Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Tense Revision Chart

Verb
(to play)
Tense Use Example
 I play  Present simple                    more...  ▪ Regular activities - routine - habits ▪ Anne and Sophie play  tennis on Saturday afternoons.
 I am playing  Present continuous             more...  ▪ Continuous action now or at the present time. ▪ Anne and Sophie are playing at the moment.
 I have played  Present Perfect Simple
                                              more...
 ▪ Finished part of a continuous action
 ▪ Completed actions in an unfinished period of time
 ▪ Recent events (no time mentioned)
 ▪ Past action with a result in the present.
 ▪ Experiences (no time mentioned)
▪ So far they have played two sets.
▪ They have played several other matches this month.
▪ Their parents have just arrived.
▪ Sophie has broken her racket so she's got to change it.
▪ They have played in many tournaments.
 I have been playing  Present Perfect Continuous more...  ▪ Actions begun in the past which continue today. ▪ They have been playing tennis since 2 pm.
 I played  Past Simple                          more...  ▪ Finished actions at a specific time in the past. ▪ Last Saturday Sophie played in another tournament.
 I was playing  Past Continuous                   more...   ▪ Continuous actions at a specific time in the past. ▪ At 2.30 pm they were starting the second set.
 I had played  Past Perfect Simple             more...  ▪ Actions before a specific time in the past. ▪ Before they arrived,  two other people had played a match.
 I had been playing  Past Perfect Continuous      more...  ▪ Past continuous actions ▪ When their parents arrived, they were already playing.
 I will play  Future simple                        more...  ▪ Predictions
 ▪ Spontaneous decisions or offers
▪ Sophie will win the match today.
I'll lend you my tennis racket!
 I will be playing  Future continuous               ▪ Future continuous actions ▪ Next Saturday they will be playing in another town.
 I will have played  Future perfect                     ▪ Completed future action. ▪ By September, they will have played 12 matches.
 I will have been playing  Future perfect continuous  ▪ Continuous future action completed at a given time. ▪ At 4 pm Anne and Sophie will have been playing for 2 hours.
 I would play  Conditional Simple               more...  ▪ Probable action in an imaginary situation ▪ I would play tennis if I had a racket.
 I would be playing  Conditional Continuous  ▪ Continuous action in an imaginary situation. ▪ Anne would be playing tennis if you came on a Saturday afternoon.
 I would have played  Conditional  Perfect  ▪ Speculating about hypothetical situations in the past. ▪ I would have played yesterday if you had asked me.
 I would have been playing  Cond. Perfect Continuous  ▪ Continuous hypothetical situations. ▪ I would have been playing with Anne if I had won my last match.

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