English Tenses Introduction

Overview

• Lesson by Alisha from EnglishClass101.com
• Introduction to English tenses
• Organized into three categories: Present, Past, Future
• Each category contains four tenses: Simple, Continuous (Progressive), Perfect, Perfect Continuous

Present Tense

1. Present Simple Tense

• Usage: General facts, regular actions, schedules
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I work on Mondays."
  • Negative: "I don't eat lunch at 2 o'clock."

2. Present Continuous Tense

• Usage: Actions happening now, trends, one-time future actions
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I'm teaching."
  • Future Example: "I'm working this Saturday." (special case)

3. Present Perfect Tense

• Usage: General life experiences or lack thereof
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "He has been to Spain."
  • Negative: "He has never been to Spain."

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

• Usage: Actions that started in the past and continue to the present
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I've been studying English for two years."
  • Specific Time: "I've been studying English since 2016."

Past Tense

1. Past Simple Tense

• Usage: Actions that started and finished in the past
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I taught simple present tense earlier."
  • Negative: "They didn't come to the party."

2. Past Continuous Tense

• Usage: Actions that were continuing in the past
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "We were listening to music yesterday."

3. Past Perfect Tense

• Usage: Actions completed or not completed at a non-specific point in the past
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I had taken my lunch break."
  • Negative: "They hadn't departed yet."

4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

• Usage: Actions that started in the past and continued to an unspecified point in the past
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "They had been waiting since 3 p.m."

Future Tense

1. Future Simple Tense

• Usage: Planned or unplanned actions in the future
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I'll have a glass of wine."
  • Negative: "He's not going to cook dinner."

2. Future Continuous Tense

• Usage: Actions that will or won't be continuing in the future
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I'm not going to be working at company A."

3. Future Perfect Tense

• Usage: Actions that will have started at some point in the future
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I will have lived in China for two years."

4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

• Usage: Actions that will or won't have started and will continue into the future
• Examples:
  • Affirmative: "I won't have been eating meat for three months."

Conclusion

• Summary of the lesson: Covered a lot of information about tenses
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