Types Of Verb Tense Flashcards

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Simple present tense

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Unchanging/ repeated action
Examples: teach, rises, lives

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Progressive present tense

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Ongoing action happening in the present. -am,is,are…(word)-ing
Example: is studying, are working, am teaching

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Perfect present tense

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Happened/began in the past
Example: had voted, has written

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Present perfect progressive

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Action began in the past, continues in the present. Has/have been …ing

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Past progressive tense

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An ongoing past action that took place before another past action- has been/have been…ing

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Simple past tense

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Happened in the past- examples: drove, built, won

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Past progressive

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Past action whole something else was occurring. Was/were…ing

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Past perfect

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A past action that occurred before some other past action.
Examples: had driven, had lived, had ended

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Future simple

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An action that will occur in the future
Examples: will run, will preform, I am going to

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Future progressive

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An ongoing action that will take place in the future
Example: will be presenting, will be studying

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Future perfect

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A future action that will occur before some other future action.
Examples: will have, will have written, will have saved

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Future perfect progressive

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Ongoing future action that will occur before some future action (will have been…ing)
Examples: will have been studying

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