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    This document provides information about the different tenses in English: - Present Simple/Indefinite for general actions and habits. Present Continuous/Progressive for ongoing actions. Present Perfect for recent finished actions. Present Perfect Continuous for ongoing actions over a period of time. - Past Simple/Indefinite for past actions and times. Past Continuous/Progressive for past ongoing actions. Past Perfect for actions finished before other past actions. Past Perfect Continuous for ongoing past actions over a period of time. - Future Simple/Indefinite for general future actions. Future Continuous/Progressive for future ongoing actions. Future Perfect for future actions finished before other future actions or times. Future Perfect Continuous for future ongoing actions over

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    This document provides information about the different tenses in English: - Present Simple/Indefinite for general actions and habits. Present Continuous/Progressive for ongoing actions. Present Perfect for recent finished actions. Present Perfect Continuous for ongoing actions over a period of time. - Past Simple/Indefinite for past actions and times. Past Continuous/Progressive for past ongoing actions. Past Perfect for actions finished before other past actions. Past Perfect Continuous for ongoing past actions over a period of time. - Future Simple/Indefinite for general future actions. Future Continuous/Progressive for future ongoing actions. Future Perfect for future actions finished before other future actions or times. Future Perfect Continuous for future ongoing actions over

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    This document provides information about the different tenses in English: - Present Simple/Indefinite for general actions and habits. Present Continuous/Progressive for ongoing actions. Present Perfect for recent finished actions. Present Perfect Continuous for ongoing actions over a period of time. - Past Simple/Indefinite for past actions and times. Past Continuous/Progressive for past ongoing actions. Past Perfect for actions finished before other past actions. Past Perfect Continuous for ongoing past actions over a period of time. - Future Simple/Indefinite for general future actions. Future Continuous/Progressive for future ongoing actions. Future Perfect for future actions finished before other future actions or times. Future Perfect Continuous for future ongoing actions over

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    Present Present Present Perfect Present Perfect

    Simple/Indefinite Continuous/Progressive Continuous/Progressive


    V to be (am, is, are) + Ving Have/has +Ved/III Have/has been + Ving
    V+s/es (ch,sh,x,s,ss,o)

    Do NOW, at the moment Ever, never, just, A period of time, still


    Does + V Planned action for the already, yet ongoing action
    nearest future RECENT action, For, since, all
    Bothering general action finished
    Do not I am writing. We have already written You have been writing this
    Does not + V Am I writing? the book. book for a month.
    always, usually, often, I am not writing. Have we written the Have you been writing this
    seldom, every…. You are writing. book? book for a month?
    Timetable Are you writing? We haven’t written the You haven’t been writing
    GENERAL ACTION You are not writing. book. this book for a month.
    He is writing. He has finished the
    Is he writing? book.
    He is not writing. Has he finished the
    You write books. book?
    Do you write books? He has not finished the
    You don’t write book yet.
    books.
    Past Past Past Perfect Past Perfect
    Simple/Indefinite Continuous/Progressive Continuous/Progressive
    V+ed/ II Was/were + Ving Had + Ved/ III Had been + Ving
    Did + V A moment in time in the Action finished before Action lasting for a period of
    Did not + V past, yesterday at 5, when another action (time) in time and still in progress
    he came yesterday… the past, by
    Yesterday, ago, last… Yesterday at 5 I was He had finished the We had been writing for a
    We wrote a book last writing a book. book before I arrived. month when they told us
    year. Was he writing a book Had he finished the they did not need the book.
    Did we write a book yesterday at 5? book before..? Had you been writing for a
    last year? He was not writing He had not finished the month?
    We didn’t write a book yesterday at 5. book before… You had not been writing…
    last year.
    Future Future Future Perfect Future Perfect
    Simple/Indefinite Continuous/Progressive Continuous/Progressive
    Will/shall + V Will/shall be + Ving Will/shall have + Will/shall have been + Ving
    Ved/III
    General action in the Action at a moment in time in Future action A future action in progress
    future, action taken at future. – in progress finished before (for a period of time)
    the moment another action/time For, since, all
    in future.
    By, before, this
    time next year
    She will spend her Don’t call him tomorrow at 5. She will have By next May she will have
    holidays in Africa. He will be having a meeting. finished this book been working for this
    Will she spend her Will he be having a meeting by next Monday. company for 3 years.
    holidays in Africa? tomorrow at 5? Will she have Will she have been
    She will not spend her He will not be having a finished…? working…?
    holidays in Africa. meeting tomorrow at 5. She will not have She will not have been
    finished… working…

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