English Tenses and Example Sentences
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| Tense | Example |
| Simple Present | I do not have two brothers. |
| Present Progressive | That car is not coming here. |
| Simple Past | We watched the news last night. |
| Past Progressive | Mark wasn’t lying when he said he loved you. |
| Present Perfect | You have already eaten four plums. |
| Present Perfect Progressive | The athlete has been running for a trophy. |
| Past Perfect | I went there after I had completed the task. |
| Past Perfect Progressive | He had not been reading a book. |
| Future – will | You will not marry me. |
| Future – going to | We‘re going to be crazy. |
| Future Progressive | I will not be waiting for you. |
| Future Perfect | They won’t have been married by next year. |
| Future Perfect Progressive | I will not have been shopping on Tuesday. |
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