The Tenses

The Tenses & The Examples

1. The Simple Tenses:
· Simple Preset ; I eat rice everyday.
· Simple Past ; I washed a T-shirt.
· Simple Future ; I will go to Jakarta.

2. The Progressive Tenses:
Present Progressive Tense ; I am eating banana.
Past Progressive Tense ; I was eating banana when she arrived.
Future Progressive Tense ; I will be eating when she arrive.

3. The Perfect Tenses
Present Perfect Tense ; I have already eaten.
Past Perfect Tense ; I have already eaten when she arrived.
Future Perfect Tense ; I will already have eaten when she arrived.

4. The Perfect Progressive Tense
· Present Perfect Progressive Tense ; I have been eating for five minutes
· Past Perfect Progressive Tense ; I had been eating for five minute.
· Future Perfect Progressive Tense ; I will have been eating for five minute by the time she arrive.

· > Past Perfect Tense ; Buddy had already lain by the time Papa got home
· > Past Perfect Progressive Tense ; Her hand were wound because she had been falling from high position.