Past Present Future Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous
Past Present Future Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous
Past Present Future Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous
Clues:
1) All Simple use Verb 1 / Verb 2
2) All Future use will
3) All Continuous use to be
4) All Perfect use had/has/have + Verb 3
5) All Perfect Continuous use had/has/have + been + Verb-ing
Simplifying Tenses
The difference between one activity and two activities:
1) One activity --> "Simple"
2) Two activities :
(a) At the same time --> "Continuous" vs "Simple"
(Here, the longer action is "Continuous") e.g. : I was watching television when she
knocked my door last night.
(b) At sequence --> "Perfect" vs "Simple"
(Here, the longer action is "Perfect")
e.g. :
- I will have finished my report when my boss arrives tomorrow.
- She had studied Japanese language before she went to Tokyo in 2008.
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