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Comprehensive Guide to Verb Tenses

The document discusses English verb tenses, providing examples and explanations of: 1) Simple tenses - present, past, and future - used to describe habitual actions, completed past actions, and future actions. 2) Progressive tenses - present, past, and future continuous - used to describe actions in progress at a specific time. 3) Perfect tenses - present, past, and future perfect - used to describe completed actions before a specific time in the present, past or future. 4) Perfect progressive tenses - present, past, and future perfect progressive - used to describe the duration of actions in progress before a specific time.

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Comprehensive Guide to Verb Tenses

The document discusses English verb tenses, providing examples and explanations of: 1) Simple tenses - present, past, and future - used to describe habitual actions, completed past actions, and future actions. 2) Progressive tenses - present, past, and future continuous - used to describe actions in progress at a specific time. 3) Perfect tenses - present, past, and future perfect - used to describe completed actions before a specific time in the present, past or future. 4) Perfect progressive tenses - present, past, and future perfect progressive - used to describe the duration of actions in progress before a specific time.

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VERB TENSES (กาลกริยา)

1 – 1 THE SIMPLE TENSES


TENSE EXAMPLES MEANING
Simple Present (1) It snows in Alaska. - Simple present expresses events or
(2) You go to school every situations that exist always, usually,
day. habitually; they exist now, have
(3) I usually eat breakfast existed in the past, and probably
at 7:00 a.m. will exist in the future
- It is used in talking about daily
routine and general truth.
Simple Past (1) It rained yesterday. - The event or situation started and
(2) You went to the mall ended in the past.
last Saturday.

Simple Future (1) It will rain tomorrow. - The event or situation will happen
(2) It is going to rain in the future.
tomorrow.
(3) You will go to the mall
on Saturday.
(4) You are going to go to
the mall on Saturday.

1 – 2 THE PROGRESSIVE TENSES


Form: be verb (is, am, are) + verb (-ing)
Meaning: The progressive tenses give the idea that an action is in progress during a particular
time. The tenses say that an action begins before, is in progress during, and continues after
another time or action.
TENSE EXAMPLES MEANING
Present Progressive (1) She is sleeping right - It is now 11:00. She went to sleep at
(Present Continuous) now. 10:00, and she is still asleep. Her
sleep began in the past, is in
progress at the present time and
probably will continue.
Past Progressive (1) She was sleeping when I - She went to sleep at 10:00 last
(Past Continuous) arrived. night. I arrived at 11:00. She was
still asleep. Her sleep began before
and was in progress at a particular
time in the past. It is continued after
I arrived.

Future Progressive (1) She will be sleeping - She will go to sleep at 10:00
(Future Continuous) when we arrive. tomorrow night. We will arrive at
11:00. The action of sleeping will
begin before we arrive, and it will be
in progress at a particular time in
the future. Probably her sleep will
continue.

1 – 3 THE PERFECT TENSES


Form: have/has + past participle
Meaning: The perfect tenses all give the idea that one thing happens before another time or
event.
TENSE EXAMPLES MEANING
Present Perfect (1) She has already eaten. - She finished eating sometime before
now. The exact time is not
important.

Past Perfect (1) She had already eaten - First, she finished eating. Later, her
when her friend arrived. friend arrived. Her eating was
completely finished before another
time in the past.

Future Perfect (1) She will already have - First, she will finish eating. Later,
eaten when her friend her friend will arrive. Her eating
arrives. will be completely finished before
another time in the future.
1 – 3 THE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSES
Form: have/has + been + verb (-ing) present participle
Meaning: The perfect progressive tenses give the idea that one event is in progress immediately
before, up to, until another time or event. The tenses are used to express the duration of the first
event.
TENSE EXAMPLES MEANING
Present Perfect (1) She has been studying - Event in progress; studying.
Progressive for two hours. - When? Before now, up to now
- How long? For two hours

Past Perfect (1) She had been studying - Event in progress: studying
Progressive for two hours before his - When? Before another event in the
friend came. past
- How long? For two hours

Future Perfect (1) She will have been - Event in progress: studying
Progressive studying for two hours - When? Before another event in the
by the time her friend future
arrives. - How long? For two hours.

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