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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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