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Hi peopleI would like to check the teachers opinion on this
stuff. Thanks for your time.
English Tenses Symbols
All in one. Not a bad idea. Here is a simple table of English
Verb Tenses. I call it Tense Badge. The tablehas all major 12
Tenses in it displayed by symbols accompanied with numbers.
Tense Badge
1 1 12 2 2
3 3 34 4 4
If you still do not have any idea whether the Past Indefinite
Tense is at the top or at the bottom of theextreme left column,
here is a graphic hint showing the escalation of the Tense Patterns
I call tension of Tenses.
Given this clue now you can easily determine that the Past
Indefinite is at the left bottom of the table. No,no, Im sorry! Its
at the left top of the table. Am sorry. Ok? Not ok? I dont
care.
1 1 12 2 23 3 34 4 4
Past Progressive (Past Continuous) is the second down the
column. Past Perfect is the third, and PastPerfect Progressive
(Past Perfect Continuous) is correspondingly the fourth down the
column.
Now you may get a big question like where in this lousy low
budget production where are the FutureTenses located in this table?
Dont kid me now. You know where they ar e. They are extreme right.
AndPresent Tenses are located at the middle of Tense Badge.
Now you are an English language teacher doing your classes and
its time to talk about verbTenses and what they are and how many
Tenses are there in English language itself.
