{"id":16988,"date":"2015-03-23T07:35:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T07:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=16988"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:04:49","slug":"verb-tenses-aspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=16988","title":{"rendered":"Verb tenses &#038; aspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2663\u00a0 English Tenses &amp; Aspects . . . \u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eflnet.com\/grammar\/verbtense_index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-45308\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/eflnet.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/6zfar7JXsvRgo9\" width=\"595\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"><strong> <a title=\"English tenses\" href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/aoksana\/english-tenses-5610444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English tenses<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d1<\/strong><\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u221e\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckendree.edu\/offices\/writing-center\/resources\/grammar\/verb-tense.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tense consistency <\/a>&#8230;<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-45103\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/have1.jpg\" alt=\"have\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/have1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/have1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/have1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/have1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many learners get mixed up\u00a0between these two expressions. Listen to\u00a0Liliane&#8217;s free tutorial at Beta College of English \u00a0\u21d3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What&#8217;s important to remember: the forms <em>&#8216;have\/has got..&#8217;<\/em> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only<\/span> used in the <strong>Present Simple<\/strong> tense. You will never hear such things as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">* &#8216;I need to have <em>got<\/em> a car\u00a0of my own.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">* &#8216;I had <em>got<\/em> several pets as a child.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>They simply don&#8217;t make sense.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6cACZ5KUJog\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rxvvbnEgY9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/there.jpg\" alt=\"there\" width=\"189\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/there.jpg 251w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/there-150x88.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/englishgrammarsecrets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2022\u2192 https:\/\/englishgrammarsecrets.com\/ \u21d0<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022 Present Simple: \u00a0\u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_simple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[01] <\/a>\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/sim_pres.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]<\/a>\u21d0<\/h6>\n<h6>\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;What do you do every day?&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/caZwVE4Ij5I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>\u03a6 \u00a0Present continuous\u00a0or Progressive: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/englishgrammarsecrets.com\/present-simple-or-continuous-2\/grammar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u21d2[01]<\/a> \u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/pres_pro.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]\u21d0<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0_Use:<\/h6>\n<ol class=\"use-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_continuous#use1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Present actions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_continuous#use2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Temporary actions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_continuous#use3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Longer actions in progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_continuous#use4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future (personal) arrangements and plans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_continuous#use5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tendencies and trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_continuous#use6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irritation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u221e\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=23&amp;v=AEBRIBtq7q0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Present Simple vs Present Progressive<\/a> \u21d0<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=165&amp;v=nFdXIenda98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/non-continuous.jpg\" alt=\"non-continuous\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/non-continuous.jpg 227w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/non-continuous-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfect-english-grammar.com\/stative-verbs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stative-verbs.jpg\" alt=\"stative-verbs\" width=\"373\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stative-verbs.jpg 312w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stative-verbs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/stative-verbs-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_perfect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u21d2<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_perfect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[01]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u21d4\u00a0<strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/pres_perf.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Present Perfect &#8230;\u00a0<strong><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u221e <em>\u00abHave you ever_+ -ed . . .\u00bb<\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=357&amp;v=Rf8MCY1asZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[vid 01]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AN2MukyEh6A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[vid 02]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Present_perfect_continuous\u00a0\u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/present_perfect_continuous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[01]<\/a> \u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/pres_perf_pro.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]<\/a> \u21d4 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishgrammarsecrets.com\/presentperfectcontinuous\/menu.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[quiz]<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishgrammarsecrets.com\/presentperfectcontinuous\/menu.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/writingcenter.unc.edu\/handouts\/verb-tenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writingcenter.unc.edu\/handouts\/verb-tenses<\/a>\/\u21d0[3 verb tenses]\u00a0 <strong>\u2234\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/english_tenses.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51987\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses_all.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses_all.jpg 780w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses_all-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses_all-768x276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses_all-150x54.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses_all-400x144.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022 Past Simple<\/strong> \u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/past_simple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[01]<\/a>\u21d4<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/sim_past.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]<\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022 Past Continuous <\/strong>\u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/past_continuous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[01]<\/a>\u21d4<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/past_prog.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]<\/a>\u21d4<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=62&amp;v=4atq1s8u3q8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[vid]\u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u221e \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/englishgrammarsecrets.com\/past-simple-or-continuous\/grammar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Past Simple or\u00a0past_continuous<\/a>\u21d0[quiz]<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u221e \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=135&amp;v=7Mni3yDpIWo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Past Simple vs Past Perfect<\/a> \u21d0<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca \u00a0Past Perfect: \u00a0\u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/past_perfect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[01]<\/a> \u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/grammar\/past_perfect.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[02]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=259&amp;v=9QU5bqql8Kg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[vid]\u00a0 \u21d0<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 \u00a0Past Perfect Continuous\u00a0&#8230; \u21d2<strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishtenses.com\/tenses\/past_perfect_continuous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>[00]\u2190<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n<div id=\"abw\">\n<div id=\"abb\">\n<div id=\"abt\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grammar-quizzes.com\/sent-auxiliary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lexical Verbs<\/strong> vs. <strong>Auxiliary Verbs<\/strong><\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfect-english-grammar.com\/verb-tenses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51986\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses-aspects.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses-aspects.jpg 640w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses-aspects-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses-aspects-150x135.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tenses-aspects-400x359.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2663 English Tenses &amp; Aspects . . . <\/p>\n<p> English tenses \u21d1 \u221e Tense consistency &#8230; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many learners get mixed up between these two expressions. Listen to Liliane&#8217;s free tutorial at Beta College of English \u21d3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What&#8217;s important to remember: the forms &#8216;have\/has got..&#8217; are only used in the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":16989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[190,236],"class_list":["post-16988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","tag-style","tag-exercices","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16988"}],"version-history":[{"count":95,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56040,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16988\/revisions\/56040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}