What is tense? Tense refers mainly to the time - past, present, and future. What is an English grammatical tense? An English grammatical tense is a sentence with tense that points to the past, present, or future time. Tenses are applicable to declarative sentences and questions. How many English grammatical tenses are there? At least 16. If you include conditionals with could or would, there are more. |
Who investigates this case? Present simple tense Who is investigating this case? Present continuous tense Who has investigated this case? Present perfect tense Who has been investigating this case? Present perfect continuous tense Who investigated this case? Past simple tense Who was investigating this case? Past continuous tense Who had investigated this case? Past perfect tense Who had been investigating this case? Past perfect continuous tense Who will investigate this case? Future simple tense Who will be investigating this case? Future continuous tense Who will have investigated this case? Future perfect tense Who will have been investigating this case? Future perfect continuous tense |
Tense | Example Sentence |
Present simple tense | I investigate this case. |
Present continuous tense | I am investigating this case. |
Present perfect tense | I have investigated this case. |
Present perfect continuous tense | I have been investigating this case. |
Past simple tense | I investigated this case. |
Past continuous tense | I was investigating this case. |
Past perfect tense | I had investigated this case. |
Past perfect continuous tense | I had been investigating this case. |
Future simple tense | I will investigate this case. |
Future continuous tense | I will be investigating this case. |
Future perfect tense | I will have investigated this case. |
Future perfect continuous tense | I I will have been investigating this case. |
Conditional simple tense | I would investigate this case. |
Conditional continuous tense | I would be investigating this case. |
Conditional perfect tense | I would have investigated this case. |
Conditional perfect continuous tense | I would have been investigating this case. |
1. Structure of the present simple tense in English Subject + base form of verb except in the third-person singular, when we add -s I investigate this case. except in the third-person singular, when we add -s What is a third-person singular pronoun? He, she, it What is a third-person singular verb? Investigates What are examples of the conjugation of the verb investigate? To investigate (infinitive), investigate (base form of verb), investigates (third-person singular), investigated (past participle), investigating (present participle) Match the third-person singular pronoun with the third-person singular verb. He/she investigates. It can be a dog. It barks. I/you/we/they investigate. He/she investigates. What is he/she/it? Third-person singular pronoun. What are first-, second-, and third-person pronouns? Person Subjective Case Possessive Case/Possessive Determiner First-Person Singular I my Second-Person Singular you your Third-Person Singular he/she/it his/her/its First-Person Plural we our “Be” is also an exception. Be in the present simple: I am You are He/she/it is We are They are I investigate this case. Dr. Asif Qureshi investigates this case. Which is correct? A. I am writing this complaint to you. (Correct) B. I are writing this complaint to you. (Incorrect) Why is number 1 correct? Why is this sentence correct? The word “am” is only used with the pronoun “I.” The subject “I” matches the verb “am.” This is an English grammar rule. I + am is an English grammar rule. I am writing this complaint to you. (Correct) 2. Structure of the present continuous tense in English Subject + be + verb-ing I am investigating this case. I am investigating this case on Tuesday. Use this for arrangements in the future. It is snowing. She is investigating this case on Tuesday. They are investigating this case. We are investigating this case next Tuesday. Dr. Asif Qureshi is investigating this case next Tuesday in Chicago. 3. Structure of the present perfect tense in English Subject + have/has + past participle I have investigated this case. She has investigated this case. Dr. Asif Qureshi has investigated this case. He has been to Chicago three times. We have met Dr. Asif Qureshi. I have read all of Dr. Asif Qureshi’s books. I have eaten breakfast. Ms. Lopez has lost her keys. 4. Structure of the present perfect continuous tense in English Subject + have/has + been + verb-ing I have been investigating this case. 5. Structure of the past simple tense in English Subject + past simple/past participle I investigated this case. 6. Structure of the past continuous tense in English Subject + was/were + verb-ing I was investigating this case. I was investigating this case at 7 PM yesterday. 7. Structure of the past perfect tense in English Subject + had + past participle I had investigated this case. 8. Structure of the past perfect continuous in English Subject + had been + verb-ing I had been investigating this case. 9. Structure of the future simple tense in English Subject + will + base form of verb I will investigate this case. 10. Structure of the future continuous tense in English Subject + will be + verb-ing I will be investigating this case. 11. Structure of the future perfect tense in English Subject + will have + past participle I will have investigated this case. 12. Structure of the future perfect continuous tense in English Subject + will have been + verb-ing I will have been investigating this case. 13. Structure of the conditional simple tense in English Subject + would + base form of the verb I would investigate this case. You can also use could/should/might, but this will change the meaning. 14. Structure of the conditional continuous tense in English Subject + would be + verb-ing I would be investigating this case. 15. Structure of the conditional perfect tense in English Subject + would have + past participle I would have investigated this case. 16. Structure of the conditional perfect continuous tense in English Subject + would have been + verb-ing I would have been investigating this case. Also see irregular verbs. You can use could/should/might, but this will change the meaning. It is a free public service. The government must remunerate and reimburse the author of these guidelines, Dr. Asif Qureshi, for circulating these public academic services. |
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