All Tenses:
Tense is a grammatical category that indicates the time at which an action or event takes place. In English, there are three primary tenses (past, present, and future), and each can be further divided into four aspects (simple, continuous/progressive, perfect, and perfect continuous/progressive), making a total of twelve tenses.
1. Present Tense
Simple Present: Used for habitual actions, general truths, and states.
Format: Subject + base form of the verb (s/es for third person singular).
Example: She walks to school every day.
Present Continuous/Progressive: Used for actions happening right now or around the current time.
Format: Subject + am/is/are + verb + ing.
Example: She is walking to school now.
Present Perfect: Used for actions that occurred at an unspecified time in the past or that started in the past and continue to the present.
Format: Subject + have/has + past participle.
Example: She has walked to school every day this week.
Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive: Used for actions that started in the past and continue to the present, focusing on the duration.
Format: Subject + have/has been + verb + ing.
Example: She has been walking to school for 30 minutes.
2. Past Tense
Simple Past: Used for actions that were completed at a specific time in the past.
Format: Subject + past form of the verb.
Example: She walked to school yesterday.
Past Continuous/Progressive: Used for actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past.
Format: Subject + was/were + verb + ing.
Example: She was walking to school when it started to rain.
Past Perfect: Used for actions that were completed before another action in the past.
Format: Subject + had + past participle.
Example: She had walked to school before it started to rain.
Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive: Used for actions that were ongoing before another action in the past.
Format: Subject + had been + verb + ing.
Example: She had been walking to school for 20 minutes before it started to rain.
3. Future Tense
Simple Future: Used for actions that will happen in the future.
Format: Subject + will + base form of the verb.
Example: She will walk to school tomorrow.
Future Continuous/Progressive: Used for actions that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future.
Format: Subject + will be + verb + ing.
Example: She will be walking to school at 8 AM tomorrow.
Future Perfect: Used for actions that will be completed before a specific time in the future.
Format: Subject + will have + past participle.
Example: She will have walked to school by 9 AM tomorrow.
Future Perfect Continuous/Progressive: Used for actions that will be ongoing up until a specific time in the future.
Format: Subject + will have been + verb + ing.
Example: She will have been walking to school for 30 minutes by 9 AM tomorrow.
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