Simple Past vs. Past Progressive Exercise I. Put in the verbs in brackets in the Simple Past or the Past Progressive into the gaps. Example: I ________ my keys while I ________ to school. (to lose) (to walk) Answer: I lost my keys while I was walking to school. 1) While I ____________‚ the school bus _____________. (to text) (to arrive) 2) Cindy ____________ her leg while she _____________. (to break) (to snowboard) 3) He __________ to the radio while he ____________breakfast
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Twelve Tenses of English PRESENT (main verb) I study English. He studies English. PAST (past tense of main verb) I studied English. He studied English. FUTURE (will or shall + main verb) I will study English. He will study English. PRESENT PERFECT (have or has + past participle of verb) I have studied English. He has studied English. PAST PERFECT (had + past participle of verb) I had studied English. He had studied English. FUTURE PERFECT (will or shall + have + past participle
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past) Past Perfect Continuous: had been ………….ing Since her father died‚ she had been working so hard to help her family. Since that day‚ my mother had been feeling very ill. Active and Passive. Refer to my formula. Problem –Solution Essay Example Smoking among teenagers Intro Smoking is a common problem today. (Gen to specific) Who smokes. Teenagers‚ ….Age bet ? and ? (Background) Dangers – serious illness like heart disease‚ bronchitis‚ lung cancer. Can cause death‚ short life span(Problems and
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DEFINITION Past future perfect tense is a verb form to discuss activities that would have been done in the past. This form is commonly used in the main clause of a conditional sentence type 3 Past future perfect tense is formed with the auxiliary verb and would or should have‚ and the past participle (verb-3). Have used both for singular and plural subjects. While past participle can be either regular or irregular verb. Types of sentences Formula Example Positive ( + ) S + would/should
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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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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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The Simple Present Tense-Expresses a habit or often repeated action. Adverbs of frequency such as‚ often‚ seldom‚ sometimes‚ never‚ etc. are used with this tense. Also expresses general truths. Ex. They always eat lunch together. Snow falls in December in Minnesota The Present Progressive-This tense is used to describe an action that is occurring right now (at this moment‚ today‚ this year‚ etc.). occurring in the present‚ but is temporary. Ex. She is typing a paper for her class. John
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The Formulas of English Tenses It is necessary to learn all tense forms by heart. The best way is to memorize them in the following formula: Personal pronoun + tense form (I write‚ he writes‚ we write‚ you write‚ etc.) Memorizing tense forms in such constructions will also help you to memorize basic agreement between the subject and predicate in person and number. The formulas of the tenses in the active Two verbs are given below‚ one regular (work – worked – worked)‚ the other irregular (write
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Indonesian is not like English as it does not have tense marking at all. Further‚ Vainikka & Young-Scholten (in Hsieh‚ 2009) state that optionality is the effect of competing grammars within the same individual: the grammar of
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VERB TENSE CHART SIMPLE PAST Portrays an action or state of being that took place before the time when the sentence is written. I WAS I RAN I ATE HE SMILED PAST PERFECT Shows that the verb’s action was completed at some time before another past event. It consists of the word had plus the past participle of the verb. I HAD BEEN I HAD RUN I HAD EATEN HE HAD SMILED SIMPLE PAST PROGRESSIVE The past progressive is used to talk about an activity that was in progress at a specific point of time in the
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