BASIC ENGLISH

GRAMMAR (( Book
Book 11 and 2 ))
and 2

2008
Prizren / Kosovo
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Prizren / Kosovo

ENGLISH TENSES TIMELINE CHART

This tim eline tenses chart provides a handy reference sheet to English
ENGLISH
tenses andTENSES
their rela tionshipTIMELINE CHART
to one another a nd the past, present and
future. Conjugated verbs are highlighted in bold. Tenses which are rare ly
used in everyday conversation are marked by an asterik (*).
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 everyda y conversation are marked by an asterik (*).
TIMELINE
)
(PROGRESSIVE (PROGRESSIVE)
SIMPLE SIMPLE
CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS
ACTIVE PASSIVE
TIMELINE ACTIVE PASSIVE
(PROGRESSIVE ) (PROGRESSIVE)
PAST
SIMPLE SIMPLE
CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS
TIME
ACTIVE PASSIVE
ACTIVE
^ PASSIVE
PAST |
|
TIME
|
^
|
|
|
The painting | ^ The house had been
S he had
had been | | I had been waiting being painted for over
already
sold twice PAST for four hours when a month before th ey
eaten when
before it was PERFECT he finally arrived. began to decorate the
The painting
I arrived. ^ The house had been
She had destroyed. | interior. *
had been | I had been waiting being painted for over
already | four hours when
sold twice PAST for a month before they
eaten when
before it was PERFECT he finally arrived.
The book began to decorate the
I arrived. ^
destroyed.
I bought a was written| interior. *The problem was being
| | I was watching TV
new car last in 1876 by solved when I arrived
PAST when she arrived.
week. Mark late for class.
The book |
Garland. ^
I bought a was written | The problem was being
| I was watching TV
new car last in 1876 b The
y solved when I arrived
PAST when she arrived.
week. S heMark has company | ^ late for class.
Garland. She has been
lived in has been | | The students h ave been
working at
S omerset managed by PRESENT being taught for the
The Countdown for six
for many Neil Haines PERFECT last four hours. *
She has company ^ months.
years. for the last She
| has been
lived in has been | The students have been
two years. work
| ing at
Somerset managed by PRESENT being taught for the
Coun tdown for six
for many Neil Hain es PERFECT last four hours. *
months.
years. for the last |
two years. |
2008