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Re: Names of different tenses

CalifJim — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:23:08 GMT

Here are some Present - Past pairs:

Simple present - Simple past [He takes. He took.]

Present progressive - Past progressive [He is taking. He was taking.]

Present perfect - Past perfect [He has taken. He had taken.]

Present perfect progressive - Past perfect progressive [He has been taking. He had been taking.]

(Simple) Future (of the Present) (will) - ( Simple) Future of the Past (would) [He will take. He would take.]

Future (of the Present) progressive - Future (of the Past) progressive [He will be taking. He would be taking.]

Future (of the Present) perfect - Future (of the Past) perfect [He will have taken. He would have taken.]

Future (of the Present) perfect progressive - Future (of the Past) perfect progressive [He will have been taking. He would have been taking.]

(Future of the Past -- (with would)-- is also called "Conditional".)

(Progressive is also called Continuous.)

Caution: Not all discussions of tense use the same names for the tenses.

Re: Past perfect X simple past X past perfect continuous

MrPedantic — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:51:57 GMT

Magic79 wrote:

1. While he had been reading the book, his uncle came back.

past perfect progressive + simple past

What do you think of the following sentence:

a. While he was reading the book, his uncle came back home.
past contiuous + simple past

Hello Magic

I'm inclined to agree that the first sentence does sound a little strange; the second ("While he was...") sounds more natural.

Here are some typical examples of the progressive past perfect:

1. Mr Blunkett said he had been preparing to sacrifice his political career in order to pursue his paternity claim to Mrs Quinn's son.

â here, the PPP is a reported version of "I was preparing".

2. The impossibility of her quitting her father, Mr. Knightley felt as strongly as herself; but the inadmissibility of any other change, he could not agree to. He had been thinking it over most deeply, most intently...

â here, the PPP denotes a continuous activity that is past from the point of view of a later past activity.

3. If he hadn't been sitting in the back seat, where the drugs were found, would he have been arrested?

â here, the PPP occurs in a "type III" conditional: it denotes an imaginary past.

MrP

Re: How many tenses in English?

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:24:59 GMT

Pemmican wrote:
As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses:

a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle
b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle
c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle
d) Simple Past ..........................................past tense form

e) Present Perfect Progressive ...................have/has been + present participle
f) Present Perfect .....................................have/has + past participle

g)Present Progressive .................................am/is/are + present participle
h)Simple Present ........................................present tense form = almost same form as infinitive (except "to be"); when used with he/she/it: +(e)s (except modal helping verbs)

i)will-Future ...............................................will + infinitive
j)will-Future Progressive .............................will be + present participle
k)will-Future Perfect ...................................will have + past participle
l)will-Future Perfect Progressive ..................will have been + present participle

m)Going-to-Future ......................................am/is/are going to + infinitive

Sometimes, the Conditionals are also said to be tenses, but those are just modi of an actual tense, no tenses themselves.

Re: Need help for this question on based on Grammatical content...

CalifJim — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 08:34:06 GMT

Technically, there are two tenses: Present (or Non-Past) and Past.
There are four aspects derived from two aspect pairs (simple vs. perfect and simple vs. progressive): Simple, Perfect, Progressive, and Perfect Progressive
[Some authors call the perfect/non-perfect distinction 'phase'.]

Combining these gives eight tense-aspect combinations, sometimes called "tenses".

There are two voices: Active and Passive.

Combining these with the previous set gives 16 tense-aspect-voice combinations, sometimes called "tenses".

When aspect and voice are included in the paradigm of the tenses, the word "tense" is being used with an extended meaning.

Modals are the verbs: will, would, shall, should, can, could, may, might, and must
Each can occur as the initial element in eight aspect-voice combinations described above.

"need" and "dare" are defective modals; they are only used in non-assertive contexts.

"will" and, to a lesser extent, "shall" are used to create the so-called "future tense" or "future of the present", which is more of a "mood" than a tense. "would" and, to a much lesser extent, "should" are used to create the so-called "conditional tense", or "future of the past", also not a tense, strictly speaking. "would" is sometimes regarded as the past of "will".

Other modals are used to express ideas of permission, possibility, obligation, necessity, and so on.

The names of the sixteen "basic tenses" are:
Present, Present Perfect, Present Progressive, Present Perfect Progressive
Past, Past Perfect, Past Progressive, Past Perfect Progressive
Present Passive, Present Perfect Passive, Present Progressive Passive, Present Perfect Progressive Passive
Past Passive, Past Perfect Passive, Past Progressive Passive, Past Perfect Progressive Passive

Different authors may use different names, particularly with regard to the order of the terms within the name. "Simple Past" or "Past Simple" are sometimes used for "Past". "Continuous" is often used instead of "Progressive".

CJ

Re: Tense ; indirect

pemmican — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:00:47 GMT

>We told Sharon that her comments didn't really relate to the key issues at hand.

is correct.
I think, the direct speech sentence is in simple present: "Your comments don't relate to the key issues."

When the "introduction"part of a sentence in indirect speech is in a past tense form (here: "We told...") the actual tense in the following sentence has to be backshifted.

The rules:
DIRECT speech tense -----shifts back to ------> INDIRECT speech tense:

Present (Progressive) ---------------------------> Past (Progressive)
Past (Progressive) -------------------------------> Past Perfect (Progressive)
Present Perfect (Progressive) ------------------> Past Perfect (Progressive)

will-Future (Progressive) ------------------------> Conditional (Progressive)
will-Future Perfect (Progressive) ---------------> Conditional Perfect (Progressive)

Past Perfect, Past Perfect Progressive and the Conditionals cannot be backshifted!
If they occur in a direct speech sentence, they remain the same in the according indirect speech sentence.

Examples:
"I cannot tell a lie" ----------------------> He said, (that) he couldn't tell a lie.
"We are not amused" -------------------> Queen Victoria said (that) they were not amused.
"I came, saw and conquered." ---------> Cesar said (that) he had come, he had seen and he had conquered.
"I went to London." ----------------------> He said (that) he had gone to London.
"I will go to school" ----------------------> He said (that) he would go to school.
"I am eating." ----------------------------> He said (that) he was eating.
"I would never visit her." ----------------> He said (that) he would never visit her.
"I had seen her before I came here." --> He said (that) he had seen her before he had come there."
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Re: How many tenses in English?

Pemmican — Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:10:51 GMT

As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses:

a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle
b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle
c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle
d) Simple Past ..........................................past tense form

e) Present Perfect Progressive ...................have/has been + present participle
f) Present Perfect .....................................have/has + past participle

g)Present Progressive .................................am/is/are + present participle
h)Simple Present ........................................present tense form = almost same form as infinitive (except "to be"); when used with he/she/it: +(e)s (except modal helping verbs)

i)will-Future ...............................................will + infinitive
j)will-Future Progressive .............................will be + present participle
k)will-Future Perfect ...................................will have + past participle
l)will-Future Perfect Progressive ..................will have been + present participle

m)Going-to-Future ......................................am/is/are going to + infinitive

Sometimes, the Conditionals are also said to be tenses, but those are just modi of an actual tense, no tenses themselves.