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Can you name the tenses?

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Mon, 04/06/2009 - 00:39 — Chris McCarthy

Take a look at this review of twelve tenses using example sentences. Getting the tenses write when you are speaking is going to make it a whole lot easier to make yourself understood.

Simple Tenses

Present Simple

"I play tennis."

Past Simple

"I played tennis."

Future Simple

"I will play tennis."

Perfect Tenses

Present Perfect

"I have played tennis."

Past Perfect

"I had played tennis."

Future Perfect

"I will have played tennis."

Continuous Tenses

Present Continuous

"I am playing tennis."

Past Continuous

"I was playing tennis."

Future Continuous

"I will be playing tennis."

Present Perfect Continuous

"I have been playing tennis."

Past Perfect Continuous

"I had been playing tennis."

Future Perfect Continuous

"I will have been playing tennis."

Now match up these tenses to the sentences using the numbers. Write the number of the tense in the box.

  1. present simple
  2. past simple
  3. future simple
  4. present perfect
  5. past perfect
  6. future perfect
  7. present continuous
  8. past continuous
  9. future continuous
  10. present perfect continuous
  11. past perfect continuous
  12. future perfect continuous

Link: Can you guess the tenses?

  • I will speak to you later.
  • She works in a shop.
  • He is reading a book.
  • It had been raining all night.
  • I watched TV.
  • They were looking for you.
  • She'll be coming tonight.
  • You had taken a shower.
  • Have you listened to this CD?
  • I've been thinking about you.
  • By the time she leaves, Jane will have been living here for 3 years.
  • I will have gone.


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Comments

Mon, 04/06/2009 - 07:22 — over

Very good exercise!

How about the same for the passive voice? Smile

Mon, 04/06/2009 - 07:43 — phanshishui

do it well

i do all of them well.
But i always confuse when do exercises of grammar tense!

Wed, 05/27/2009 - 06:02 — Anna09

hi

:-)very good exercise:-)

Mon, 04/06/2009 - 16:42 — Yura

Thanks for revising

I know the forms but it's difficult to use all these tenses in the situation.

Tue, 04/07/2009 - 06:38 — tib13

thank you for the

thank you for the lesson.Lesson of the 'Joint Life saving story' through facebook is interesting too.. i have learnt to make sentences on some of my passive vocabularies which are used in the story..

thank you!!

Fri, 04/10/2009 - 08:23 — Ragamob4

I need more practice.

I need more practice.

Sat, 04/11/2009 - 23:09 — NOT-BAD

I think

If we exactly understand this lesson, we will get more experience in english.

Sun, 04/12/2009 - 02:29 — luu quoc huy

(No subject)

Cool

Mon, 04/13/2009 - 05:05 — mariceld

tenses

good exercise

Mon, 04/13/2009 - 09:51 — DD

please tell me where we can

Worried please tell me where we can use 'have been','has been'.
After 'have been','has been' we use '-ing' word in present/past perfect continuous .But if the sentence is"this decision have already been made before".here 'made' is not a'-ing word. please help me Confused

Fri, 05/22/2009 - 12:15 — likachka85

Active and Passive voices

This decision have already been made before- This is passive voice in present perfect tense.
"have made" shows us that it's present perfect and "been made" shows that it's passive voice.
In this lesson only active voice is used.

Wed, 04/15/2009 - 12:06 — shanthy

thanks

Clown very good job to take a revision.could i get a same lesson about passive voice and uses of perfect tences?

Fri, 04/17/2009 - 15:10 — alohamoh

thanks alot but still i get

Confused thanks alot but still i get confsed in meaning between simple past ,
past perfect , present perfect. any one can help?

Fri, 04/17/2009 - 19:26 — bayan2

Past simple: That is regular

Past simple: That is regular act in some time (not an exactly time) in the past.
Past perfect:(a meaning of perfect is done )We use this tense if we talk about an act which happened in the past before an other act in the past.This tense connected with something done in the past.
Present perfect:once more, perfect is done, but it is result of an act in the past which connect us to the present.For example: I have finished my trying to help you (the result), but I'm still to type this topic.
I hope it will be helpful.
All the best, keep learning.

Sat, 04/18/2009 - 10:11 — mnovak

I am confused

Even I know the rules I am confused when I have use it in real situation. I just forget the rules.
Thanks for your help.

Thu, 04/23/2009 - 01:29 — fulelin

I love it so much!

Really easy! really helpful and useful!

Wed, 04/29/2009 - 19:35 — nehir

I've been reading and I've thinking about it.

I've been reading Nerd and I've thinking about it. Liar

Sat, 05/23/2009 - 01:53 — MariannaBella

Good God. The English

Good God. The English language is utterly confusing! Tongue

Mon, 06/08/2009 - 07:26 — dido

100% correctly

greaaaaaaaaat,i do all of them well

Thu, 07/30/2009 - 13:31 — Kurtan

good revising, everybody should try it

I completed the exercises correctly. thank you Chris

Tue, 09/15/2009 - 16:23 — Natalysmart

Nataly I did all correct,

Nataly
I did all correct, this is not difficult

Mon, 10/26/2009 - 11:08 — geofatma

thank you

thank you for excellent explanation.

Fri, 02/12/2010 - 17:55 — doristru

Guess the right tenses

I couldn't guess all these tenses but I will practise them.

Thank you for the lesson.

Confused

Sun, 05/23/2010 - 10:21 — Lina me

Hard one!

10/12! I'm always confused about perfect tenses! when to use them and whats the difference between them!
thanks!

Wed, 07/14/2010 - 15:30 — blue sky

Need More Exercise

The ecenglish is the best way that i can research more for my coures so i want more exercise about grammar.In the end i want to say If i say anything wrong please forget it from Blue Sky...!!!

Mon, 08/02/2010 - 11:07 — sunita rautela

Good Exercise

It's a very Good Exercise

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 05:22 — Jirauh

Thanks form this exercise

Thanks form this exercise ..it is difficult but I will learn this

Sat, 08/21/2010 - 07:44 — shoun

:)

thank you so much it has been very usefull !!!!

Wed, 09/15/2010 - 11:10 — umberto

wow! 12/12

I have known well all of them!
I'm glad of it! thank you, this task is very good for me!
Umberto