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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REFLEXIVES Reflexive verbs are quite common in French but less so in English. You can recognise them in English‚ when you say ‘myself‚ yourself…’ after the verb or ‘get‚ gets’ before a verb: I wash myself I get washed he gets showered we get ready they ask themselves she blames herself In French they use the equivalent of ‘myself’ but it goes directly before the verb: je me lave (I myself wash) Here’s the full list for se laver (to get washed/to wash oneself): -------------------------------------------------
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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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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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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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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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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE SP + V(Base Form) + C USE 1 Repeated Actions Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit‚ a hobby‚ a daily event‚ a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do. Example: The train leaves every morning at 8 AM. USE 2 Facts or Generalizations The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before‚ is
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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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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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Dove and Ant Once upon a time there was a man who liked hunting very much. He often went to the forest to hunt any animal he met. One day he went hunting into the forest. He intended to shoot any animal he saw. He brought his gun with him. When he was searching for his pre‚ suddenly he saw a bird perching on a branch of a tree. It was a dove. When he was aiming his gun at the dove‚ suddenly an ant came and bit his foot. He was so startled that he didn’t shoot the dove. It was safe and then flew
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