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Re: How to remember tenses?

Goodman — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:25:45 GMT

Huygen,

By reading your post, something tells me that your English level should be beyond the question you just asked, and able to categorize the tenses already.

There are 3 basic tenses: Simple past â present â future

There are past progressive- present progressive- future progressive.

Then there past perfect- present perfect âfuture perfect which is not commonly used.

I am curious, may be I am missing something. Why do you have to memorize the tenses?

We should be able use it according to the sense of time.

You are walking â you are doing something at this minute. So itâs present progressive

I walk 2 miles everyday after work. Simple present, used to reflect a routine.

They were watching TV when you called last night.- Simple past progressive.

The perfect tenses are more complex and you may have to do some reading and studying on your own.

Here is something which may be helpful: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

Would these tenses be right?

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:47:59 GMT

I'm going home now - present progressive? (action in progress.)
I'll see you tomorrow - future progressive? (Events in progress at a future time.)

Thank you.

How many tenses are there in English language?

Jackson6612 — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:03:33 GMT

I was told that there are twelve tenses in English:

1: Simple Present Tense

2: Present Perfect Tense

3: Present Progressive Tense

4: Present Perfect Progressive Tense

5: Simple Past Tense

6: Past Perfect Tense

7: Past Progressive Tense

8: Past Perfect Progressive Tense

9: Simple Future Tense

10: Future Perfect Tense

11: Future Progressive Tense

12: Future Perfect Progressive Tense

But I read somewhere that total number of tenses in English is six or seven. Is this true?

Re: Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses....

User_gary — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:37:38 GMT

Tanglish wrote:

Hi all,

I can easily indentified the present, past , future tenses, but I don't know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses. Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses????

Thanks!!!!

[I don't understand exactly what you mean]

Here is some basics that might help you.

Verb has four forms :

prsent simple : Break, hold, make, drink, write

Past simple: Broke, held, made, drank, wrote

Past participle: broken, held, made, drunk, written

Present participle: breaking, holding, making, drinking, writing.

Note : sometimes `simple past' and `past participle' has same forms. e.g. held-held, made-made.

As I told you above, Present participle is `ing' form of verbs.

Present participle is used to write `present progressive', `present perfect progressive', `past progressive', `past perfect progressive, `future progressive', `future perfect progressive'.

E.g. I am reading books. [Here `reading' is present participle] [It is present progressive sentence]

I have been playing football for five hours. [Here `playing is present participle, `been' is past participle] [It is present perfect progressive sentence]

Past participle is used to write `perfect tenses' e.g. (Present perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect, past perfect progressive, future perfect, future perfect progressive)

e.g. I have made this book. [here `made' is past participle] [It is present perfect sentence]

I have been asking questions for 7 hours. [here `been' is past participle, `asking' is present participle] [It is present perfect progressive sentence]

are running VS will be running

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 01:20:19 GMT

Dear helpers.

I learned that I can use the present progressive for the near future

e.g.) The shuttles are running tomorrow.

A couple of days ago, I studied about the future progressive, the usage of which has one for arranged activities.

e.g.) The shuttles will be running tomorrow.

Not that I come to think of it, the two above are exactly the same.

Q) If there is any difference between them in meaning or nuance, could you let me know?

Mack&Mack

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.

TENSES

casas — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:00:04 GMT

Please help me, could u tell me what these are, I wrote that I think they might be, but im not sure

Look through the following sentences and decide which are in the PRESENT SIMPLE tense, which are in the PAST SIMPLE tense and which are referring to future time.

E.g. 1. We visited Spain last year. Past simple
2. The shop on the corner is open every Sunday. Present simple
3. I wrote a letter last week. Past simple
4. They will find the new exam difficult. Future simple
5. He decided not to buy a new car. past Simple
6. He goes to bed at 10 pm every night. Present Simple
7. She looked beautiful in her wedding dress. Past simple
8. I'll see you tomorrow night. Future
9. I love you. Present Simple

Exercise 4
Using all the verb phrases we have looked at so far, decide which is being used in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.

1. I am going out at 5 o'clock. Present progressive
2. We had finished eating before they arrived. Past perfect
3. I met Mark as I was walking to the shops. Past progressive
4. I had been working all night and was exhausted. Past perfect
5. She had had that dog since she was ten. Future progressive
6. He cycled to work every day. past simple
7. I have been waiting for you over an hour. present perfect progressive
8. He became a recluse in later life. Past perfect
9. They will have finished their work before dinner time. Future perfect
10. I'll be waiting by the clock tower. future progressive

Exercise 5
Decide which tense or form is correct.

1. She's been teaching English since 1990. future perfect
2. After a year abroad, I'll have done a lot. future perfect
3. I go to the cinema twice a week. Present simple
4. They were living in America last year. Past progressive
5. She's washing her hair right now. Present progressive
6. He worked in Greece for three years. Past simple
7. I've been here for six months. present perfect
8. I'll be seeing my mother next week. future progressive
9. I'll see you tomorrow. 'will' future
10. By the end of the month, I'd spent all my money. Past perfect
11. She's going to try to get into college next year. present simple progressive

Please help me, Are the tenses correct?

casas — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 20:38:06 GMT

Exercise 2
Look through the following sentences and decide which are in the PRESENT SIMPLE tense, which are in the PAST SIMPLE tense and which are referring to future time.

E.g. 1. We visited Spain last year. Past simple
2. The shop on the corner is open every Sunday. Past simple
3. I wrote a letter last week. Past simple
4. They will find the new exam difficult. Present SimplePast simpleFuture
5. He decided not to buy a new car. Present Simple
6. He goes to bed at 10 pm every night. Present Simple
7. She looked beautiful in her wedding dress. Past simple
8. I'll see you tomorrow night. Future
9. I love you. Present Simple

Exercise 4
Using all the verb phrases we have looked at so far, decide which is being used in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.

1. I am going out at 5 o'clock. Present progressive
2. We had finished eating before they arrived. Past progressive
3. I met Mark as I was walking to the shops. Past progressive
4. I had been working all night and was exhausted. Past perfect
5. She had had that dog since she was ten. Future progressive
6. He cycled to work every day. Present simple
7. I have been waiting for you over an hour. Present perfect
8. He became a recluse in later life. Past perfect
9. They will have finished their work before dinner time. Future perfect
10. I'll be waiting by the clock tower. Past perfect progressive

Exercise 5
Decide which tense or form is correct.

1. She's been teaching English since 1990. Present perfect progressive
2. After a year abroad, I'll have done a lot. 'will' future
3. I go to the cinema twice a week. Present perfect
4. They were living in America last year. Past progressive
5. She's washing her hair right now. Present perfect progressive
6. He worked in Greece for three years. Past simple
7. I've been here for six months. Future perfect
8. I'll be seeing my mother next week. Present perfect progressive
9. I'll see you tomorrow. 'will' future
10. By the end of the month, I'd spent all my money. Past simple
11. She's going to try to get into college next year. Past simple

Re: Exercise on future 2

MrPedantic — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:22:26 GMT

Hello again Hela

Would you please explain to me your use of the future progressive in the 3 cases here?

Well...this falls firmly within the category of 'post facto rationalization', but:

It seems to me that the future progressive is used for events whose precise time we do not know, or do not care to express, e.g.

1. 'Thank you very much for coming to the interview, Ms Hela. We'll be contacting all the candidates next week...' [Deliberately vague.]

2. 'Uncle Frank will be arriving some time next week, so we'd better tidy up the spare room.' [Uncle Frank still hasn't told us when he's arriving.]

3. 'Will you be wanting anything else?' [Someone in a 'service industry' to a customer: vagueness = deference.]

It also seems to be used for events where we do know the precise time, but which have a continuous connection with the present:

4. 'We'll be opening our new office in Roissy-en-Brie next year.' [Preparations are already being made.]

5. 'Fine, I'll see you in Starbucks in 10 minutes. I'll be sitting upstairs as usual.' [They're both on their way.]

Compare:

1a. 'Thank you very much for coming to the interview, Ms Hela. We'll contact you next week.' [Startlingly direct â you've got the job.]

2a. 'Uncle Frank will arrive some time next week, so we'd better tidy up the spare room.' [A slight air of firmness: there is no doubt that the spare room is about to be tidied.]

3a. 'Do you want anything else?' [Someone in a 'service industry' to a customer: directness = rudeness.]

4a. 'We will open our new office in Roissy-en-Brie next year.' [And that's final. No argument.]

5a. 'Till Friday, then, my friend...We shall meet at our little cafÃ©, in the Place de la VendÃ´me, just as we used to do...And I shall sit in the window, in my usual place...' [Elderly, rather over-powdered lady, on the phone to her old admirer. She often says 'whom', has a Pekingese, and is probably played by Audrey Hepburn.]

That said, sometimes (as in some of these examples) a simple present or present progressive works too. So I'd be interested in any second opinions.

See you,
MrP

Re: We are having

taiwandave — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:00:33 GMT

We are having 20 boxes delivered tomorrow.

The above sentence uses what is called "causative form". We use the causative form to indicate that we are not doing something ourselves, but have arranged someone else to do it for us.

The structure is:

subject + have + object + past participle

Note that "have" must be in the correct verb tense according to the sentence:

present simple: have/has
present progressive: is/am/are having
past simple: had
past progressive: was/were having
future "will": will have
future progressive: will be having
present perfect simple: have/has had
present perfect progressive: have/has been having
past perfect simple: had had
past perfect progressive: had been having
imperative: have [example: Have the house cleaned by tomorrow.]
modals: have [example: You should have had the roof fixed by now.]
-ing form: having [example: I like having my hair cut.]

Examples:

I wash my car every week. [I do it myself]
I have my car washed every week. [someone else washes it]