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Present Tense

Format: Subject+Present Verb Usage: Routine & Habits Universal Facts State of being Example: Jack goes to church every Sunday Water boils at 100 degree Celsius John owns a car Question: What you do regularly? Format: Subject+Verb+ING Usage: Two continuous actions Action thats continuing into the present

Past Tense
Format: Subject+Past Verb Usage: A finished action with the specific time frame Example: Jack worked last night John met Jack last evening Question: What you did?

Future Tense
Format: Subject+Will+Present Verb Usage: A future action with a specific future time Example: Jack will work tomorrow I will finish this task by 6 Question: What will you do?

Simple

Format: Subject+Was+Verb+ING Usage: Two continuous actions A temporary action Past continued action with the specific time frame

Format: Subject+Will+Be+Verb+I NG Usage: Future continued action with the future time frame Action to be continued in the future before another future action Example: I will be working this Sunday Sandra will be thinking about you, by the time you reach call him Question: What will you be doing? Format: Subject+Will+Have+Past Participle Usage: An action intended to finish before another future action An action intended to finish within a stipulated future time Example: Rita will have mastered her listening skills by the time she graduates out of knowledge academy

Continuo us

Example: Example: Rita is singing and Rita was singing and Ram is listening Ram was listening John is working on ABC When I saw her, she project was working on the system Question: What are you John was working last doing? night Question: What were you doing? Format: Subject+Have/Has+Past Participle Usage: Recently finished activity Action that still impacts the present Experiences Example: John has just arrived home Rita has finished her part of the report Jack has worked at IBM Format: Subject+Had+Past Participle Usage: A finished action with a past time An action that doesnt impact the present A finished action with a simple past action Example: I had tried Salsa when I was young She had food Dimple had attended a crash course before she joined IBM

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