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1) SIMPLE TENSES
It snows in Alaska.
I watch television everyday.
I visit my cousin all the time.
It snowed yesterday.
I watched television last night.
I visited my cousin last year.
At one particular time in the past, this happened. It began and ended in the past. See simple past
detailed explanations
PDFs: Regular Positive Simple Past To Be Irregular Positive Irregular Negative &
Questions Mixed Exercise
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At one particular time in the future, this will happen.
See Simple Future Tense for detailed explanations.
He is asleep at the moment. His sleep is in progress at the present time, and will probably continue.(at
least for a while)
See Present Simple vs Present Continuous for detailed explanations.
He went to sleep at 10:00 last night. I arrived at 11:00. He was still asleep. His sleep began before and
was in progress at a particular time in the past. It probably continued.(at least for a while)
See Past Continuous Tense for detailed explanations.
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He will go to sleep at 10:00 tomorrow night. We will arrive around
11:00. The action of sleeping will begin before we arrive, and it will be
in progress at a particular time in the future. His sleep will probably
continue.(at least for a while) See Future Continuous Tense for details.
I finished eating something before now. The exact time is not important.
See Present Perfect Tense for details.
First I finished eating. Later they arrived. My eating was completely finished before another time in the
past
See Past Perfect Tense for more details, examples and exercises.
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I will have already eaten when they arrive.
First I will finish eating. Later they will arrive. My eating will be
completely finished before another time in the future. See Future
Perfect Tense.
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Future Perfect Progressive Tense
I will have been studying for two hours by the time you arrive.
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