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    This document provides an overview of English verb tenses, including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, future simple, going to future, future continuous, and future perfect tenses. For each tense, it lists the basic rules, uses, and examples to illustrate when and how that tense is used. The overview covers the core grammatical structures and applications of different verb tenses in the English language.

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    This document provides an overview of English verb tenses, including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, future simple, going to future, future continuous, and future perfect tenses. For each tense, it lists the basic rules, uses, and examples to illustrate when and how that tense is used. The overview covers the core grammatical structures and applications of different verb tenses in the English language.

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    OVERVIEW

    TENSES 4TH
    FORM
    ENGLISH
    SIMPLE PRESENT

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    • Habits, routines • I always come to school by
    Subject bus.
    • Facts
    + • I live in Belgium.
    • Permanent situations
    verb • The train leaves at 7pm.
    • Timetables
    + • The sun rises in the east.
    • To describe yourself
    object
    PRESENT CONTINUOUS

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    Subject • Action going on right now • He’s always telling me what
    to do!
    + • Express irritation (always)
    • I’m visiting Madame
    is/am/are • Personal arrangements
    Tussauds tomorrow.
    + • Actions that are temporary
    • Max is reading right now.
    verb + ing
    • I am eating my lunch.
    PRESENT PERFECT

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    Subject • Link between present and past • I have lost my key!

    + • The action is still relevant for • I’ve studied the irregular


    the present verbs, so I’m ready for the
    Have/has
    • With (how much) and (how test.
    +
    many) • She has drunk three cups of
    verb coffee this morning.
    SIMPLE PAST

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    Subject • describes an action or an
    activity that happened in the
    +
    past
    Was/were
    • Successions of actions in the
    (+ past
    Verb+ing) • Past habits/facts
    PAST CONTINUOUS

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    PAST PERFECT

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    FUTURE SIMPLE

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    GOING TO FUTURE

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    FUTURE CONTINUOUS

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES


    FUTURE PERFECT

    BASIC RULE BASIC USE EXAMPLES

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