This document provides a summary of different verb tenses in English including the present and past tenses. It defines present tense as expressing actions or states at the time of speaking. It then defines and provides examples of simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses. The document also defines past tense as showing an action or state that happened in the past. It goes on to define and provide examples of simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tenses. Exercises are included for learners to practice using each verb tense.
5. Meaning of Simple Present Tense
In Simple Present, the action is simply mentioned and there is
nothing being said about its completeness.
It is used to talk about an action which happens on a regular
basis.
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7. Excersice
1- Mary ------Volleyball on Monday
(“plays” , “play”,”plais”,)
2- I ------every weekend
(“swimming”, “swims”, “swim”,)
3- Chris and pat -----to school at 7:30 AM
(“go”, “goes”, “gos”,)
4- The students ----- the homework in the
afternoon
(“does”, “doing”, “do”,)
5- Martha ----a tree
(“Climb”, “climbs”, “climbes”)
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8. Meaning of Present continuous
The present continuous is used to speak about
what is happening at the present moment in time.
For example, 'He's watching TV at the moment.’
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13. Exercises Present perfect
Tim ----- a big hamburger.
(“Have bought”, “has bought”, “ has buy)
Tim ----- his wallet.
(“ Has lost”” have lost” “has loosed”)
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14. Meaning of Present
perfect continuous
The present perfect continuous tense is often used
(with for or since) to describe how long something
has been happening up to now.
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15. Example
Q) How long have you been studying English?"
A) I've been studying English for four years."
Note - You can just say "For four years."
Q) How long have you been living in Germany?
A) I've been living here since 1998.
Note - You can just say "Since 1998".
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16. Exercise
Susan -------- dinner fo her kids.
“Has make”” has made” “Have made”
They ----- a beautiful song
“Has Sung”, “ have sung”, “ have sing “
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21. The Meaning of "Simple Past Tense"
In the Simple Past tense, the action is
simply mentioned and understood to
have taken place in the past. The action
started and ended sometime in the past
but the time may or may not be
mentioned.
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23. Exercise
Use of Simple Past
action in the past taking place
once, never or several times
Example: He visited his
parents every weekend.
actions in the past taking place
one after the other
Example: He came in, took off
his coat and sat down.
action in the past taking place in
the middle of another action
Example : When I was having
breakfast, the phone suddenly
rang
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24. The Meaning of "Past
Continuous Tense“
In the Past Continuous tense, the action
was ongoing till a certain time in the
past. This tense is used to talk about an
action at a particular time in the past.
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26. The Meaning of “Past Perfect Tense” –
The past perfect tense expresses action
in the past before another action in the
past. This is the past in the past.
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27. Example
I wasn't hungry. I had just eaten.
They were hungry. They had not eaten
for five hours.
I didn't know who he was. I had never
seen him before.
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29. The Meaning of “Past Present
continuous” –
The past perfect progressive
(continuous) is used to describe an
action that started in the past and was
still in progress when a second action
started. Both actions began and ended
in the past
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30. Example
Ben had been working for three hours
when Rachel came home.
By the time Sam found an umbrella, it
had been raining for ten minutes.
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