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TENSES
Tenses
CONTENT
1. The Simple Present Tense 7. The Past Perfect Tense
2. The Present Continuous Tense 8. The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
3. The Present Perfect Tense 9. The Simple Future Tense
4. The Present Perfect Continuous Tense 10. The Future Continuous Tense
5. The Simple Past Tense 11. The Future Perfect Tense
6. The Past Continuous Tense 12. The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Bu ünitede aşağıdaki konuları öğreneceksiniz:
• The Simple Present Tense
The light from the Sun reaches to the Earth in 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
• The Present Continuous Tense
Currently, people are using online trade websites to do shopping.
• The Present Perfect Tense
Scientists have found a new way to estimate the intelligence of our ancestors recently.
• The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
The world has been going through a digital change at an incredible speed for more than 30 years.
• The Simple Past Tense
Ancient mariners used the stars for navigation, but this method didn’t work during the day or on cloudy
nights.
• The Past Continuous Tense
In the era of geographical discoveries, most great empires were organising sea voyages to find new trade
routes.
• The Past Perfect Tense
Turkish women had already gained the right to vote when women in France were granted with it in 1944.
• The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
The generals had been discussing an attack plan for a few days when the opposite side surrendered.
• The Simple Future Tense (Will and Be going to)
Employers think they will attract the best applicants when they run job advertisements in detail.
The manager is going to fire the waiter because he had a quarrel with one of the customers.
• Future Continuous Tense
In tomorrow’s meeting, the city council will be considering a number of new rules about animal rights.
• Future Perfect Tense
People will have gained the habit of riding their bikes for transportation by 2050.
• Future Perfect Continuous Tense
The interior designers will have been making plans for weeks by the time they start the project.
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