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RAMLI MUSTAMING

LUQMAN HAKIM

TUAN MUHAMMAD AIMAN

MOHD HAFIZ HAN AFI

TENSES

METHOD THAT WE USE IN English to refer to time

Past

Future

present

WHAT IS TENSES??

Tenses is divided

into 12 parts :

PART OF TENSES??

Part of tense

Present continuous Present

perfect continuous

Simple past

Simple present

Past continuous

Past perfectPast

perfect continu

os

Simple future

Future continuos

Future perfect

Future perfect

continuous

Present perfect

PRESENT TENSE

Talk about habits or things that happen on a regular basis.

Each winter, it always snows in the alps

Describe things which are true now but may not be true in the future

The smiths l ive in Malaysia

Express opinion and feelings

Simon doesn’t read very well.

Discuss what happens in a play, fi lm or book

In the movie daniel radclif f plays the central character of Harry Potter

SIMPLE TENSE

Talk abaut actions that have begun but have not ended at the

time of speaking

They are participating in an easy -writing competition

Indicate that a situation is or may be temporary

Abby is spending winter in Melbourne

Talk about changes, progress, development and trends

Kenneth’s cooking skill is improving

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

For action occuring at an unspecified time

Pandalela renong has broken the Asian Game Record

for recently completed actions (usually used with adverbs like

just, recently)

The baby has just finished drinking a big bottle of milk.

For action that are repeated or habitual

Have you ever eaten fried scorpions?

PRESENT PERFECT

For actions that begin in the past and is continuing or has just

finished

Rice production in kedah has been declining.

To indicate the duration of an action

How long has the baby been crying?

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PAST TENSE

Simple

•To indicate pas habits or action that already completed. S + V2+ O

•Eg : I went to school yesterday.

Continuous

•To indicate uncompleted action of the past. S + was/were + (V+ing) + O

•Eg : I was going to school when you arrived.

Perfect

•To describe one action that happened before another action in the past. S + had + V3 + O

•Eg : I had gone to school.

Continuous Perfect

• to describe an action that started in the past and and was still in progress when a second action started. S + had + (V+ing) + O

•Eg : I had been going to school for 15 minutes when you arrived.

To indicate a past habit

When I was younger , I wore braces

For stating a wish

I wish I had many siblings.

SIMPLE PAST

For actions that were in progress at some time in the past

Last Sunday, jenny was baking some cakes.

To indicate gradual development without a time expression

It was getting dark

PAST CONTINUOUS

For unfulfilled hope and wishes

We had hoped that their marriage would last, but it did not.

PAST PERFECT

To talk about how long something went on up to a particular

time

He had been working hard, so he deserved a year end bonus

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

FUTURE TENSE

Simple

•To indicate action / condition in the future. S + WILL + V+O.

•Eg :

•I will go to school tomorrow.

•I will not go to school.

Continuous

•To indicate what will be going on at some time in the future.

•To indicate planned future events. S + will be + (V+ing) + O.

•Eg :

•I will be going to school when you come.

•I will not be going to school when you come.

Perfect

•To explain an activity that will be completed by a certain time in the future. S + Shall/Will + had + V3 + O.

•Eg :

• I/We shall have gone to school by the time you arrive.

•You/We/They/He/She will have gone to school.

Continuous Perfect

•To talk about an action that will already have started and will still be happening by a certain time in the future. S + will + have/has + (V+ing) + O.

•Eg :

• I will have been going to school for 15 minutes when you arrive.

• I will not have been going to school.

to make a prediction based on our opinion or our past

experience

the dog will find its way back to its owner.

to predict that something will happen in the future

ex: she looks pale. i thinks she's going to faint

SIMPLE FUTURE

to express future without intention

ex: the children better hurry as it will be getting dark soon.

to talk about an activity or event going on at particular time

or over a particular period in the future

ex: afterthe operation, my father wont be doing any strenous

exercises forn a while.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

FUTURE PERFECT

to say something will be ended, completed or achieved by a

particular point in the future

ex: when he is 40, he will have learnt mandarin for ten years

also used for prediction

ex: if i stop drinking now, in two month's i will have saved

enough to buy a new pair of shoes

to talk about future when the event is been as a definite fact

just as the simple present form is used to express a fact in

the present time.

ex: tomorrow is Monday

to indicate the very near future.

ex: the shows about to begin

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

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