Tenses
Tenses are words that show the time of an
action, an event or a situation.
Tenses are used to show whether the action is
happening at that time,
is completed or is habitual.
Tenses can be divided into 3 parts :
present tense, past
tense, future tense
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Present tense
It refers to the present time
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Simple Present Tense
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Present Continuous Tense
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Present Perfect Tense
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Subject
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Verb
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Subject
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Verb
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Subject
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Verb
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I/
You/We/They
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sing
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I
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am
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singing
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I
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have
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sung
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You/We/They
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are
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singing
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You/We/They
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have
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sung
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He/She/It
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sings
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He/She/It
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is
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singing
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He/She/It
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has
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sung
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It is used
to show instruction, habitual actions, general statements
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It is used
to show an action taking place at the time of speaking
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It is used
to an action has just happened and can be used with words like already, yet,
for, since
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past tense
It refers to the past time
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Simple Past Tense
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Past Continuous Tense
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Past Perfect Tense
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Subject
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Verb
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Subject
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Verb
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Subject
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Verb
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I/
You/We/They
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sang
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I
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was
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singing
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I
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had
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sung
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You/We/They
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were
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singing
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You/We/They
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had
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sung
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He/She/It
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sang
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He/She/It
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was
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singing
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He/She/It
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had
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sung
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It is used
to show an action that happened in the past, habitual past action
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It is used
to show an action happening at a certain time in the past
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It is used
to an action that had been completed at a certain time in the past
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future tense
It refers to something that will happen in time to come
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Simple Future Tense
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Future Continuous Tense
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Future Perfect Tense
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Subject
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Verb
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Subject
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Verb
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Subject
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Verb
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I/
You/We/They
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will
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sing
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I/ You/We/They
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will be
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singing
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I/ You/We/They
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will have
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sung
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He/She/It
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will
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sing
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He/She/It
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will be
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singing
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He/She/It
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will have
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sung
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It is used
to refer to something that is going to take place in the future
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It is used
to show an action that will take place at a particular time in the future
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It is used
to an action that will be completed by a definite time in the future
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