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12 Cards in this Set
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Present Tense |
State that is true now or an action that occurs habitually.
She likes to eat. |
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Past Tense |
Show action that occurs in the past.
He jumped. She ate a sandwich.
Present tense + ed Some irregular forms |
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Future Tense |
Shows action that will occur in the future
She will eat a sandwich for lunch.
Present tense + will or shall |
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Present Perfect |
Describes an action or state that is completed during the present time period or one that began in the past and has continued to the present moment.
I have talked all evening
past participle form + have or has |
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Past Perfect |
Describes an action that was completed (or state that existed) before a certain time in the past.
We had waited for them an hour before they finally arrived.
past participle form of the verb + had |
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Future Perfect Tense |
Describes an action that will occur or a state that will exist by or before certain time in the future.
I will have practiced five hours before my lesson on Thursday
past participle + will have or shall have |
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Present progressive |
Shows present continuing action.
He is studying the civil war.
present tense + (ing) and present form of be |
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Past progressive |
Shows past continuing action
I was studying the civil war last week.
present tense + (ing) and past form of be |
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Future Progressive |
Shows future continuing action in the future.
I will be studying the Civil War next week.
present tense + (ing) and future form of be |
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Present Perfect Progressive |
Continuing action done during the present time period.
I have been studying the Civil war for several weeks now.
present tense + (ing) and present perfect tense of be |
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Past Perfect Progressive |
Continuing action completed before a certain time in the past.
When our reports were due, we had been studying the Civil War for two weeks.
present tense + (ing) and past perfect tense of be. |
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Future Perfect Progressive |
Continuing action that will be completed before a certain time in the future.
When the semester ends, we will have been studying the Civil War for three weeks.
present tense + (ing) and future perfect tense of be. |
