14 Nov 2012

VERB TENSES


PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
study studied studied
be was / were been
have had had

VERB TENSE EXAMPLE
IMPERATIVE  Study English, please.
PRESENT SIMPLE  I study English twice a week.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS  I'm studying English at the Adult Center.
I'm going to study English.
PRESENT PERFECT  I have studied English for many years.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS  I have been studying English for many years.
PAST SIMPLE  I studied English at school.
PAST CONTINUOUS  I was studying English when the phone rang.
PAST PERFECT  I had studied English before moving abroad.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS  I had been studying English during my childhood.
FUTURE  I will study English in the future.
FUTURE PERFECT  By 2015 I will have studied English for 3 years.
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS  By 2015 I will have been studying English for 3 years.
CONDITIONAL  I would study English if I had some more time.
CONDITIONAL PERFECT  I would have studied English if I had been there.
CONDITIONAL PERFECT CONTINUOUS  I would have been studying English during all my life, but nowadays it's not possible for me.
 VERBAL PERIPHRASIS  EXAMPLE
 HAVE TO  I have to study English.
 HAD TO  I had to study English last year.
 USE TO  I use to study English in the evenings.
 USED TO  I used to study English when I was young.


Choose whatever you want, the question is to get familiar with them.
And if you need to reinforce some of the tenses at a basic level,

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