{"id":1613,"date":"2015-10-08T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T18:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2016-02-04T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T21:41:51","slug":"drawing-conclusions-about-tense-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/drawing-conclusions-about-tense-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing conclusions about tense (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Anna Tarnow<\/p>\n

This is a continuation of the previous post, which you can find here.<\/a>\u00a0Let’s learn about a few more tenses.<\/p>\n

Present perfect continuous
\n<\/strong>This tense describes an event that began in the past and continues to the present moment. For example, \u201cHe has been painting<\/em> for six hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Anna<\/a><\/p>\n

Past perfect
\n<\/strong>This tense can appear in two forms.<\/p>\n

First<\/strong>, the past perfect can describe a past even that both began and ended before a second event in the past occurred. For example, \u201cI had eaten<\/em> dinner before I went to the movies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second,<\/strong> the past perfect can describe a past event that began before and continued to a more recent past event. For example, \u201cThe car had run<\/em> until the oil line was cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Anna<\/a><\/p>\n

Past perfect continuous
\n<\/strong>This tense is similar to the second form of the past perfect: it describes a past event that continued to a more recent past. However, this tense is used when a specific amount of time is referenced, and it uses a present participle instead of a past participle. For example, \u201cThe car had been running<\/em> for ten minutes until the oil line was cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Anna<\/a><\/p>\n

Future
\n<\/strong>This tense indicates events that will happen but haven\u2019t yet. For example, \u201cHe will <\/em>brush his teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Anna<\/a><\/p>\n

Future perfect
\n<\/strong>This tense describes an action in the future that will be completed before another future action happens. For example, \u201cYou will have gone<\/em> to the salon before you go to the party.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Anna<\/a><\/p>\n

Future perfect continuous
\n<\/strong>This tense indicates that an event will be happening (starting in the past or present) up until a point in the future. For example, \u201cYou will have had <\/em>a five-hour wait to get the pizza.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Anna<\/a><\/p>\n

The tables you\u2019ve seen here are simple breakdowns of many English verb forms, but for a more specific overview with visuals, check out englishpage.com, which is a very nice site. It\u2019s designed for ESL students, but I (as a native English speaker) also find it very helpful!<\/p>\n

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Anna Tarnow is a senior\u00a0majoring in English and enjoys working on the<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Pilot\u00a0<\/em>newspaper, where she is editor-in-chief.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cVerb Tense Tutorial.\u201d Table.\u00a0English Page<\/em>. N.p., n.d., Web. 4 Oct. 2015. <http:\/\/www.englishpage.com\/verbpage\/verbtenseintro.html>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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