The 12 Verb Tenses
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Tale pizza [eat pizza | wl eat pizza
Yesterday. everyday. tomorrow,
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was eating pizza Lam eating pizza | willbe eating pizza
when you arrived, right now, ‘when you arrive,
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Thad eaten all ofthe pizza have eaten all of the pizza. 1 will have eaten all ofthe pizza
when you arived, by the time you ative,
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Thad been eating pizza have been eating pizza | will have been eating pizza
ford hows when you arived, for 2 hows, ‘for 2 hows when you arive,
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O= Objet
Ve Verb (Vs =present/ Vs = past / V = pat partcipe)Tense FirstPerson Second Person Third Person
Simple
Singular late Youate HelShelt ate
Plural Weate Youste They ate
Continuous
Singular | vas eating You were eating He was eating
Piura ‘We were eating You were eating ‘They were eating
Porfect
Singular I had eaten You had eaten He had eaten
Piura ‘We had eaten You had eaten ‘Thay had eaten
Perfect Continuous
Singular | had been eating You had been eating He had been eating
Piura ‘We had been eating, You had been eating ‘They had been estingThe 12/Ve
Reflexive
len Pronouns
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{with or without time
To indicate temporary acten || Toindicate planned future
To indicate persistnt the ro: their theirs | themselves
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‘With a habitual action ver,
‘especialy to indicate
’ stubbom habit
Thad eaten all of I have eaten all of the I will have eaten all of
the pizza when pizza. the pizza by
you arrived. the time you arrive.
To indicate a completed action ot | To indicate past action which | To incicate an action that will be
the past that happened before isnot detined by atime of ‘completa before anather evant
another event took place ‘eccurenes. takes place.
“Toincicate an action which
started inthe past and has
‘continued up until now.
Thad been eating pizza | I have been eating pizza | 1 will have been eating
for 2 hours when you for 2 hours. pizza for 2 hours
arrived. when you arrive.
“oindicate an action nthe past | Toindicate an action which | Ta incicate an action that wilhave
that began botore a certain point | started at some point in the past | happenad for some tne and ‘wll
inthe past and continued — | and may or mayrnot be complete, | net be complete yet ata certain
up unt that ime. point in the future.