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Verbs come in three tenses: past, present and future. Let’s study them.

Verb Tenses in English

Past Present Future

We use the present
tense to talk about
We use the past tense We use the future
to talk about actions actions that are tense to talk about
that have already happening right actions that will
happened at an earlier now or actions that happen later.
point of time. happen on a regular
basis, such as habits
or routines.

Time expressions
Time expressions for for present tense Time expressions
past tense are: earlier are: every day, every for future tense are:
in the day, yesterday, morning, every night, tomorrow, next day,
last week, last month, every week, every next week, next
last year, three years month, every year, month, next year,
ago, yesterday at 9 usually, once a week, tomorrow at 10 a.m.,

p.m., last week on now, right now, at next week on Friday,
Sunday next year in January
the moment

In the chapters that follow, we will learn more about these verb tenses.

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