VERBS TENSE REVISION CHART* Verb (to play) Tense Use I play Present simple I am playing Present continuous ▪ Continuous action now or at the present time. I have played Present Perfect Simple ▪ 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) I have been playing Present Perfect Continuous I played Past Simple I was playing Past Continuous I had played Past Perfect Simple I had been playing Past Perfect Continuous ▪ Past continuous actions I will play Future simple ▪ Predictions ▪ Spontaneous decisions or offers I will be playing Future continuous ▪ Future continuous actions I will have played Future perfect simple ▪ Completed future action. I will have been playing I would play I would be playing I would have played I would have been playing ▪ Regular activities - routine - habits ▪ Actions begun in the past which continue today. ▪ Finished actions at a specific time in the past. ▪ Continuous actions at a specific time in the past. ▪ Actions before a specific time in the past. ▪ Continuous future action completed at a given time. ▪ Probable action in an imaginary Conditional Simple situation ▪ Continuous action in an imaginary Conditional Continuous situation. ▪ Speculating about hypothetical Conditional Perfect Simple situations in the past. Future perfect continuous Conditional Perfect Continuous Example ▪ Anne and Sophie play tennis on Saturday afternoons. ▪ Anne and Sophie are playing at the moment. ▪ 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. ▪ They have been playing tennis since 2 pm. ▪ Last Saturday Sophie played in another tournament. ▪ At 2.30 pm they were starting the second set. ▪ Before they arrived, two other people had played a match. ▪ When their parents arrived, they were already playing. ▪ Sophie will win the match today. ▪ I'll lend you my tennis racket! ▪ Next Saturday they will be playing in another town. ▪ By September, they will have played 12 matches. ▪ At 4 pm Anne and Sophie will have been playing for 2 hours. ▪ I would play tennis if I had a racket. ▪ Anne would be playing tennis if you came on a Saturday afternoon. ▪ I would have played yesterday if you had asked me. ▪ I would have been playing with ▪ Continuous hypothetical situations. Anne if I had won my last match. *www.learn-english-today.com
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