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Meanings of Tenses and Common Time Markers

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Expresses an event or situation that exists now or that usually, always, or often exists.

Simple Present

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Expresses an event or situation that began and ended in the past.

Simple Past

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Expresses an event or situation that will happen at one particular time in the future.

Simple Future

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Give the idea that an event or situation is in progress during a particular time.

The Continuous Tenses

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Give the idea that one event happens or happened before another time or event.

The Perfect Tenses

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Often used with the perfect tenses--to indicate a particular time.

Since

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Often used with the perfect tenses or the simple tenses--to indicate a duration of time.

For

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Often used with the perfect tenses--in negative meanings and in questions.

Yet

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Often used with the perfect tenses--in affirmative meanings.

Already

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Often used with the past tenses.

Yesterday

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Often used with the present tenses.

Today

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Often used with the future tenses or with the present continuous tense when it refers to the future.

Tomorrow

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Often used with the simple and continuous tenses to show a duration of time. Not usually used with the perfect tenses.

During

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Often used with the present perfect tense to indicate time starting in the past and continuing to the present.

Over the past few

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Often used with the simple tenses to indicate habitual actions.

Usually

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Often used with the present continuous tense.

Now

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