There are so many tenses
1. Present Tenses
Simple Present Tenses
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Simple present tense to express
facts, habits, and events that occur at the present time.
Have a formula: S + verb-1/be (am/is/are)
Example of sentences:
I am happy with you
He is very curious about my business.
He isn’t curious about my
dream
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present continuous tense
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Present continuous tense to discuss
current actions or plans in the future.
Have a formula : S + am/is/are + present participle
(-ing)
Example of sentences:
He is doing a Science project right
now.
He is not sleeping right now.
Is she sleeping right now?
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present perfect tense
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The present perfect tense is used to
express an activity or situation that has begun in the past and has been
completed at a certain point in time in the past or still continues today.
Have a formula: S + have/has + past participle (verb-3)
Example of sentences:
I have bought a new car.
She has already submitted her paper.
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present perfect continuous tense
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The Present perfect continuous tense
to express actions that have been completed at a point in the past or action
has begun in the past and continues until now. Usually the action has a
certain duration of time and has relevance to the current conditions.
Have a formula: S + have/has + been + present participle (-ing)
Example of sentences:
Ani
has been talking about me since I left for Jakarta.
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Simple past tenss
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Simple
past tense to show that an event occurred in the past.
Have
a formula : S + verb2/be
(was/were)
Example
of sentences :
The party started at 11.00 a.m.
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Past continuous tenses
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Past continuous tense
used to express that an action is happening at a certain time in the past.
Have a formula
: S + was/were + present participle (-ing)
Example of
sentence :
The
team was playing badminton all day yesterday.
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Past perfect tenses
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Past perfect
tense to state that an action has been completed at a point in the past
before another action occurred
Have a formula
: S + had + participle (verb-3)
Example of
sentence :
When
he came last night, the cake had run out.
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Past perfect continuous tenses
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Past perfect
continuous tense used to express an action (with a certain duration) has been
completed at a certain point in time in the past.
Have a formula
: S + had + been + present
participle (-ing)
Example of
sentence :
The labors had been
demonstrating for an hour when the manager came
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3. Past Future Tenses
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Simple
past future tenses
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Simple
past future tenses to express an action that will be carried out, make
predictions, and make promises in the future when they are in the past.
Have
a formula : S + would + bare
infinitive
Example
of sentence :
He would forgive
you.
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Past
future continuous tenses
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Past
future continuous tenses is a verb form to express an imaginary action or
situation that is in progress when the unreal condition is fulfilled (present
continuous conditional ~ conditional sentence type 2 with continuous tense).
Have
a formula : S + would + be +
present participle (-ing)
Example
of sentence :
I would
be attending the conference if I was in Jakarta.
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Past
future perfect tenses
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Past
future perfect tenses to discuss an action that did not occur in the past
Have
a formula : S + would + have + past participle (verb-3)
Example
of sentence :
If you had saved your
jewelry and foreign currency in a safety deposit box, they wouldn’t
have gone.
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Past
future perfect continuous tenses
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Past
future perfect continuous tenses is a form of verb to express an action or
imaginary situation that is taking place at a certain point or during a
certain period in the past
Have
a formula : S + would + have +
been + present particple (-ing)
Example
of sentence :
If his Visa had been approved,
he would have been working
abroad for a week.
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