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Verb Tense Revision Chart

The document provides a revision chart of English verb tenses with an example for each. It lists 14 verb tenses including present, past, and future forms. For each tense it gives a brief explanation of its use such as to describe regular or continuous actions, completed events, or hypothetical situations.

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Verb Tense Revision Chart

The document provides a revision chart of English verb tenses with an example for each. It lists 14 verb tenses including present, past, and future forms. For each tense it gives a brief explanation of its use such as to describe regular or continuous actions, completed events, or hypothetical situations.

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Verb Tense Revision Chart

(Revision of all tenses of English verbs with a brief explanation and an example.) Verb I play Tense Use Example Amy and Sue play tennis on Saturdays.

Present Simple -Regular activities / routine

I am playing

Present Continuous

-Continuous present action

Amy and Sue are playing at the moment.

-Finished part of continuous action. -Completed actions in unfinished time period. I have played Present Perf.Simple -Recent events (unspecified time)

-Amy and Sue have played two sets. -They have played several other matches this year. -Their parents have just arrived.

-Sue has broken her racket so she -Past action with a result in can't continue. the present. -They have played in many tournaments. -Experiences up to now. I have been playing Present Perf. Cont. They have been playing tennis since 2 o'clock this afternoon. Last Saturday Sue played in another tournament. At 2.45 pm they were playing the second set.

Actions begun in the past which continue today.

I played

Past Simple

Finished actions at a specific time in the past.

I was playing

Past Continuous

Past continuous actions.

I had played

Past Perfect Simple

Completed actions before Two other people had played a match a specific time or event in before Amy and Sue arrived.

the past.

I had been playing

Past Perfect Cont.

Continuous actions before At 4 pm they had been playing for 2 a specific time or event in hours. the past.

I will play

Future Simple

-Predictions -Spontaneous decisions/offers

Amy will win the match today. I'll lend you my racket!

I will be playing I will have played

Future Continuous

Continuous future action

Tomorrow they will be playing in another club. By September they will have played ten matches.

Future Perfect

Completed future action

I will have been playing

Future Perfect Cont.

Continuous future action estimated at a time in the future. Probable action in an imaginary situation Continuous action in an imaginary situation

A 5 pm Amy and Sue will have been playing for 3 hours.

I would play

Conditional Simple Conditional Cont.

I would play tennis if I had a racket.

I would be playing

Amy would be playing tennis if you came by on Saturday afternoon.

I would have played I would have been playing

Conditional Perfect

Speculation about imaginary situations in the I would have played tennis yesterday if you had asked me. past.

Conditional Continuous hypothetical Perf.Continuous situations.

I would have been playing

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