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Grammar (Tenses)

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Grammar (Tenses)

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GRAMMAR

(Tenses)
Jonathan
Present Tenses (Present Simple)
Usage: Describes habitual actions, universal truths,
or general facts.

Structure: Subject + Verb (base form) + Object

Example: The sun rises in the east.


Present Tenses (Present Continuous)
Usage: Describes actions happening now or
temporary situations.

Structure: Subject + is/am/are + Verb (-ing) +


Object

Example: He is writing a letter.


Present Tenses (Present Perfect)
Usage: Describes actions completed at an unspecified
time or continuing into the present.

Structure: Subject + has/have + Past Participle +


Object

Example: She has visited London twice.


1.I have been waiting for two hours.

Present Tenses (Present Perfect


Continuous)
Usage: Describes actions that started in the past and
continue into the present.

Structure: Subject + has/have been + Verb (-ing)+


Object

Example: I have been waiting for two hours.


Past Tenses (Past Simple)

Usage: Describes actions completed in the past.

Structure: Subject + Verb (past form) + Object

Example: II have
playedbeen waiting
basketball for two hours.
yesterday
Past Tenses (Past Continuous)
Usage: Describes actions that were ongoing at a
specific time in the past

Structure: Subject + was/were + Verb (-ing) + Object

Example: He was reading a book when the phone rang.


Past Tenses (Past Perfect)
Usage: Describes actions completed before another
action or time in the past.

Structure: Subject + had + Past Participle + Object

Example: They had left before I arrived.


Past Tenses (Past Perfect
Continuous)
Usage: Describes actions completed before another
action or time in the past.

Structure: Subject + had been + Verb (-ing) + Object

Example: She had been studying for hours before the


exam.
Future Tenses (Future Simple)

Usage: Describes actions that will happen in the future.

Structure: Subject + will + Verb (base form) + Object

Example: I will call you tomorrow.


Future Tenses (Future Continuous)
Usage: Describes actions that will be ongoing at a
specific time in the future.

Structure: Subject + will be + Verb (-ing) + Object

Example: This time next week, I will be traveling.


Future Tenses (Future Perfect)
Usage: Describes actions that will be completed before
a specific time in the future.

Structure: Subject + will have + Past Participle + Object

Example: By 8 PM, I will have finished my homework.


Future Tenses (Future Perfect
Continuous)
Usage: Describes actions that will be ongoing until a
specific point in the future.

Structure: Subject + will have been + Verb (-ing) +


Object

Example: By 2025, she will have been working here for


10 years.
Practice Questions
1.She ________ (finish) her homework before she went to bed. (Past Perfect)

2.I ________ (study) for two hours when my friend arrived. (Past Perfect Continuous)

3.The train ________ (leave) the station an hour ago. (Past Simple)

4.He ________ (write) a letter right now. (Present Continuous)

5.By this time tomorrow, we ________ (complete) our project. (Future Perfect)

6.She ________ (wait) at the bus stop for 20 minutes when the bus arrived. (Past Perfect
Continuous)

7.They ________ (live) in this town for 10 years. (Present Perfect Continuous)

8.I ________ (call) you later. (Future Simple)

9.While I ________ (read), the lights went out. (Past Continuous)

10.The sun ________ (rise) in the east every morning. (Present Simple)
Practice Questions
11.She ________ (writes/wrote/was writing) a letter when I entered the room. (Past Continuous)

12.They ________ (will leave/have left/are leaving) for Paris next week. (Future Simple)

13.He ________ (has been working/worked/works) in this company since 2018. (Present Perfect
Continuous)

14.By the time you arrive, we ________ (will have finished/finished/have finished) our lunch. (Future
Perfect)

15.The children ________ (play/are playing/have played) in the garden right now. (Present Continuous)

16.When she called, I _______ (am watching/was watching/will watch) a movie. (Past Continuous)

17.He _______ (will have studied/studied/is studying) for the exam by next week. (Future Perfect)

18.They _______ (are enjoying/have enjoyed/enjoyed) their vacation so far. (Present Perfect)

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