TENSES

It is a verb used to indicate the time.There are

three major types of tenses used in English
which are past,present and future.
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Present Perfect Tense Past Continuous Tense

03 04
Conditional Perfect
Future Continuous
Tense Tense
 Present Perfect Tense
MEANING

A grammatical combination of
the present tense and perfect
aspect that is used to express a
past event that has present
consequences

Subject + has/have + past participle

Example:
• I have live in the UK all my life.
• I have eaten breakfast so I’m not
hungry. M
• She has bought a new car.
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1.She has/have lived here all her

life.
2.They has/have written
three letters already.

3.I has/have worked here since I

graduated school.

4.He has/have finished his homework.

5.We has/have been to Canada

6.She has/have forgotten her folder.

 Note

Have
I,You,We,They

Has
He,She,It
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01 02
Present Perfect Tense Past Continuous Tense

03 04
Conditional Perfect
Future Continuous
Tense Tense
Past Perfect Continuous
Subject + had been + verb-ing
MEANING
talk about an action in the past that
continued up to a certain time &
continued after it / to talk about a
repeated action in the past up to a certain
point

Example::
1.They had been walking for hours before they
decided they were lost.

2. The orchestra had been practising for

months before the concert happened.
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QnA
1. My sister’s roommate
was upset. She _____
been waiting for an hour.
(A) had (B) has (C )
have
2. The printer ________
working well.
(A) had not been
(B) hadn't
(C) had not
3. I just heard about the
accident. ________
been working all night?
(A) Had the driver
(B) Had the driving
(C) Have the driver
 Table of contents
01 02
Present Perfect Tense Past Continuous Tense

03 04
Conditional Perfect
Future Continuous
Tense Tense
 Future Perfect Continuous
MEANING

 is a verb tense that describes actions that will

continue up untill a point in the future

POSITIVE FORM

 subj + WILL + HAVE BEEN + Verb (ing)

 e.g : I will have been starting.

NEGATIVE FORM

 subj + WILL NOT + HAVE BEEN + Verb (ing)

 e.g : I will not (won’t) have been starting.

 Future Perfect Continuous
MEANING

 is a verb tense that describes actions that will

continue up untill a point in the future

QUESTION
FORM??

 WILL + subj + HAVE BEEN + Verb (ing)

 e.g 1 : Will I have been starting?

 e.g 2 : Will you have been making a

cake in the kitchen ?
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QnA
1. ______ my sister
_______ food for many
years? (cook)

2. He ______ a job for

three years. (not/do)

3. The butterfly _____ for

one hour. (fly)

4. Emma _____ for two

months. (not/travel)
 Table of contents
01 02
Present Perfect Tense Past Continuous Tense

03 04
Conditional Perfect
Future Continuous
Tense Tense
Conditional Tense
MEANING

Used to speculate of what could happen, what might

have happened, and what we wish would happen.

CONDITIONAL
PERFECT Subject + (would have/ should have/
could have) + past participle
What it's used for
- It indicates an action that someone would have done in the
past & It describes what one would have done differently or
how something could have occured differently if the events had
been different.

Example:
1. I would have told John to
come.
2. You should have told me.
3. We could have come.
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QnA
QnA
1.What is conditional perfect tense used for?

2.Give two sentences for conditional perfect tense. (from all

group)

3.Which one of these are conditional perfect's structure:

a. Subject + (would have/ should have/ could have) been + past

participle

b. Subject + (would have/ should have/ could have) + verb-ing

c. Subject + (would have/ should have/ could have) + past

participle

d. Subject + (would/ should/ could) + base form of the verb

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