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Tense and Aspect - Coggle Diagram
Tense and Aspect
Basic concepts
Tense
Aspect
Lexical aspect
Stative verbs
Dynamic verbs
Activity verbs
Achievement verbs
Accomplishment verbs
In English
The simple tenses
Simple present
Simple past
Future time
Will/be going to
Simple present
Present progressive
Be about to
Be to
Progressive
Present progressive
Past progressive
Future progressive
Perfect
Present perfect
Past perfect
Future perfect
Progressive perfect
Present ~
Past ~
Future ~
Sequence of tense rules
Shifted...
in tenses
in modals
Exceptions to backshifting