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12 tenses in English โ simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous in past, present and future
UK ๐ 1762 Grammar Rules
Key Facts
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Present: Simple (I eat), Continuous (I am eating), Perfect (I have eaten), Perfect Continuous (I have been eating)
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Past: Simple (I ate), Continuous (I was eating), Perfect (I had eaten), Perfect Continuous (I had been eating)
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Future: Simple (I will eat), Continuous (I will be eating), Perfect (I will have eaten), Perfect Continuous
๐ Did you know? English is unusual โ it has a present continuous tense (I am eating) for future events (I am eating tomorrow); most languages do not do this
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12 tenses in English โ simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous in past, present and future