Grammar Usage and Mechanics Understanding Verb Tense Present

Grammar, Usage and Mechanics Understanding Verb Tense

Present I speak Present Perfect Past I spoke Future I will speak Past Perfect Future Perfect a past event with present consequences an action in the past that finished before another action in the past started an action that will be finished before some point in the future or last into the future I have spoken I had spoken I will have spoken Progressive Form the continuing action of each tense; consists of a form of the verb be plus the present participle (-ing) of a verb I am speaking I have been speaking I was speaking I had been speaking I will be speaking I will have been speaking

Present Perfect a past event with present consequences “have” Past Perfect an action in the past that finished before another action in the past started “has” or “had” Future Perfect an action that will be finished before some point in the future or last into the future “will have” --------------------------------------------------------------- Progressive Form the continuing action of each tense; consists of a form of the verb be plus the present participle (-ing) of a verb (am, is, are, was, were, being, been) Present Progressive Past Progressive “am” or “are” + ing “was” or “were” + ing Present Perfect Progressive Past Perfect Progressive “have been” + ing “had been” + ing Future “will be” + ing Future Perfect Progressive “will have been” + ing