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Grammar Formula For Different Tenses

Subjects : english, grammar
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1. Present perfect - used to talk about past actions that are relevant today. Things which have happened in the recent past.






2. Past progressive - used to talk about something that was in progress at a specific time in the past. e.g. 'I was having a nightmare when my alarm rang'.






3. Present perfect progressive - used to talk about an action that started in the past and stopped recently - or an action which started in the past and is continuing now. e.g. 'she has been dancing all night'.


4. Simple future


5. Future perfect progressive - used for actions or events in a time between now and some future time - that may be unfinished. 'We will have been living in Madrid for five years in June.'


6. When discussing unplanned future events and predictions without evidence


7. Simple past - used to talk about a completed action or condition






8. Past perfect progressive - used in order to focus on an action which was in progress up to or near a time in the past rather than a completed event. e.g. 'I hadn't been sleeping long when you called.'


9. Simple present - used to describe facts - habits and recurring actions or situations






10. Future perfect - refers to a completed action in the future - also used to project oneself into the future. e.g. 'I will have left by the time you read this.'


11. Future progressive - used to talk about something which will be in progress at a time in the future. e.g. 'I will be leaving soon'


12. Past perfect - refers to an action taking place before the story began - used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. e.g. 'I wasn't tired because I had slept well the night before.'


13. When talking about planned future events and predictions with evidence.


14. Present progressive - used when talking about an action taking place at the moment of speaking. e.g. 'I am teaching English now'