TENSES

HOW MANY TENSES DO YOU KNOW?

The Simple Tenses

The Progressive Tenses
The Perfect Tenses
The Perfect Progressive Tenses
THE SIMPLE TENSES

1. Simple Present
Expresses events or situations that
exist always, usually, habitually, they
exist now, have existed in the past,
and probably will exist in the future.
Ex: It snows in Alaska.
2. Simple Past
This happened at one particular time in the
past. It began and ended in the past.
Ex: It rained yesterday.
3. Simple Future
At one particular time in the future, this will
happen.
Ex: It will rain tomorrow.
 THE PROGRESSIVE TENSES
It gives the idea that an action is in progress during a
particular time. The tense say that an action begins before,
is in progress during, and continues after another time or
action.

1. Present Progressive
Ex: He is sleeping right now.
2. Past Progressive
Ex: He was sleeping when I arrived
3. Future Progressive
Ex: He will be sleeping when we arrive.
 THE PERFECT TENSES
The perfect tenses all give the idea that one
thing happens before another time or event

1. Present Perfect
Ex: I have already eaten.
2. Past Perfect
Ex: I had already eaten when they arrived.
3. Future Perfect
Ex: I will already have eaten when they
arrive.
 THE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES
It gives the idea that one event is in progress
immediately before, up to, until another time or
event. The tenses are used to express the
duration of the first event.
1. Present Perfect Progressive
Ex: I have been studying for two hours.
2. Past Perfect Progressive
Ex: I had been studying for two hours before my
friend came.
3. Future Perfect Progressive
Ex: I will have been studying for two hours by the
time you arrive.
Answer these following questions

1.What do you do everyday?

2.What did you do yesterday?
3.What will you do tomorrow?
4.What are you doing right now?
5.What were you doing at this time
yesterday?
6.What will you be doing at this time
tomorrow?
1. What have you done since you got up this
morning?
2. What had you done before you went to bed last
night?
3. What will you have done by the time you go to
bed tonight?
4. What are you doing? How long have you been
doing that?
5. What were you doing before I walked into the
classroom today? How long had you been doing
that?
6. What will you be doing before I walk into the
classroom tomorrow? How long will you have been
doing that?