The 13 Tense Structures

MSABATO12 · 2021-08-22T05:34:27+00:00

Present Simple Present simple form I go to the cinema every week Past Past simple form I went to the cinema last week Future Will + bare infinitive I will go to the cinema with you Present Continuous Am/are/is + present participle I'm watching a film Past Was/were + present participle I was watching a film earlier Future Will be + present participle I will be watching a film at 8pm tonight Present Perfect Have/has + past participle I have seen Harry Potter 3 times Past Had + past participle By the time I arrived at the cinema, the film had finished Future Will have + past participle I will have finished watching season 2 of Game of Thrones by 9pm Present Perfect Continuous Have/has + been + present participle I have been sitting outside for 2 hours now Past Had + been + present participle I had been waiting in the queue for 20 minutes, before we were told to go home. Future Will have + been + present continuous When I graduate, I will have been studying philosophy for 3 years Future with "going to" Am/are/is + going + infinitive I am going to visit my parents next weekend As you may have observed, all continuous tenses use a form of the verb ‘be’ and a present participle, whereas all perfect tenses use a form of the verb ‘have’ and a past participle.

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Start date Aug 22, 2021

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