ENGLISH GRAMMAR
PRESENT AND PAST TENSE REVISION
summary of use
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PRESENT and PAST TENSE REVISION |
| PRESENT SIMPLE |
Routine, habits, repetitive actions :
- I play tennis every Saturday.
Tastes :
- I like chocolate, I
hate doing homework.
Facts :
- The sun rises in the east.
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| PRESENT CONTINUOUS |
Continuous actions :
- at the time of speaking
- I am reading this explanation now.
- around now :
- I am learning English this year.
Planned future arrangements :
- Emma is visiting Rome next Monday.
- She is travelling to Italy with a group of students.
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| PRESENT PERFECT |
Continuous form:
- An action started in the past that continues today :
- We have been learning English since September.
Simple form :
- The completed or finished part of that action :
- We have already revised grammar rules and verb tenses.
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| PAST SIMPLE |
Finished actions at a specific finished time in the past.
- Last year Tom bought a new car.
- I saw your dog 5 minutes ago.
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| PAST CONTINUOUS |
Continuous actions
- A continuous action at a specific time in the past :
- I was having breakfast at 7 o'clock this morning.
- A continuous action taking place when another brief event occurred :
- Tony was watching television when the phone rang.
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| PAST PERFECT |
Continuous form:
- A past continuous action prior to another event in the past:
- She had been driving for 3 hours before she stopped.
Simple form :
- A completed action before another action in the past :
- I had finished the book before I gave it to Tom.
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See also:
Present vs Past exercise
Present Simple
Past Simple
more exercises
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