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The document outlines different English tenses including simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses. It provides examples for each tense and explains their meanings. The simple tenses are used to express habitual actions, completed past actions, and future actions. The progressive tenses indicate ongoing actions. The perfect tenses refer to completed actions, and the perfect progressive tenses refer to actions that began in the past and continue. The chart is intended to help learners understand how to use English verb tenses correctly.

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Tenses Chart: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

The document outlines different English tenses including simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses. It provides examples for each tense and explains their meanings. The simple tenses are used to express habitual actions, completed past actions, and future actions. The progressive tenses indicate ongoing actions. The perfect tenses refer to completed actions, and the perfect progressive tenses refer to actions that began in the past and continue. The chart is intended to help learners understand how to use English verb tenses correctly.

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Tenses Chart

The Simple Tenses


Tenses

Example

Simple Present
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Simple Past
x

Simple Future
x

Meaning

a. Tono goes to school


everyday.
b. It rains in Bogor.

To express situations which


exist always, usually, and
habitually.

a. Tono went to school


yesterday.
b.It rained last night.

To express event which began


and ended in the past.

a. Tono will go to school


tomorrow.
b. It will rain tonight.

To express event which happen


in the future.

The Progressive Tenses


Tenses

Example

Present Progressive

Meaning

a. Tono is sleeping now.


b.It is raining right now.

To express situations which


happen now.

Tono was sleeping when I


arrived.

To express event which be in


progress in the past.

Tono will be sleeping when I


arrived.

To express event which will be


in progress in the future.

Past Progressive
x

Simple Future
x

Created by: Silvi Dyah Damayanti


Twitter: @cilphi_phi

The Perfect Tenses


Tenses

Example

Present Perfect
eat
x

Tono has already eaten.

To express situations which


have finished at sometime
before now.

Tono had already eaten when


his friend arrived.

To express event which


completely finished before
another event in the past.

Tono will already have eaten


when his friend arrives.

To express event which will be


completely finished before
another event in the future.

now
x

Past Perfect
eat
x

Meaning

arrive
x

Future Perfect
eat
x

arrive
x

Created by: Silvi Dyah Damayanti


Twitter: @cilphi_phi

The Perfect Progressive Tenses


Tenses
Present Perfect Progressive

Example

Meaning

Tono has been studying for two


hours.

To express situations which


started in the past and continue
up to now.

Tono had been studying for two


hours before his friend came.

To express event which in


progress before another event
in the past.

Tono will have been studying


for two hours by the time his
friend arrives.

To express event which will be


in progress before another
event in the future.

study
x

2 hours

Past Perfect Progressive


study
x
x
2 hours

Future Perfect Progressive


study
x
x
2 hours

Created by: Silvi Dyah Damayanti


Twitter: @cilphi_phi

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