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Tenses

Grammatical Range & Accuracy: Writing Task 1

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Present Tenses
Perfect
Simple Continuous Perfect
Continuous

Shows that an action Shows that an action


Shows that an ongoing
Shows repetition, has happened once or started in the past and
Description habit or generalization
action is happening
many times before has continued until
now
now now

XXXXXXXXX X X
Timeline
P Now F P Now F P Now F P Now F

I am eating rice right I have eaten all of the I have been eating rice
Example I eat rice everyday.
now. rice. for 2 hours.

Subject, Verb, S+ ‘am/is/are’ + S + ‘have/has been’ +


S + V1 + O S + ‘have/has’ + V3 + O
Object (V+ing) + O (V+ing) + O
Past Tenses
Perfect
Simple Continuous Perfect
Continuous

Shows that a Shows that an action Shows that something Shows that something
completed action took was ongoing in past happened before started in the past and
Description place at a specific time (sometimes this action another action in the continued up until
in the past may be interrupted) past another action in past

X X X X X X
Timeline
P Now F P Now F P Now F P Now F

I had been eating rice


I was eating rice when I had eaten all of the
Example I ate rice yesterday.
you arrived. rice when you arrived.
for 2 hours when you
arrived.

Subject, Verb, S + ‘was/were’ + S + ‘had been’ +


S + V2 + O S + ’had’ + V3 + O
Object (V+ing) + O (V+ing) + O
Future Tenses
Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous

Show that an action Shows that something Shows that something


Shows that an action
will continue in the will happen before will continue up until a
Description will happen in the
future (this action may another action in the particular event or time
future
be interrupted) future in the future

X X X X X X
Timeline
P Now F P Now F P Now F P Now F

I will have eaten the I will have been eating


I will eat rice I will be eating rice
Example tomorrow. when you arrive.
pizza by the time you pizza for 2 hours when
arrive. you arrive.

Subject, Verb, S + ‘will be’ + (V+ing) + S + ‘will have been’ +


S + ‘will’ + V + O S + ‘will have’ + V3 + O
Object O (V+ing) +O

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