PRESENT TENSE 1. Simple Present Tense This tense is used to express something that have the character of remain to‚ real truth or habit. Formulas of Present Tense: *With verb (positive) S + V1 + s/es + O (negative) S + do not/does not + V1 + O (interrogative) Do/does + S + V1 + O? Example(s): (positive) - I read a book - She drinks a cup of tea (negative) - I don’t read a book - She doesn’t drink a cup of tea (interrogative) - Do you read a book
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CONDITIONAL TENSE Conditional sentences usually are of the type in which one circumstance will be symbiotic with the other. For example‚ “if I find her address‚ I’ll send her the invite.” Normally‚ there are three kinds of relationships which can be expressed using the conditional- factual‚ future‚ and imaginative conditional relationship. Factual conditionals generate two branches- timeless and time-bound conditionals. Furthermore‚ timeless conditionals are divided into habitual and generic
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VERB TENSES 1. PRESENT TENSE | 2. PAST TENSE | 3. FUTURE TENSE | 1.Simple Present Tense E.g. I eat an apple( A V) An apple is eaten by me (PV) | 1.Simple Past TenseE.g. I ate an apple.(AV)An apple was eaten by me.(PV) | 1.Simple Future TenseE.g. I shall eat an apple(AV)An apple will be eaten by me.(PV) | 2. Present Continuous TenseE.g. I am eating an apple. (A.V)Are/am/is +verb + ingAn apple is being eaten by me.(PV) | 2. Past Continuous TenseE.g. I was eating an apple.(AV)Was/were+verb+ingAn
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Tense Recognition Worksheet John has always traveled Tense? PRES PERFECT a lot. In fact‚ when he was Tense? S PAST only two years old when he first flew Tense? S PAST to the US. His mother is Tense? S PR Italian and his father is Tense? S PR American. John was born Tense? S PAST in France‚ but his parents had met Tense? Past perfect in Cologne‚ Germany after they had been living Tense? Past perfect cont there for five years. They met Tense? S PAST one day while John’s father was reading Tense? Past
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Present tense expresses an unchanging‚ repeated‚ or reoccurring action or situation that exists only now. It can also represent a widespread truth. Past tense expresses an action or situation that was started and finished in the past. Most past tense verbs end in -ed. Future tense expresses an action or situation that will occur in the future. This tense is formed by using will/shall with the simple form of the verb. The future tense can also be expressed by using am‚ is‚ or are with going to
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their mind education. However‚ both are extremely exorbitant to them. As a concerned global citizen‚ you may feel sympathetic towards them and there are actually many things you can do to ameliorate their horrible conditions. 1. Donate money. As simple as it sounds‚ it is one of the most effective ways to help these homeless children. There are lots of charities accepting donations for homeless children. Make a list and do a little bit research on each of them. Find out what they do with all the
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Future tenses There are several different ways in English that you can talk about the future. This page is an introduction to the most important ones: - Predictions/statements of fact - Intentions - Arrangements - Scheduled events Predictions/statements of fact The auxiliary verb will is used in making predictions or simple statements of fact about the future. The sun will rise at 6.30 tomorrow. Lunch break today will be 10 minutes longer than usual. In the year 2050 all students will have
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Verb Tenses Simple Past FORM [VERB + ed] USE 1 Completed Action in the Past Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes‚ the speaker may not actually mention the specific time‚ but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples: I saw a movie yesterday. USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st‚ 2nd‚ 3rd‚
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Germanic and Finno-Ugrian Philology SELF-STUDY PROJECT THE CATEGORY OF TENSE. TENSE OPPOSITIONS. DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THE TENSE SYSTEM IN ENGLISH. ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE TENSE FORMS. ANNA OHRIMCHUK Group MLa 02-11 Department of Germanic Philology Project Adviser – Assoc. Prof. VIKTORIA M. BEREZENKO PhD (Linguistics) Kyiv 2014 While the existence of the aspect category in English is a disputed matter‚ the tense category is universally recognised. Nobody has ever suggested to characterise
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The Future Tenses Simple Future There are two different forms in English to express future in the Simple Future: ’ be going to’ and ’will ’. ’Will’ is used to express promises and things we decide to do in the moment of speaking‚ ’going to’ is used to express our plans. Both of those forms can be used to express our predictions. Here goes a list to make it more readable. Use (Will) : 1. Promises (Use 1) 2. Unplanned actions (Use 2) 3. Predictions (Use 3) Use (Going to)*: 1. Planned
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