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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Verbal tenses
Hello, my name is Thiago, I'm 14 years old and I live in Brazil. As Portuguese is my home language, English can be sort of tricky sometimes, though I apply myself to the discipline. I'm currently studying verb tenses and I'd like to know from English natives how well am I going at it. For that, I described the base of each tense plus aspect as I understood them; below it, I varied a conceptual example upon each tense. To correct my study is my purpose in this forum for now.
Present: The verbal action situates itself in the present.
Present perfect: The verbal action began in the present and continues to occur.
Present continuous: The verbal action begins in the present and currently occurs.
Present perfect continuous: The verbal action began in the past and currently occurs.
Preterite: The verbal action situates itself in the present.
Past perfect: The verbal action began and had completed in the past.
Past continuous: The verbal action began in the past and has been interrupted by something in the present.
Past perfect continuous: The verbal action began in the past and had been interrupted by something in the past.
Future: The verbal action situates itself in the future.
Future perfect: The verbal action will begin in the future and will continue to occur.
Future continuous: The verbal action begins in the present and will be interrupted by something in the future.
Future perfect continuous: The verbal action will begin in the future and will be interrupted by something in the future.
Present: I walk every morning.
Present perfect: I've walked lately.
Present continuous: I'm walking now.
Present perfect continuous: I've been walking too much so far.
Preterite: I walked yesterday.
Past perfect: I'd walked for 2 hrs.
Past continuous: I was walking but I stopped to rest a while.
Past perfect continuous: I'd been walking for 2 hrs, then I stopped to rest.
Future: I'll walk tomorrow.
Future perfect: I'll have walked this morning.
Future continuous: I'll be walking this morning until noon.
Future perfect continuous: I'll have been walking this morning until noon.
Present: The verbal action situates itself in the present.
Present perfect: The verbal action began in the present and continues to occur.
Present continuous: The verbal action begins in the present and currently occurs.
Present perfect continuous: The verbal action began in the past and currently occurs.
Preterite: The verbal action situates itself in the present.
Past perfect: The verbal action began and had completed in the past.
Past continuous: The verbal action began in the past and has been interrupted by something in the present.
Past perfect continuous: The verbal action began in the past and had been interrupted by something in the past.
Future: The verbal action situates itself in the future.
Future perfect: The verbal action will begin in the future and will continue to occur.
Future continuous: The verbal action begins in the present and will be interrupted by something in the future.
Future perfect continuous: The verbal action will begin in the future and will be interrupted by something in the future.
Present: I walk every morning.
Present perfect: I've walked lately.
Present continuous: I'm walking now.
Present perfect continuous: I've been walking too much so far.
Preterite: I walked yesterday.
Past perfect: I'd walked for 2 hrs.
Past continuous: I was walking but I stopped to rest a while.
Past perfect continuous: I'd been walking for 2 hrs, then I stopped to rest.
Future: I'll walk tomorrow.
Future perfect: I'll have walked this morning.
Future continuous: I'll be walking this morning until noon.
Future perfect continuous: I'll have been walking this morning until noon.
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Hello, Thiago. My initial impression is that you are theorizing too much and not using English enough. Here are my comments where they vary from yours: Present perfect: The verbal action began/ended in the past and relates in some way to the present.
- Hello, Thiago.
- My initial impression is that you are theorizing too much and not using English enough.
- Here are my comments where they vary from yours: Present perfect: The verbal action began/ended in the past and relates in some way to the present.
- Present continuous: The verbal action begins in the present and currently occurs or is planned for the near future.
- Preterite: The verbal action situates itself in the past -- #1: We do not use the word 'preterite' for English.
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Hello, Thiago. My initial impression is that you are theorizing too much and not using English enough. Here are my comments where they vary from yours:
Present perfect: The verbal action began/ended in the past and relates in some way to the present.
Present continuous: The verbal action begins in the present and currently occurs or is planned f
Present perfect: The verbal action began/ended in the past and relates in some way to the present.
Present continuous: The verbal action begins in the present and currently occurs or is planned f
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Thiago again. Hello, Mister Micawber! Your comments actually clarified a lot, thanks. I thought preterite was just a formal way to say 'simple past', it's in the Oxford Dicionary, but well...
I think it is taught too artificially in school. But thanks anyway.
I think it is taught too artificially in school. But thanks anyway.
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