essential english tenses revision page 1

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Essential English Tenses Revision – Page 1

Big Grammar Book Intermediate Book 1

Present Simple Past Simple Present Perfect

Example: I eat breakfast every morning I ate breakfast yesterday I have eaten breakfast today.

Times: regular time / future past (finished time) unfinished time / from the past up to now

Forms: infinitive past tense past participle (3rd form)

use infinitive for questions and negatives -ed (regular verbs) / if irregular, learn the form(s)

Auxiliary Verbs: do / do not (don’t) did / did not (didn’t) have (’ve) / have not (haven’t)

if main verb is BE, use am, are, is

Typical Times: every… / once a… yesterday / last… / …ago today / this…

Uses: regular actions / facts finished actions in the past recent actions (just)

Present Continuous Past Continuous Present Perfect Continuous

Example: I’m eating breakfast now I was eating breakfast yesterday I have been eating breakfast.

Times: now / at the moment past (finished time) unfinished time / from the past up to now

future (including time phrase)

Forms: ing form (present participle) ing form (present participle) ing form (present participle)

Auxiliary Verbs: am (I’m) / am not (I’m not) was / was not (wasn’t) have (’ve) been / have not (haven’t) been

is (’s) / is not (isn’t)

Typical Times: now yesterday / last… / …ago today / this… / all… / over the last… / just

Uses: temporary continuous actions interrupted actions in the past continuous actions in recent past