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Tenses

The document discusses 12 tenses in English: 1. Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect for present actions. 2. Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect for past actions. 3. Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect for future actions. Each tense is used to talk about actions, states or schedules at different points in time - present, past or future. Time expressions and verbs are conjugated differently depending on the tense.

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Tenses

The document discusses 12 tenses in English: 1. Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect for present actions. 2. Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect for past actions. 3. Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect for future actions. Each tense is used to talk about actions, states or schedules at different points in time - present, past or future. Time expressions and verbs are conjugated differently depending on the tense.

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Tenses

• I. Present Simple Tense


• General / universal truth
• Habits
• Timetable, Schedule
• ( frequency adverb & adv of time )
• ( always, usually, often, sometimes,
never, seldom, frequently, generally,
habitually, occasionally, once, twice,
etc)
• Time phrase ( every morning, weekly,
yearly, Mondays, etc)
• Stative verb ( love, hate, think, know,
like, etc)
• Subj + Vs,es
• S+ do/ does not V1
• S + am, is are + V3
• Do /Does + S + V1?
• Eg. Tiger eats meat.
He never tells lies.
I drink coffee every morning.
Tomorrow meeting begins at 6 p.m.
2. Present Continuous Tense
• Action in progress / at the time of
speaking
• Now, at the moment, at the present,
today, still, Look! Listen! all day, etc)
• S + am, is, are + ving
• S +am, is, are (not) + ving
• S + am, is, are + being +V3
• Am, Is, Are +S + Ving?
• Eg. What are you doing now?
Listen! There is a lot of noise.
3. Present Perfect Tense
• To talk about general or personal
experiences.
• The action happened before now.
• We use ever in questions when we
want to ask about a person’s life up to
present time.
• Have you ever worked as a secretary?
• We use never to talk about our
experiences.
• Eg. I’ve never been to Ngapali.
• We use already with completed actions
that happen before now or sooner than
expected.
• We use already in positive sentence and
we usually put it before the past
participle.
• Eg. I’ve already finished copying the
notes.
• ‘just’ used with present perfect tense
means a short time “before”.
e.g I have just sent PPT slides.
• ‘still’ used with present perfect tense
means that something hasn’t
happened.
e.g I have been waiting for an hour and
the bus still hasn’t come.
• We use yet to ask if an action is complete
or to say that it is not complete. We use it
when we think the action will happen
soon.
• We use yet in question and negative
sentence and we put it at the end of the
sentence.
Eg. Have you finished your homework yet?
I haven’t checked the mailbox yet.
• To show the connection between present
time and past time.
• For states that began in the past and
continue into the present. The states are
unfinished.
• To talk about finished states that
happened in a period of time which is not
finished.
• Eg. I’ve been ill twice this year.
• To talk about a continuing situation.
• A state that started in the past and
continue in the present and will probably
continue into the future.
• This is a situation not action.
• We usually use for or since with present
perfect tense.
• We use for to talk about period of time.
• We use since to talk about a point in past
time.
• I’ve been here for twenty minutes.
• I’ve been here since 5:30 p.m.
• He has worked in Yangon for a long
time.
• He’s worked in Yangon since he left
school.
• S +has / have + (not) + V3
• S + has / have + been + V3
• Has / Have + S + V3?
• Eg. I have not had my dinner yet.
• I have never seen such a beautiful
girl before.
• He has already finished his homework.
• Have you ever been to Japan?
Present Perfect Past Simple

• Today • In 1992
• This week/ month/ • Last night/week/
year month/ year
• In the last week/ • Yesterday
month/ year/ in my • Two days ago
life
• When the time is not stated. The event happened
in the past but the time is not important. We
often use PPT to talk about general experience.
• With time expressions that do not specify the
exact time (eg. ever, never, already, yet, since,
for, just, recently)
• When we talk about action/ situation in the past
that happened in a period of time which is
unfinished.
• During/ in/ over – the last few days/ weeks/
months/ years
4. Present perfect Continuous Tense

• Actions happened in the past &


continue in the present ( since, for,
the whole day/ morning& long action
verbs)
• S + has/ have (not) + been + Ving
• Has/ have + been + Ving?
• Eg. Has he been running?
I have been searching for my key
the whole morning. I haven’t found it
yet.
She has been learning English
since her childhood.
Past Simple Tense
• Completed action in the past
• Took place in a finished period of time
• To describe the main events in a story
• To talk about past habit
• (always, usually, often,…….)
• With past time expressions
• ( ago, last, yesterday, this morning, 2020)
• S + V ed
• S + did not V1
• S + was/ were + V3
• Did + S + V1?
• Eg. He graduated in 2016.
• I forgot to drink coffee this morning.
• I was transferred to Mohnyin in 2017.
• Did you go shopping yesterday?
• When I was young, I always got up late.
6. Past Continuous Tense
• Actions going on around a particular
time/ over a period of time in the past
• Parallel action
• S + was/ were (not) +Ving
• S + was/were + being + V3
• Was/ were + S + Ving?
• Eg. He was watching TV at 10 pm
last night.
• While you were sleeping
soundly, I was preparing my lessons.
7. Past Perfect Tense
• Earlier action among the two actions
• Actions happened before the progress
• (already)
• S + had + (not) +V3
• S + had + been + V3
• Had + S + V3?
• Eg. When I arrived at the bus stop,
the bus had already left.
• We had finished our conversation
when the teacher logged in zoom.
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
• Action happening for a period of
time before others took place
• S + had + (not) + been+ Ving
• Had + S + been + Ving
• Eg. He had been learning English for
a long time when he was at the
university.
9. Future Simple Tense
• Action that will happen in the future
• (tomorrow, next, soon, coming, in
two weeks)
• Promise
• Prediction
• Immediate decision
• S + will/shall +(not) + V1
• Will +S + V1?
• Eg. I will visit you next week.
• I’ll attend classes regularly from now
on.( promise)
• I’ll be at home tomorrow morning.
(prediction)
• Mom: Your room is dirty.
• Me : I’ll clean it. (immediate decision)
10. Future Continuous Tense
• Actions happening over a period of
time in the future.( for long action)
• S + will/shall + be + Ving
• Will/ Shall + S +be+ Ving?
• Eg. He will be painting the wall next
week.
11. Future Perfect Tense
• Completed action in the future ( by
time expression)
• S +will/ shall +(not) + have + V3
• Will/ Shall + S + have + V3?
• Eg. The engineers will have built the
bridge by next year.
12. Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
• Actions that will have been
happening over a period of time in
the future
• S+will/shall+(not)+have +been+Ving
• Eg. He will have been studying the
lessons for the whole night when the
exam draws near.

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