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This document provides a comprehensive guide to using various English tenses, including Present, Past, and Future tenses. Each tense is explained with its purpose and accompanied by clear examples. The guide covers all twelve tenses, detailing their specific uses in simple language.

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Guide_to_Using_Tenses

This document provides a comprehensive guide to using various English tenses, including Present, Past, and Future tenses. Each tense is explained with its purpose and accompanied by clear examples. The guide covers all twelve tenses, detailing their specific uses in simple language.

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Guide to Using Tenses in Simple Language

1. **Present Simple Tense**


- Use for facts, habits, or things that are always true.
- Example: The sun rises in the east. She plays tennis every day.

2. **Present Continuous Tense**


- Use for actions happening now or temporary situations.
- Example: He is studying right now. They are working on a project.

3. **Present Perfect Tense**


- Use for actions completed in the past but connected to the present.
- Example: She has finished her homework. I have seen this movie before.

4. **Present Perfect Continuous Tense**


- Use for actions that started in the past and are still happening.
- Example: They have been waiting for an hour. I have been working here since 2020.

5. **Past Simple Tense**


- Use for actions completed in the past.
- Example: I visited Paris last year. She finished her work yesterday.

6. **Past Continuous Tense**


- Use for actions that were happening at a specific time in the past.
- Example: He was reading a book at 8 PM. They were playing football when it started
raining.

7. **Past Perfect Tense**


- Use for actions that were completed before another action in the past.
- Example: She had already left when I arrived. They had finished dinner by the time the
movie started.

8. **Past Perfect Continuous Tense**


- Use for actions that were happening over a period of time before another action in the
past.
- Example: He had been working for hours before he took a break.

9. **Future Simple Tense**


- Use for actions that will happen in the future.
- Example: I will call you tomorrow. She will attend the meeting.

10. **Future Continuous Tense**


- Use for actions that will be happening at a specific time in the future.
- Example: They will be traveling at this time tomorrow.
11. **Future Perfect Tense**
- Use for actions that will be completed before a certain time in the future.
- Example: She will have finished the report by 5 PM.

12. **Future Perfect Continuous Tense**


- Use for actions that will have been happening for a period of time before a specific point
in the future.
- Example: By next year, he will have been working here for 10 years.

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