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Verb Tenses Flashcards

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Simple present tense

A

Tense that shows something that does or doesn’t happen regularly. It shows habit

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Simple past tense

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Shows something happened in the past at a particular time and is finished.

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Simple future tense

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Uses the word will.

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Present progressive

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Shows what is happening right now

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Past progressive

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Action that was continuing at a particular time in the past

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Future progressive

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Action that will be happening continuously in the future

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Present perfect

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Action that happened in the past before now. The present moment is important.

Steve has eaten sushi before. Now is implied.

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Past perfect

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Action that is completely in the past. The present is not important.

There are two actions and it shows one action happened before the other.

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Future perfect

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Refers to two actions in the future where one will happen before the other.

Uses the future perfect will have.

I will have seen the movie 6 times by next week. The two times are seeing the movie and next week.

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Present perfect progressive

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Action that started before now and has continued or may continue longer.

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Past perfect progressive

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Action that was going on in the past and may have been going on before something else.

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Future perfect progressive

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Action that will be happening continuously at some time in the future.

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Present perfect vs present perfect progressive

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Julie has studied Vs Julie has been studying are similar and can be interchanged.

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Present perfect signal words or phrases (ie, not interchangeable with present perfect progressive)

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One time 
Two times 
Once
Twice 
Before
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Present perfect progressive signal words or phrases (ie, cannot be interchanged with present perfect)

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For one hour
For a day / year / week
All day / week / year / weekend

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16
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What word (s) signal perfect tenses?

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Have
Has
Had
Will have

17
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Present perfect vs Simple present

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Has already sucked vs Sucked

18
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Present perfect keywords and phrases

A 
Already 
Ever
Never
Yet
Since 
So far
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Simple past keywords and phrases

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Last night / week / year / weekend / Monday 
In 1983
At noon 
Two days ago 
Yesterday

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