Tenses and Their Usage
Understanding tenses allows students to convey the correct timing of actions:
- Present Tense: Used to describe actions happening now or regularly.
- Simple Present: “She works every day.”
- Present Continuous: “She is working right now.”
- Present Perfect: “She has worked here for five years.”
- Present Perfect Continuous: “She has been working here for five years.”
- Simple Present: “She works every day.”
- Past Tense: Used to describe actions that have already happened.
- Simple Past: “She worked yesterday.”
- Past Continuous: “She was working when I called.”
- Past Perfect: “She had worked before the meeting.”
- Past Perfect Continuous: “She had been working for two hours when I called.”
- Simple Past: “She worked yesterday.”
- Future Tense: Used to describe actions that will happen.
- Simple Future: “She will work tomorrow.”
- Future Continuous: “She will be working at 9 AM.”
- Future Perfect: “She will have worked by 5 PM.”
- Future Perfect Continuous: “She will have been working for 5 hours by 5 PM.”
- Simple Future: “She will work tomorrow.”