Monday, March 19, 2012

12 Major Tenses in English

The 12 major tenses in English are:

o       Present

o       Past

o       Future

o       Present perfect

o       Past perfect

o       Future perfect

o       Present progressive

o       Past progressive

o       Future progressive

o       Present perfect progressive

o       Past perfect progressive

    • Future perfect progressive



Irregular Verb Pair
Basic Form
Past Tense
Past Participle
lie/lay
Lie means rest or recline;
Lay means put or place
lay
laid
lain
laid
sit/set
Sit means rest or take a seat;
Set means put something down or prepare something for use
sat
set
sat
set
rise/raise
Rise means go up;
Raise means lift something up or increase it
rose
raised
risen
raised


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