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Time Expressions For Tenses in English

The document discusses the formation and time expressions used with different English tenses. It lists the main English tenses - present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous and future perfect. For each tense, it provides the formation rules and common time expressions used to indicate when the actions occurred.

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Time Expressions For Tenses in English

The document discusses the formation and time expressions used with different English tenses. It lists the main English tenses - present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous and future perfect. For each tense, it provides the formation rules and common time expressions used to indicate when the actions occurred.

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TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR TENSES IN ENGLISH

TENSE FORMATION TIME EXPRESSIONS


PRESENT SIMPLE V1 (he, she ,it V1+s/es/ies) every day/week/month/year
usually/generally/

regularly/ frequently/
habitually/ repeatedly

once/twice a week/month etc.

…times a week/month/year
PRESENT CONTINUOUS am/is/are + V+ing now

right/just now

at the/this moment

Look!

Listen!
PAST SIMPLE V+ed / V2 (irregular verbs) yesterday

last week/month/year

…ago
PAST CONTINUOUS was/were + V+ing when

as

while

a certain time specified:


yesterday at 9am

last week on Sunday

three years ago in May


PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE have/has + V3 since

for

lately/recently

ever / never / always / seldom


/ rarely / often / already
yet

today

this week/month/year
PRESENT PERFECT have been/has been + V+ing since
CONTINUOUS
for

lately/recently

ever / never / always / seldom


/ rarely / often / already

yet

today

this week/month/year
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE had + V3 before/after/by the time
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS had been + V+ing before/after/by the time
FUTURE SIMPLE will + V1 tomorrow

next week/month/year

in a few days/weeks/months
FUTURE CONTINUOUS will be + V+ing a certain time specified:

tomorrow at 9am

next week on Sunday

next year in May

FUTURE PERFECT will have + V3 by noon/ 9am

by the time

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