THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
The Future Perfect Tense Form This tense is formed with shall/will + perfect infinitive (without to): shall + have spoken = (We) shall have spoken. will + have read = (You) will have read. Functions The future perfect tense…
THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense Form The present perfect continuous tense is formed by adding the present participle to the present perfect tense of the verb to be: has/have + been + – ing. Examples She has been sleeping. We…
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
The Simple Past Tense Form The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding ed to the infinitive form of the verb or by adding d to the regular verb if its infinitive form ends in e: But the…
SEQUENCE OF TENSES
Sequence of Tenses informs us that the tense of a verb in the subordinate clause agrees in a logical sequence with the tense of a verb in the main clause. This implies that verbs in the main and subordinate clauses…
GRAMMATICAL PROPERTIES OF VERBS
Verbs have five grammatical properties: Tense. Person. Mood. Number. Voice. These properties (otherwise known as features or characteristics of verbs) are sometimes called Verb Inflections because they show the changes in form or spelling exhibited by verbs to indicate…