English Tenses Timeline Chart This timeline tenses chart provides a handy reference sheet to English tenses and their relationship to one another and the past‚ present and future. Conjugated verbs are highlighted in bold. Tenses which are rarely used in everyday conversation are marked by an asterik (*). | | |TIMELINE | | | |SIMPLE ACTIVE |SIMPLE PASSIVE |
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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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The 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
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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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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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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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deception”. If applied to English teaching‚ this could be‚ perhaps‚ rephrased as: when a tense is presented to be used only for the time its name represents‚ it is nothing more than a deception. Generally‚ it is taught that the tenses are only to express actions of the time they “represent”‚ allowing the student to gain the misconception that tenses are entirely connected with time‚ even though their uses are by no means limited to their names as such‚ i.e. “present tense” for “present time” only
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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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|ALL ENGLISH TENSES | |ACTIVE |PASSIVE | |1.PRESENT SIMPLE | |FORM: S+V(s‚es‚ies)+O |FORM: S+am/is/are+V3+… | |Ex: He writes a letter.
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Verb Tense Exercise 1 Simple Present / Present Continuous 1. Every Monday‚ Sally (drive) her kids to football practice. 2. Usually‚ I (work) as a secretary at ABT‚ but this summer I (study) French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris. 3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) . 4. Don ’t forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) . 5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain‚ always) . 6. I ’m sorry I can ’t hear what you (say) because everybody (talk) so loudly.
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