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TENSES - Coggle Diagram
TENSES
PAST
- The simple past usually used with the time expressions : yesterday, last night, two days ago
- The form of the simple past does not
change with the number of the subjects
- To show something that happened in the past.
- To express an action wholly completed in the past
- To speak politely
- example : -He broke his leg yesterday.
-They sang and danced all night.
-Could you please do this for me?
PRESENT
- The verb form maintains its basic form
- When using the singular nouns/pronouns,
-s is added to the verb
- simple present is used for events or
situations that exist always, usually, habitually in the past, present and future
- Example : - I sleep every night.
-My sister leaves for Ipoh on Tuesday.
-The world is round.
FUTURE
- Example : -I will see you soon.
-Mary is dissatisfied and she is going to complain to the headmaster tomorrow.
-She is going to bake a cake later.
- there is no change in the verb
- we can indicate the future through the use of modals
- We can refer to the future by using will + basic verb form
- We can also use be verbs + going to + basic verb form to express the future.
- It is used to refer to an event that are
going to happen in the future
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CONTINUOUS
past : verb to be (was, were) + V-ing
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present : verb to be (am, is, are) + V-ing
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