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A. Present Continuous
(12 Verb Tenses) 4. An Uncompleted Action Expected to be Finished
1. Now Carl still hasn’t finished his food.
The child is playing football. 5. An Action Finished Earlier than Expected
2. Longer Action in Progress Heather has already found his lost phone.
Mom is going to the US this year. 6. Multiple Actions at Different Times
3. Near Future Appointments They have visited Palawan three times this
I’m going to the mall today month.
4. Irritation with Repetition 7. Duration from the Past until Now
She is always using her phone. He has loved you since college.
B. Present Simple F. Present Perfect Continuous
1. Repeated Actions 1. Duration from the Past Until Now
We go to church every Sunday. We have been walking for an hour.
2. Facts or Generalizations 2. Recently/Lately
I love strawberry ice-cream. Yna has been a couch potato lately.
3. Schedules Events in the Near Future G. Past Perfect
DAVRAA begins on February 15. 1. Earlier Action in the Past
4. Now When I arrive at school, class had already
I prefer these comfortable shoes. started.
5. Instructions/Directions 2. Duration Before Something in the Past
Turn off the lights. By the time she left States, she had lived
6. Habits or Routine there for 20 years.
He often arrives late. H. Past Perfect Continuous
7. Future Time Clauses 1. Duration Before Something in the Past
We will go to New York, when everything Annica had been sleeping for three hours,
is all set. before her husband arrived.
C. Past Simple 2. Cause of Something in the Past
1. Completed Actions in the Past Melissa passes because she had been
Brandon paid his loan last week. studying.
2. A Series of Completed Actions I. Future Simple
She didn’t study, failed the exam, and told FORM 1:
to retake it. 1. Voluntary Action
3. Duration in the Past They will bring you the money that you
Andrei finished college last year. need.
4. Habits in the Past 2. Promise
She read novels when she was young. She will be trying hard.
5. Past Facts or Generalization 3. Threat
They said it is cursed in the past. If you don’t pay, I will report you to the
6. Interrupter Action police.
I was ready to leave when she called me 4. Future Plans
7. When-Clause Mona will go to school early tomorrow.
I was raging mad, when she told me she FORM 2:
broke it. 1. Future Intention
D. Past Continuous She is going to finish her project today.
1. Interrupted Action 2. Prediction
I was sleeping, when heard a noise. It is going to snow in the US tomorrow.
2. Specific Past Time as an Interruption 3. Voluntary Action
Yesterday at 8AM, we arrive from They are going to bring you the money
Switzerland. that you need.
3. Parallel Actions 4. Promise
We were sleeping while she was making She is going be trying hard.
assignments. 5. Threat
4. Atmosphere in the Past If you don’t pay, I am going to report you
When I arrived at my dorm, most of my to the police.
group mates were chit-chatting, Abby is 6. Future Plans
typing and my dogs were running around. Mona is going to go to school early
E. Present Perfect tomorrow.
1. Experience J. Future Continuous
Lira has ridden a roller coaster. FORM 1:
2. Change over Time 1. Interrupted Action in the Future
Annie has improved. (She is not terrible Maria will be studying when her mother
like she was last time.) come home.
3. Accomplishment 2. Specific Time as an Interruption in the Future
I have finished my assignments. I will be going to the party, tonight at
7PM.
3. Parallel Actions in the Future I think on History class, everyone will be
I will be partying while my sister will be bored. They will be sleeping, some will be
studying. playing with their phones and others will
4. Atmosphere in the Future be listening to what the instructor will
discuss.
FORM 2:
1. Interrupted Action in the Future
Maria is going to be studying when her mother comes home tonight.
2. Specific Time as an Interruption in the Future
I am going to be going to the party, tonight at 7PM.
3. Parallel Actions in the Future
I am going to be partying while my sister will be studying.
4. Atmosphere in the Future
I think on History class, everyone is going to be bored. They are going to be sleeping, some are going to be
playing with their phones and others are going to be listening to what the instructor will discuss.
K. Future Perfect
FORM 1:
1. Completed Action Before Something in the Future
She will have gone to States by the time her lover would find her tonight.
2. Duration Before Something in the Future
Winona will have been on vacation for a week by the time her vacation leave ends.
FORM 2:
1. Completed Action Before Something in the Future
She is going to have gone to States by the time her lover will find her tonight.
2. Duration Before Something in the Future
Winona is going to have been on vacation for a week by the time her vacation leave ends.
L. Future Perfect Continuous
FORM 1:
1. Duration Before Something in the Future
Everyone will have been studying in lunch time for 1 hour by the time they will take the exam after lunch
break.
2. Cause of Something in the Future
Daniel will be a winner because he will have been practicing it for over 10 years.
FORM 2:
1. Duration Before Something in the Future
Everyone is going to have been studying in lunch time for 1 hour by the time they are going take the exam
after lunch break.
2. Cause of Something in the Future
Daniel is going to be a winner because he is going to have been practicing it for over 10 years.