Grammar Tenses

Learning Grammar - English Verbs and Verb Tenses

تعليم الأزمنة في اللغة الانجليزية

Summary of:

The Present Tense زمن المضارع
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense زمن الماضي التام المستمر  
The Past Perfect Tense زمن الماضي التام
The Past Continuous Tense شرح زمن الماضي المستمر
The Simple Past Tense زمن الماضي البسيط
Future Perfect Continuous Tense  زمن المستقبل التام المستمر
Future Perfect Tense  زمن المستقبل التام
Future Progressive Tense  زمن المستقبل المستمر
Future simple tense زمن المستقبل البسيط  

The Past Tense زمن الماضي 
Future Tense زمن المستقبل

• Simple Present
• Present continuous
• Present Perfect 
• Present perfect continuous
• Simple past
• Past continuous
• Past perfect
• Past perfect continuous
• Future forms - Simple future
• Present continuous for future events
• Simple present for future events
• Future with 'Going to'
• Future with 'will'
• Future continuous
• Future perfect
• Future perfect continuous
• Other forms of future
• IF Sentences with If,condtional tenses
• Zero conditional
• zero conditional certainty
• conditional-sentences-if 0
• Type 1 conditional
• Type 2 conditional
• If sentences with If + past,would,present condtional
• If sentences with present continuous conditional
• If sentences with perfect conditional,if + past perfect
• If sentences with Conditional perfect continuous
• If sentences with mixed conditionals
• If sentences with if+not,unless,verbs
• If sentences with wish,would rather,suppose,what if,if only
• Types of verbs

Tenses in the English language 

مختصر الأزمنة في اللغة الانجليزية

 

The concept of time can be split into:

1. The Present - What you are currently doing.    المضارع - ما تفعله الآن

I eat, I am eating                                  انا 

2. The Past - What you did some time back.  الماضي - ما فعلته سايقا

I ate, I was eating

3. The Future - What you will do later.   المستقبل  - ما ستفعل لاحقا

I will study, I will be studying                                             

English Grammar -  PRESENT TENSES

 

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

In Simple Present, the action is simply mentioned and there is nothing being said about its completeness.

I eat.
I sleep.
I play.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

In Present Continuous, the action is on-going/ still going on and hence continuous.

I am eating.
I am sleeping.
I am playing.

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

In Present Perfect, the action is complete or has ended and hence termed Perfect.

I have eaten.
I have slept.
I have played.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

In Present Perfect Continuous, the action has been taking place for some time and is still ongoing.

I have been eating.
I have been sleeping.
I have been playing.

PAST TENSES in English

 

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

In Simple Past, the action is simply mentioned and understood to have taken place in the past.

I ate.
I slept. 
I played.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

In Past Continuous, the action was ongoing till a certain time in the past.

I was eating.
I was sleeping. 
I was playing.

Leaning the past perfect tense

Past Perfect is used to express something that happened before another action in the past.

I had eaten. 
I had slept. 
I had played.

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past Perfect Continuous is used to express something that started in the past and continued until another time in the past.

I had been eating. 
I had been sleeping. 
I had been playing.

English Grammar - FUTURE TENSES

Learn the SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

Simple Future is used when we plan or make a decision to do something. Nothing is said about the time in the future.

I will eat.
I will sleep.
I will play.

Learn the FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

The future continuous tense is used to express action at a particular moment in the future. However, the action will not have finished at the moment.

I will be eating at 9 a.m.
I will be sleeping when you arrive.
I will be playing at 5 p.m.

Learning  the future perfect tense

Future Perfect expresses action that will occur in the future before another action in the future.

I will have eaten before 9 a.m.

I will have slept before you arrive.
I will have played before 5 p.m.

Learning the FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Future Perfect Continuous is used to talk about an on-going action before some point in the future.

I will have been sleeping for two hours when you arrive.
I will have been playing for an hour when it is 5 p.m.