English Lessons

tenses

Oct 16 2007

Lesson

I would like you to know that there are 12 patterns in the tenses that you have to master by hard. This is the base of the English Language especially for foreigners learning English as a second or third language.

You must think of the structure in English and not compare it with your own mother tongue.

Have it in a table form :

PRESENT	PAST	FUTURE
1. Present Simple	5. Past Simple	9. Future Simple
Walks (singular)	Walked (regular verb)	Shall / will walk
(He, She, It)	Ran(irregular verb)
Walk (plural)
(I, We, You, They)	singular and plural-same	singular and plural - same


2. Present Continuous	6. Past Continuous	10. Future Continuous
Is walking (singular)	Was walking (singular)	Will be walking
(He, She, It)
Are walking (plural)	Were walking (plural)	Singular and plural - same
(We, They, You)
I am walking. (special case)	I was walking	I will be walking


3. Present Perfect	7. Past Perfect	11. Future Perfect
Has walked (singular)	Had walked	Will have walked
(He, She, It)
Have walked (plural)	Singular and plural - same	Singular and plural - same
(We, They, You)


4. Present Perfect Continuous	8. Past Perfect Continuous	12. Future Perfect Continuous
Has been walking (singular)	Had been walking	Will / shall have been walking
(He, She, It)
Have been walking (plural)	Singular and plural - same	Singular and plural - same
(We, They, You)

Try putting in the verb in these sentences for easy practice.

Jim___________to school.
Jim and Mary … to school.
The boy………. to school.
The boys…..,,,,, to school.

Note: You must also know your irregular verbs by hard and use the correct pronoun in the tenses.

FROM: LISA H. IDRUS, MALAYSIA

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02:03 AM Oct 20 2007 \| Reply
rameez Pakistan	Hey Lips… u have done very great effort to give us awarness about the base of english after the really hard working on this pad…! i like it…

02:03 AM Oct 20 2007 | Reply

rameez

Pakistan

Hey Lips… u have done very great effort to give us awarness about the base of english after the really hard working on this pad…! i like it…

02:20 PM Oct 20 2007 \| Reply
mohaa50 Egypt	so good

02:20 PM Oct 20 2007 | Reply

mohaa50

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so good

01:22 PM Oct 22 2007 \| Reply
AYMAN101MS Palestinian Territory, Occupied	ACTUALLY, VERY GREAT EFFORT WORDS IS NOT ENOUGH TO THANK YOU AYMAN/ FROM PALESTINE

01:22 PM Oct 22 2007 | Reply

AYMAN101MS

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

ACTUALLY, VERY GREAT EFFORT

WORDS IS NOT ENOUGH TO THANK YOU

AYMAN/ FROM PALESTINE

03:11 AM Oct 24 2007 \| Reply
MYWAY Turkey	Hello Dear Hasnah , You have geiven your beautiness to explaning english ….well down deal is should say. if you accept , i will send you fromulation of those tenses to be able to show general patterns of these tenses… but it can take some time… for a long time i gave up teaching english… On the other hand i began to wonder your mother language with introducing with you… Have a nice day…

03:11 AM Oct 24 2007 | Reply

MYWAY

Turkey

Hello Dear Hasnah ,

You have geiven your beautiness to explaning english ….well down deal is should say.

if you accept , i will send you fromulation of those tenses to be able to show general patterns of these tenses…

but it can take some time… for a long time i gave up teaching english…

On the other hand i began to wonder your mother language with introducing with you…

Have a nice day…

11:28 PM Oct 28 2007 \| Reply
saeedenglish Iran, Islamic Republic Of	Hi there That's very interesting and thanks a lot for your efforts

11:28 PM Oct 28 2007 | Reply

saeedenglish

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Hi there

That's very interesting and thanks a lot for your efforts

05:07 AM Nov 06 2007 \| Reply
crazykota Sri Lanka	U have done a great service. By the way don't get angry what do u mean by lips. Your name or the other lips in the mouth….

05:07 AM Nov 06 2007 | Reply

crazykota

Sri Lanka

U have done a great service.

By the way don't get angry what do u mean by lips. Your name or the other lips in the mouth….

09:40 PM Nov 11 2007 \| Reply
janjy Egypt	it agreat lesson thaks alot

09:40 PM Nov 11 2007 | Reply

janjy

Egypt

it agreat lesson

thaks alot

05:50 AM Nov 17 2007 \| Reply
sheeri Qatar	thanks alot

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sheeri

Qatar

thanks alot

05:50 AM Nov 17 2007 \| Reply
sheeri Qatar	thanks alot

05:50 AM Nov 17 2007 | Reply

sheeri

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thanks alot

07:52 AM Nov 17 2007 \| Reply
Nitesh India	Very Good but it is incomplete.

07:52 AM Nov 17 2007 | Reply

Nitesh

India

Very Good but it is incomplete.

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