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VERBAL TENSES

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  • PAST OF VERB TOBE

    It is used for talking about past events or making descriptive sentences in past.
    example: Michael Jacson was a famous singer.

  • PRESENT OF VERB TO BE

    Using for talking about present situations and making descriptive sentences.
    example: Mary is a teacher.

  • FUTURE TO BE

    used to refers for future predictions.
    Example: I will be millionarie next year.

  • PAST SIMPLE TENSE

    it is used for refers to past situations.
    example: joseph ran in the park.
  • PRESENT SIMPLE

    PRESENT SIMPLE

    it is used for talking about present situations.
    example: Paul plays soccer.
    in present simple you must add "s" to the verb in third person.

  • SIMPLE FUTURE

    Uses to refer future situations using the verb in present.

  • PAST CONTINUOUS

    It refers to events that finished yet. it uses the verb to be in past.
    example: I was reading a literature book.

  • PRESENT CONTINUOUS

    It is used for refering present situations which have not finished.
    Example: My sister is cooking a delicious cake.

  • PAST PERFECT

    It uses the verb HAD plus the principal verb in past participle.
    Example: Danna had broken the notebook.

  • PRESENT PERFECT

    It uses the verb HAS OR HAVE plus the principal verb in past participle.
    Example: Paul has begun to work.

  • PAST PROGRESSIVE

    It is used for refering to past events that have not finiseh still. It uses the verbs HAD+BEEN+ING Example: Michael had been running in the stadium.

  • PRESENT PROGRESIVE

    it uses the verbs HAS+BEEN+ING. It refers to present situations that continue developing still.
    example: Mary has been swimming for five hours.