Tenses

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What is a tense?

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A tense is a grammatical category that locates a situation in time, indicating when an action takes place (past, present, future).

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What is the present continuous tense?

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The present continuous tense describes actions that are currently happening or ongoing. It is formed using 'am/is/are' + verb-ing (e.g., 'I am running').

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What is the past continuous tense?

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The past continuous tense describes actions that were ongoing in the past. It is formed using 'was/were' + verb-ing (e.g., 'She was reading').

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What is the future continuous tense?

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The future continuous tense describes actions that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future. It is formed using 'will be' + verb-ing (e.g., 'They will be playing').

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What is the present perfect tense?

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The present perfect tense describes actions that occurred at an unspecified time before now. It is formed using 'has/have' + past participle (e.g., 'I have eaten').

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What is the past perfect tense?

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The past perfect tense describes actions that were completed before another action in the past. It is formed using 'had' + past participle (e.g., 'She had left').

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What is the future perfect tense?

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The future perfect tense describes actions that will be completed before a specific time in the future. It is formed using 'will have' + past participle (e.g., 'They will have finished').

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What is the perfect continuous tense?

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The perfect continuous tense describes actions that started in the past and continue to the present or were ongoing until a certain point in the past. It is formed using 'has/have been' or 'had been' + verb-ing (e.g., 'I have been studying').

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What is the difference between 'for' and 'since'?

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'For' is used to indicate a duration of time (e.g., 'for two months'), while 'since' is used to indicate a starting point in time (e.g., 'since January').

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How do you form the present perfect continuous tense?

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The present perfect continuous tense is formed using 'has/have been' + verb-ing (e.g., 'She has been working').