http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/2/zdrqb/Post.htm#433528Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433528CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/2/zdrqb/Post.htm#433528http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433528.xmlHere's how the tenses are related to one another on a time line. The top line is for "present point of view" tenses. The bottom line is for "past point of view" tenses. The first diagram of the two shows the tense names. The second diagram shows examples using the verb do . _______ Present Perfect---------Present------Future 1 (of the Present)--- / Future 1 Perfect (of Pres) / / Past Perfect-----------Past---------Future 2 (of the Past)--- Future 2 Perfect (of Past) / ______ has done----------does-----------will do--- / willhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/2/zdrqb/Post.htm#433448Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433448Ant_2221http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/2/zdrqb/Post.htm#433448http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433448.xmlHoa Thai: &#171;Wow! I did not expect to get such a time-consuming effort (not only the timeline graphs but also the explanation). Please accept my heartfelt appreciation.&#187; Thanks! Have you understood anything?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/2/zdrqb/Post.htm#433243Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433243Hoa Thai2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/2/zdrqb/Post.htm#433243http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433243.xmlDear Ant_222, Wow! I did not expect to get such a time-consuming effort (not only the timeline graphs but also the explanation). Please accept my heartfelt appreciation. Hoa Thaihttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/2/zdrqb/Post.htm#433203Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433203Ant_2223http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/2/zdrqb/Post.htm#433203http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433203.xmlHao Thai: "Now could you please do the same for past perfect, present perfect, future perfect, and their associated progressive cousins?" Ok, but that'll take some time. PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Yesterday at 9:30 I had been eating for 5 minutes. |&lt;-----------------&gt;| | I am eating | | | |&lt;---&gt;| | |5 min| | -+---+-----+-------------+------+-----------|-----&gt; | 9:25 9:30 9:53 | NOW | | &nbshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433130Mon, 25 May 2009 01:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433130Hoa Thai4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433130http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433130.xmlAnt_222 wrote: Hoa Thai: «Could you, instead with or in addtion to words, draw or show us where we can get a timeline, from which we can readily tell the differences between tenses (simple, co n tinuous, etc...)?» I am eating now. (Progressive) +----Action of eating-----+ ----------|-------------|-----------|--------------&gt; 9:25 NOW 9:53 time I have been eating for 5 minutes now (Perfect) +----Action of eating-------+ ----------|------|--------------------|--------------&gt; 9:25 NOW=9:30 9:53 time I go to school every day: going to school------------+--------http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433118Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433118Ant_2225http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433118http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433118.xmlHoa Thai: «Could you, instead with or in addtion to words, draw or show us where we can get a timeline, from which we can readily tell the differences between tenses (simple, coutinuous, etc...)?» I am eating now. (Progressive) +----Action of eating-----+ ----------|-------------|-----------|--------------&gt; 9:25 NOW 9:53 time I have been eating for 5 minutes now (Perfect) +----Action of eating-------+ ----------|------|--------------------|--------------&gt; 9:25 NOW=9:30 9:53 time I go to school every day: going to school------------+----------+ | | | | &nbsphttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433113Mon, 25 May 2009 01:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433113Hoa Thai6http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433113http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433113.xmlCould you, instead with or in addtion to words, draw or show us where we can get a timeline, from which we can readily tell the differences between tenses (simple, coutinuous, etc...)? Thanks in advance Hoa Thaihttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433024Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433024Yoong Liat7http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433024http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433024.xmlMarius Hancu wrote: The OP is plainly speaking too long a posting. Yes, I agree. I don't know why some of our members like to ask so many things in one post.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433005Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:433005Ant_2228http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#433005http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-433005.xmlMarius: &#171;The OP is plainly speaking too long a posting&#187; This is probably to impress us as to how long it takes to simply enumerate English tesnes. And how difficult it should be to learn and understand them!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#432968Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:432968Marius Hancu9http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#432968http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-432968.xmlThe OP is plainly speaking too long a posting.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#432839Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:432839Ant_22210http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#432839http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-432839.xml&#171;Tom is being a rich student. vs Tom will have been being a rich student. vs Tom will be being a rich student.&#187; As you should have read, the Present Continuous tense is used to express an on-going (active) process, that is happening at the moment of speech (the present). But being a student is not a process at all. Intutively people perceive it as a state. Tom is a student. The car is white. Neither Tom nor the car are not doing anything to be a student and white accordingly. They just are so. Tom can sleep, eat, play The Dig! and still be a student. The car may stand in the garage or cruise across America, but it still will be white. There's no need in a certain _process_ for the car to remain white. Of course, Tom...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#432813Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:432813Doll11http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htm#432813http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-432813.xmlDear Tommy please study the tenses you have problems from another grammar book again and then ask us only the things you didn't understand.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 01:46:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:432617tommyensr12http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/zdrqb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-432617.xml1. Present Simple Tom walks to school every day. Tom has strong legs. Tom is a good student. Tom dosen't walk to school every day. Tom hasn't strong legs. or Tom doesn't have strong legs. Tom is not a good student. Does Tom walk to school every day? Does Tom have strong legs? Is Tom a good student? 2. Past Simple Tom walked to school every day. Tom had strong legs. Tom was a good student. Tom didn't walk to school every day. Tom hadn't strong legs. or Tom didn't have strong legs. Tom wasn't a good student. Did Tom walk to school every day? Had Tom strong legs? or Did Tom have strong legs? Was Tom a good student? 3. Future Simple Tom will go to school tomorrow. ...