Les 12 temps des verbes en Anglais - The 12 Verb Tenses Usage
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Simple |
I ate pizza yesterday. To indicate a past habit – or an action already completed.
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I eat pizza everyday. To express habits or general truth.
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I will eat pizza tomorrow. To indicate an action, condition, or circumstance which hasn't taken place yet. |
Continuous |
I was eating pizza when you arrived. To indicate uncompleted action of the past (with or without time reference)To indicate persistent habits of the past (with always,
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I am eating pizza right now. To indicate action going on at the time of speaking.
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I will be eating pizza when you arrive. To indicate what will be going on at some time in the future.
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Perfect |
I had eaten all of the pizza when you arrived. To indicate a completed action of the past that happened before another event took place. |
I have eaten all of the pizza. To indicate past action which is not defined by a time of occurrence.
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I will have eaten all of the pizza by the time you arrive. To indicate an action that will be complete before another event takes place. |
Perfect |
I had been eating pizza for 2 hours when you arrived. To indicate an action in the past that began before a certain point in the past and continued up until that time. |
I have been eating pizza for 2 hours. To indicate an action which started at some point in the past and may or may not be complete. |
I will have been eating pizza for 2 hours when you arrive. To indicate an action that will have happened for some time and will not be complete yet at a certain point in the future. |