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American English Grammar |
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Tense |
| Learning objectives |
- Learn the definition of tense
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| Definition of tense |
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Tense shows the time of the action, event, or condition and
includes the following:
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past tense - the action, event, or condition
occurred before the present and includes the following:
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simple past
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past perfect
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past progressive
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past perfect progressive
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present tense - the action, event or condition occurred
or is occurring now and includes the following:
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future tense - the action, event, or condition will
occur after the present and includes the following:
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Tense is closely related to
aspect
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The table below shows the relationship between tense and
aspect
| tense &
aspect |
aspect |
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simple |
perfect |
progressive |
perfect
progressive |
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tense |
past |
simple
past |
past
perfect |
past
progressive |
past
perfect
progressive |
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present |
simple
present |
present
perfect |
present
progressive |
present
perfect
progressive |
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future |
simple
future |
future
perfect |
future
progressive |
future
perfect
progressive |
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