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Present

Present

Present 1.Simple Examples: 2.Continuous 3.Perfect 4.Perfect continuous.

Present USE 1 Repeated Actions I play tennis. She does not play tennis. Does he play tennis?

Present, USE 2 Facts or Generalizations Examples: Cats like milk. Birds do not like milk. Do pigs like milk? California is in America. California is not in the United Kingdom.

Present, USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Future Examples: The train leaves tonight at 6 PM. The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM. When do we board the plane? The party starts at 8 o'clock. When does class begin tomorrow?

Present, USE 4 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs) Examples: I am here now. She is not here now. He needs help right now. Do you have your passport with you?

Present, ADVERB PLACEMENT The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always, only, never, ever, still, just, etc. Examples: You only speak English. Do you only speak English? ACTIVE / PASSIVE Once a week, Tom cleans the car. Active Once a week, the car is cleaned by Tom. Passive

Past

Pasta

Simple past Generalization Action/ duration in past

Past Perfect Duration/complete action before something in the past *specific time with past perfect

Past Continuous Interruption while/when repetition /irritation with always

Past Perfect continuous Duration until now or recently

Future

Future Tenses Simple Future Continuous Future Perfect Future

Future Simple Simple Future When to use? We use the simple future tense for actions that will happen in the future How to use? Common forms: Will + Verb Be + Going to + Verb Be + About to + Verb

Future Continuous Future Continuous When to use? We use the future continuous tense for actions that will be happening in a period of time in the future How to use? Common forms: Will be + Verb (present participle) Be + Going to be + Verb (present.p) Be + About to be + Verb (present.p)

Future Perfect Future Perfect When to use? We use the future perfect tense for actions that will be completed by a certain future time How to use? Common forms: Will have + Verb (past. p) Be + Going to have + Verb (past. p)

Last words Things to be Aware of: Present participle Past participle A form of verb, typically ending in -ing Irregular present participle verbs Past participle A form of verb, typically ending in -ed Irregular past participle verbs Singular and Plural Last words

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