English Tenses

By: Musaadah



Present Tense
This tense used for scientific facts, for habitual or customary actions. The Simple Present Tense is used for something that is always true or is a fact, habit, or happens in the present.
Examples:
Facts:
The earth is round.
The earth is smaller than the Jupiter.
Habit:
I buy my favorite magazine twice a week.
He gets up at nine.

Present Progressive
Present Progressive is used to

• Express annoyance with something that someone always does.
• Actions which are in progress at the moment of speaking and happening right now.

Examples:
I am reading a newsletter.
I am checking my email.
We are eating at home
The liquid nitrogen is boiling over.

Past Tense
In English, the simple past talks about an activity that began and ended at a particular time in the past. This is in contrast to the present perfect tense that we will go over in a few pages. Use this tense to show actions that happened before the present moment.
Examples:
First it started raining. Then I got a little wet.
Castaway Carl walked the plank.


Future Tense
Use this tense to show actions that will happen in the future.
Examples:
You will explore animism in John Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn.
We will be back
Nothing will work unless you

Present Perfect Tense
Use the Present Perfect tense to show that the action of the verb has been completed in the past but is linked to the present.
Examples:
He has called the doctor.
You have seen that movie twenty times.

Past Perfect
Use the Past Perfect tense to show an action that was completed prior to another action that took place in the past.
Examples:
President Obama had attended the theatre regularly before his assassination.
We had studied English Tenses before we moved to London.

Future Perfect
Use the Future Perfect tense to show an action that will be completed prior to another action that will take place in the future.
Examples:
The student will have begun his studies before the other student arrive.
We will have designed the poster in three days.




Related Topic:
Perfect Tense