Tense Flashcards
What are the 12 tenses in the English Language?
Present Simple, Present Perfect, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Simple, Future Perfect, Future Continuous, Future Perfect Continuous.
What is the present simple tense?
The present tense is the tense used to describe an action or state that happens continually or repetitive in the present and is factual.
What is the present perfect tense?
The present perfect tense used to describe an action or state that occurred at an indefinite time in the past and continued to the present time.
What is the present continuous tense?
The present continuous tense used to describe an action or state that is happening right now, frequently, and may continue into the future.
What is the present perfect continuous tense?
The present perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that is started in the past and still continuing at the present time.
What is the past simple tense?
The past simple tense is used to describe a completed action that has happened in the past.
What is the past perfect tense?
The past perfect tense is used to describe an event that occurs before another event in the past.
What is the past continuous tense?
The past continuous tense is used to describe a continuous action that happened at some point in the past.
What is the past perfect continuous tense?
The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an event that occurs in the past, continued in the past, and also ended at the defined point in the past.
What is the future simple tense?
The future simple tense is used to describe an action that will begin and end in the future. It expresses facts and certainty.
What is the future perfect tense?
The future perfect tense is used to describe an event that will occur and has a definitive end date before a time of reference in the future.
What is the future continuous tense?
The future continuous tense is used to describe an unfinished event that will be in progress for an expected length of time.
What is the future perfect continuous tense?
The future continuous tense is used to describe an unfinished event that will be in progress up until a point in the future.
