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Verb
Tense Overview with Examples
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Simple Present
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Simple Past
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Simple Future
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I
study English every day.
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Two
years ago, I studied English in England.
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If
you are having problems, I will help you study English.
I
am going to study English next year.
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Present
Continuous
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Past Continuous
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Future
Continuous
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I
am studying English now.
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I
was studying English when you called yesterday.
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I
will be studying English when you arrive tonight.
I
am going to be studying English when you arrive tonight.
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Present Perfect
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Past Perfect
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Future Perfect
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I
have studied English in several different countries.
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I
had studied a little English before I moved to the U.S.
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I
will have studied every tense by the time I finish this course.
I
am going to have studied every tense by the time I finish this course.
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Present Perfect
Continuous
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Past Perfect
Continuous
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Future Perfect
Continuous
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I
have been studying English for five years.
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I
had been studying English for five years before I moved to the U.S.
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I
will have been studying English for over two hours by the time you arrive.
I
am going to have been studying English for over two hours by the time you
arrive.
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Simple
[VERB] + s/es in third person
·
Repeated
actions. I play tennis / She does not
play tennis / Does he play tennis?
·
Fact or
generalizations. Cats like milk / Birds do not like milk / Do pigs like milk?
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Scheduled events
in the near future. I travel to Rome on Saturday / He does not travel to Rome with me / Do
you travel to Rome with us?
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Events happening
now (non-continuous verbs) I own a car /
He does not own a car / Do they own a car?
o
Non-Continuous
Verbs. These verbs are usually things you cannot see somebody doing. These
verbs are almost always used in simple tenses. They include:
§ Abstract
Verbs: to be, to want, to cost, to seem,
to need, to care, to contain, to owe, to exist...
§ Possession
Verbs: to possess, to own, to belong...
§ Emotion
Verbs: to like, to love, to hate, to
dislike, to fear, to envy, to mind...
o
Mixed verbs can
have many senses, some non-continuous, some normal
§ to
appear, to feel, to have, to hear, to look, to see, to smell, to hear, to feel
§ ex:
I have a car (non-cont.), I am having breakfast (normal)
Continuous
[am/is/are + present participle]
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Events happening
now I am having dinner / Are you having
dinner?
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Actions in
progress (even if it is not directly happening now) I am studying to become a doctor / Is he studying to become a doctor,
too?
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Near future I am meeting some friends after work / He is
meeting them too / Is she meeting them?
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Repetition,
using “always” He is always making too
much noise
Perfect
[has/have + past participle]
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Unspecified time
before now I have seen that movie twenty
times / I think I have met him once before / Have you read the book yet?
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Experience I have gone to Paris / We haven’t gone to
Paris / Has she gone to Paris?
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Change over time
I have grown 2 inches / He hasn’t grown /
Have you grown?
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Accomplishments Man has walked on the Moon / Our son has
learned how to read / Doctors have cured many deadly diseases.
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Uncompleted
actions you expect to finish James has
not finished his homework yet / Susan hasn't mastered Japanese, but she can
communicate / Has Bill still not arrived?
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Multiple actions
at different times The army has attacked
that city five times / I have had four quizzes and five tests so far this
semester / Have you had any problems while working on this project?
1.
When I _________________ (arrive) home last night, I discovered that
Jane_________________ (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.
2.
Since I began acting, I _________________ (perform) in two plays, a television
commercial and a TV drama. However, I _________________ (speak, never) publicly
before I came to Hollywood in 1985.
3.
By the time I got to the office, the meeting _________________ (begin, already)
without me. My boss _________________ (be) furious with me and I _________________
(be) fired.
4.
When I _________________ (turn) the radio on yesterday, I _________________
(hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school. I _________________
(hear, not) the song in years, and it _________________ (bring) back some great
memories.
5.
Last week, I _________________ (run) into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We _________________
(see, not) each other in years, and both of us _________________ (change) a
great deal. I _________________ (enjoy) talking to her so much that I
_________________ (ask) her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for
dinner.
6.
When Jack _________________ (enter) the room, I _________________ (recognize,
not) him because he _________________ (lose) so much weight and
_________________ (grow) a beard. He looked totally different!
7.
The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan;
however, their culture_________________ (disappear, virtually) by the time
Europeans first _________________ (arrive) in the New World.
8.
I _________________ (visit) so many beautiful places since I _________________
(come) to Utah. Before moving here, I _________________ (hear, never) of Bryce
Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.
North Korean
Leader Unhappy with Weather Forecasts
North
Korea's leader Kim Jong-un is unhappy with the weather forecasts in his
country. He was angry with the meteorological department for giving
"incorrect" forecasts. It is very unusual for a North Korean leader
to be negative about any part of the government. Mr. Kim was visiting one of
his country's weather stations when he made the comments. He said the
techniques used to predict the weather were wrong. He told forecasters to use
more modern equipment. He told reporters it was important to protect people's
lives, homes and factories. North Korea has many natural disasters and has many
famines, so it is necessary to have accurate weather forecasts. North Korean
people regularly suffer from very bad food shortages. There are many droughts
and floods, which means many people do not have enough food to eat. In May, the
country's newspapers said North Korea was hit by one of the worst droughts in
over 30 years. This has increased the chances of more food shortages. In the
mid-1990s there was a very bad famine. Wikipedia says no one knows how many
people died of starvation but says the number is between 240,000 and 3,500,000.
North Korea needs a lot of food aid from other countries. Many people would die
if they did not get this help. However, a lot of this food does not reach the
people who need it the most.
PREDICT:
Is
it easy or difficult to predict these things? Why?
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Easy
or Hard
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Why?
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The
weather
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Football
results
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Lottery
numbers
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Your
future
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An
election result
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A
baby's actions
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Past
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Present
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Future
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Not A Bad Thing by Justin Timberlake
Said
all I _____ from you
Is
to _____ you tomorrow
And
every tomorrow
Maybe
you'll let me borrow, your heart
And
is it _____much to _____ for every Sunday?
And
while we're at it throw in every other day to _____
I
know people _____ promises _____ the _____
Then
they _____ right around and _____ them
When
someone _____your heart open with a knife and you're _____
But
I _____ be that guy to _____ it over time
And
I won't _____ until you _____ it
'Cause
baby you're worth it
So
don't _____ like it's a bad thing to _____
in love with me
Cause
you might freak around and _____ your
dreams _____ true with me
_____
all your time and your money just to_____
out that my love _____ free
So
_____ act like it's a bad thing to _____
in love with me, me
It's
not a bad thing to _____ in love with me, me
Now
how about I _____ the last voice you _____ tonight?
And
every other night for the _____ of the
nights that there _____
And
every morning I just want to _____ you staring back at me
'Cause
I know that's a good place to _____
I
know people _____ promises all the time
Then
they _____ right around and _____ them
Then
someone _____ your heart open with a knife
Now
you're bleeding
Don't
you _____ that I _____ be that guy to heal it over time
And
I won't _____ until you _____ it
Cause
baby you're _____ it
Chorus
So
don't _____ _____ it's a bad thing to_____ _____ _____ with me
Cause
you_____ freak around and _____ your _____ _____ _____
with me
_____
all your time and your money just _____ _____ my love was free
So
_____ _____ _____ it's a bad thing to fall in love with me
It's_____
a bad thing to _____ _____ _____ with me, me
Not
such a bad thing to fall in love with me
No
I won't _____ your mind with _____ promises
And
_____ time
And
if you _____
You'll
always land right in these _____
These
arms of _____
Chorus
If
I _____ a pair of wings
I'd
_____ _____ _____ and fly you _____ _____ from here
And
you'd put your worries _____ _____ _____, my dear
Now
I know I can't _____ you
From
the troubles of the _____
And
this _____ like such a silly thing
But
if I _____ I'd _____ you away
On
a big old pair of wings
And
if I _____ a pair of wings
I'd
_____ _____ _____ and fly you far away from here
And
we'd _____ so _____ _____ in the sky
Where
the stars are so _____
And
then I _____ _____ you
From
the troubles of the world
And
all you'd have to _____ is your heart to _____
And
there we _____, you and me
Flying
on a _____ _____ pair of wings
We
keep _____ _____, the world keeps _____
_____
Tell
me when did we _____ _____ _____?
It's
so _____ _____ _____ lose your mind in such _____ days
But
if I had one_____ I _____ what I'd _____
for
There's
only _____ _____ that'll do
I'd
_____ _____ _____ this pair of wings with you
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_____ _____ a pair of wings
I'd
scoop you up we'd _____ _____ and _____
Then
you _____ _____ your worries upon my shoulders, my dear
And
I _____ I can't _____ you
From
the troubles of the world
I
know this sounds like such a _____ _____
But
if I _____ I'd _____ you away
On
a big old pair of wings
Now
if I had a pair of wings
I'd
_____ _____ _____ and fly you far away from here
And
I _____ _____ right by your side and
keep you so _____
And
then I could save you from the troubles of the world
And
all you'd have to pack is your heart to bring
And
there we are, you and me
Flying
on a big old pair of wings
We
keep getting _____, the world keeps getting _____
Tell
me when _____ we _____ ______
____?
It's
so _____ not to _____ _____ _____ in such _____ days
And
if I _____ one wish I know what I'd _____ for
There's
only one thing that'll _____
I'd
_____ _____ on this pair of wings with
you
And
if I had one _____ I know what I'd _____
for
There's
only one thing that'll do
_____
'_____ fly _____ _____ _____ pair of wings with you
I
said if I _____ _____ _____ I know what I'd wish for
_____
'_____ only _____ _____ _____
'll do
I'd
fly away on this pair of wings with you
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