Verbs that depict events or situations in the future are usually in the
future tense:“The day’s snoring will irritate the owner and will wake up the kids Note in
presenttense (above) that
enough qualifying words in a sentence that specify an action in the future can allow the use of the present tense for future actions or conditions.
PAST TENSEActions or conditions cast directly in and limited to the past use the
past tense: The dog snored, the owner complained, and the kids woke up.”
PRESENT PERFECT TENSEFormed with the
auxiliary verb
“have” (or has)
and the past tense form of a verb,the present perfect merges the two tenses to depict actions or conditions begun in the past but extending into the present or not completed at a speci c time The dog has snored for years, and the kids have usually gotten up every night as a result.”
FUTURE PERFECT TENSEBy joining the
past tense form of
verbs with will have the future perfect depicts things that will end at a de nite moment in the future The dog will have
snored for ten years by August, but the kids will have been bothered only for the last two years in the new house where the dog sleeps in the hall.”
PAST PERFECT TENSECombining had with the
past tense form of a
verb, the past perfect conveys a sense of action or condition ended at a speci c moment in the past, often before some other event in the past
The dog had snored that night, but the kids did not wake up.”
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSEThis tense combines the present
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