verb forms and tenses Flashcards
Verb simple tense
discussing something that happened yesterday, now, or will happen tomorrow
the girl eats
we arrived
the minister will deliver
verbs in progressive tense
was/is/will be happening over a duration of time
or while something else is happening
the man was dancing
the students are waiting
the reporter will be annou
perfect tense
main verb is always in its past participle
present perfect
very recently completed
started in the past and still continues
FODS: For, over, during, since: all time related
we have visited new york many times
i have just finished
i have studied
has / have + a past participle
participle
Participles are verb forms that are used as adjectives to describe a noun or as part of a verb tense
past perfect
activities that happened before a specific time/action in the past
two finished actions in a setence: past perfect refers to the first action
he had visited her many
USUALLY HAS HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
he had visited her many times before she left the village
uses of would
past habits
talk about the future in the past
hypotheticals
when we lived in india we would always run
when i was a kid everyone told me i would do great things
i would probably hate this
pointers
contextual clues related to time and other conjugated verbs
