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Verb Tenses: English Grammar

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Verb Tenses

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Verb TensesSimple Progressive Perfect Perfect

Progressive

Present GoAm/is/are going

Has/have gone

Has/have been going

Past WentWas/were going

Had goneHad been going

Future Will/shall go

Will be going

Will have gone

Will have been going

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Verb Tenses•Present–Usual or repeated action•Example: I go to work.

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Verb Tenses• Present progressive Tense–Action in progress at the time the sentence is written•Example: I am going to work.

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Verb Tenses•Past progressive tense–Action that was going on at some particular time in the past•Example: I was going to work yesterday.

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Verb Tenses• Future progressive tense–Action that’s continuous & will continue in the future

•Example: I will be going to work tomorrow.

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Verb Tenses• Present perfect tense–Action that happened or started in the past but is ongoing now•Example: I have gone to work for more than 10 years.

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Verb Tenses•Past perfect tense–Past action that happened before another past action•I have gone to work before I went to the park.

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Verb Tenses• Future perfect tense–Future action that will happen before another action•Example: I will have gone to work for 25 years before going to retirement

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Verb Tenses• Present perfect progressive–Action repeated for a period of

time in the past, continuing now, & possibly continuing in the future• Example: For the past 30 years, I

have been going to work.

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Verb Tenses• Past perfect progressive–A past continuous action was completed before another past action•Example: Before I had fun, I had been going to work for 30 years.

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Verb Tenses: English Grammar

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Northern Illinois University

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