TENSES
12 Basic English Tenses
12 Basic English Tenses
English Tense System
In some languages, verb tenses are not very important or do not even exist. In English, the concept of...
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
The Future Perfect Continuous tense looks at the past from the future.
How do we make the Future Perfect Continuous Tense?
The structure...
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
Future Perfect
The Future Perfect tense is quite an easy tense to understand and use. The Future Perfect talks about the past in the future.
FUTURE PERFECT...
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
Future Continuous
The Future Continuous tense is often used in English as a way to talk about something happening at a given point...
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
Future Simple
The Future Simple tense is often called the "will tense" because we make the Future Simple with the modal auxiliary will.
How do we make...
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
The Past Perfect Continuous is another tense that expresses the "past in the past".
In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the...
PAST PERFECT TENSE
PAST PERFECT TENSE
The Past Perfect tense is quite an easy tense to understand and to use. This tense talks about the "past in the...
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
The Past Continuous tense is an important tense in English. We use it to say what we were in the middle of...
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
The Past Simple tense is sometimes called the "preterite tense". We can use several tenses and forms to talk about the past,...
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Present Perfect Continuous
The Present Perfect Continuous uses two auxiliary verbs together with a main verb.
In this lesson we look at the structure and use of the Present Perfect Continuous tense,...
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Present Perfect Tense
The Present Perfect tense is a rather important tense in English, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. That...
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Present Continuous Tense
(also called Present Progressive)
We often use the Present Continuous tense in English. It is very different from the Present Simple tense, both in structure and in...
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
The Present Simple tense is the most basic tense in English and uses the base form of the verb (except for the verb be). The...
EXERCISES ENGLISH LANGUAGE
EXERCISES ENGLISH LANGUAGE
EXERCISE 1
Choose the correct answer in the following questions:
1. Your uncle _______ here a long time ago.
(a) Lived (b) lived (c)...
