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English Tenses Guide

A complete reference for all English tenses — formulas, examples, active and passive voice.

Simple Tenses Conditionals

  • Simple Tenses

    Past, Present, Future — habits, routines, and completed actions.

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  • Continuous Tenses

    Actions in progress — at a moment in the past, now, or in the future.

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  • Perfect Tenses

    Completed actions and their connection to other moments in time.

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  • Perfect Continuous Tenses

    Ongoing actions over a duration, completed before a specific point.

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  • Conditionals

    Zero, First, Second, Third — from certain facts to impossible past events.

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  • Modals

    Can, Could, May, Might, Must, Should, Would — ability, permission, obligation.

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