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Verb tenses - Coggle Diagram
Verb tenses
Future
Present simple
:S+ mv Ps (
The bus leave at three o'clock
)
Schedules (transports, courses...)
Present continuous
: S+to be Ps+mv Pp (
Are you going to night?
)
Future early arrangements
Future simple
: S+will/shall+mv Ps(
I think you won't pass your exam
)
Instant decision
Early intentions
First conditional
Offers and sugestions
Predictions without information (
I think, I doubt, I'm sure, probably, maybe, perhaps...
)
Future of intention
: S+to be Ps+to go Pp+mv infinitive (i) (
They are going to travel to NY
)
Future plans and intentions: decision has already taken
Predictions with evidences
Future continuous
: S+will/shall+be+mv Pp (
He will be sleeping at twelve o'clock
)
Future action in progress in especific future time (
at that time
)
Future perfect
: S+will/shall+to have Ps+mv pp (
She will has rested, by the time I arrive
)
Future action before another future action
Past
Present perfect
: Subject (S)+tohave (Ps)+main verb (mv) (pp) (
he hasn't driven yet
)
Past experiences
(
ever or never
):
I have never been in London
Recent past action
(
just
):
We have just arived at home
For enphasis
(
Already and yet
):
She has already finished her degree
Unfinisihed states or periods
(non action verbs:
for and since
):
She has hated me for a few years
Past simple
: S+ps (
We ran yesterday
)
Finished actions in the past
Time is mentioned or understood (
January, last week...
)
Past continuous
: S+to be ps+mv Pp (
I was studing at seven o'clock
)
Past action in progress at especific past time
Past perfect
: S+to have ps+mv pp (You had writed that note)
Past action before another past action:
They were laughing when she had arrived
Present perfect continuous
: S+to have (Ps)+been+mv (Pp) (
I have been studing for five years
)
Unfinisihed states or periods (action verbs:
for and since
)
Actions have just stopped
Verb forms
Present simple (Ps): infinitive and +s or es 3th person
Past simple (ps): Infinitive+ed and irregular verbs 2nd column
Present participle (Pp): Infinitive+ing
Past participle (pp): Infinitive+ed and irregular verbs 3th column
Present
Present simple
: S+ mv Ps (
He goes
)
Things that are always true or happen regularly.
Present continuous
: S+to be Ps+mv Pp
(
She is singing
)
Action in progress