Verb tenses & aspects

♣  English Tenses & Aspects . . .  →[Basic]← // →[Advanced]←

∞  Tense consistency …

Many learners get mixed up between these two expressions. Listen to Liliane’s free tutorial at Beta College of English  ⇓

What’s important to remember: the forms ‘have/has got..’ are only used in the Present Simple tense. You will never hear such things as…

* ‘I need to have got a car of my own.’

* ‘I had got several pets as a child.’

They simply don’t make sense.

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• Present Simple:  ⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐

♦  ‘What do you do every day?’  ↓

Φ  Present continuous or Progressive:   ⇒[01] ⇔ [02]⇐    _Use:

1. Present actions
2. Temporary actions
3. Longer actions in progress
4. Future (personal) arrangements and plans
5. Tendencies and trends
6. Irritation

⇓  Present continuous for temporary situations

∞  Present Simple vs Present Progressive ⇐

 •  QUIZZES … Present Simple: →[01] ⇔ [02]← // Present Continuous ⇐

 ⇒[01]  ⇔ [02] ⇐ Present Perfect …   ⇒[quiz 01] ⇔ [quiz 02]⇐

∞ «Have you ever_+ -ed . . .»    ⇒[vid 01] ⇔ [vid 02] ⇐

• Present_perfect_continuous ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [quiz]⇐

∞ Present Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous…⇒[quiz 01] ⇔  [quiz 02]⇐

•→writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/verb-tenses/⇐[3 verb tenses]  ∴  

• Past Simple ⇒[01]⇔[02]⇔[03]⇐

• Past Continuous ⇒[01]⇔[02]⇔[03]⇔[vid]⇐

∞  Past Simple or past_continuous⇐[quiz]

∞  Past Simple vs Present Perfect ↓  ⇒[quiz 01] ⇔ [quiz 02]⇐

∞   Past Simple vs Past Perfect ⇔ [quiz]⇐

◊  Past Perfect:  ⇒[01] ⇔ [02] ⇔ [vid] ⇔  [quiz]

•  Past Perfect Continuous …  →[01] ⇔ [02]←