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    This document summarizes and compares the key usages and examples of different English verb tenses: - Present Simple for repeated or habitual actions, Present Continuous for ongoing actions, Past Simple for completed past actions, Past Continuous for past ongoing actions, Present Perfect for completed actions with present relevance, Past Perfect for past completed actions that influence a later time. Keywords and sample sentences are provided to illustrate the typical usage of each tense.

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    This document summarizes and compares the key usages and examples of different English verb tenses: - Present Simple for repeated or habitual actions, Present Continuous for ongoing actions, Past Simple for completed past actions, Past Continuous for past ongoing actions, Present Perfect for completed actions with present relevance, Past Perfect for past completed actions that influence a later time. Keywords and sample sentences are provided to illustrate the typical usage of each tense.

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    PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

    + I eat 3 times a day. She eats 3 times a day. + I am learning English now. She is learning
    - I don’t eat 3 times a day. She doesn’t eat 3 times a day. English now.
    ? Do I eat 3 times a day? Does she eat 3 times a day? - I am not learning English now. She isn’t learning
    English now.
    USAGE: timetables, repeated actions, general ? Am I learning English now? Is she learning
    truths/facts. English now?
    KEYWORDS: every day, every week, on the
    weekends, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the USAGE: action is being done now, continuous actions,
    evening, at night, always, usually, often. changing situation, annoyance.
    KEYWORDS: now, right now, today, this weekend, at the
    moment, next weekend, next month, next vacation.
    PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS
    + I ate eggs yesterday. She looked angry yesterday. + I was reading a book, while my mom was cooking.
    - I didn’t eat eggs yesterday. She did not look - You weren’t reading a book at 5 o’clock yesterday.
    angry yesterday. ? Were you reading a book at 5 o’clock yesterday?
    ? Did I eat eggs yesterday? Did she look angry yesterday?
    USAGE: a continuous action in the past, 2 happening at
    USAGE: past events, past periods. the same time (one continued, the other didn’t), 2 actions
    happened at the same time.
    KEYWORDS: yesterday, last week/…, at 2 o’clock,
    ago. KEYWORDS: while, when, for past habits > always,
    forever, constantly, at the/that time
    to emphasise duration of activities or actions > for hours,
    all (day, weekend, month, afternoon...).

    PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT


    + I have written a letter. + She was sad because she had failed the exam.
    - She hasn’t written a letter for years. - Before summer she had left the school.
    ? Have you ever watched this movie? ? Had you finished the test?
    USAGE: actions that started in the past and have USAGE: 2 actions happened in the past (the first
    continued up till now (you can see the result), when had been finished before the second), complete past
    speaking about a person’s work, when a period isn’t actions which had visible results in the past.
    finished (morning, day…) KEYWORDS: by that time, by 6 o’clock, yet, after,
    KEYWORDS: already, since, yet, just, ever, never, before, already, by that age, never before.
    how much, how long, this is the first time, today.

    ENGLISH TENSES

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