grammer 2

Present Simple Tense

General truths, facts, or habits. (She trains every morning)

Past Simple Tense

Action completed at a specific time in the past. (She trained yesterday.)

Future Simple

Action that will happen later (She will train tomorrow)

Present Perfect Tende

Unspecified past time, or action continuing to now. (She has trained all week)

Past Perfect Tense

Action finished before another past event. (She had trained before the game started.)

Future Perfect Tense

Action that will be finished before a future moment (By 5 PM, she will have trained.)

Present Progressive Tense

Action happening right now. (She is training right now.)

Past Progressive Tense

Action ongoing at a specific moment in the past. (She was training when it started raining.)

Future Progressive Tense

Action ongoing at a specific time in the future. (She will be training at noon tomorrow.)

Transitive Verbs

Needs a Direct Object to complete its meaning and answers What? or Whom? after the verb (He kicked [the ball].)

Intransitive Verbs

Does NOT take a Direct Object and Sentence is complete without an object (He slept soundly)

Active Voice

The subject performs the action. (The referee blew the whistle.)

Passive Voice

The subject receives the action. (The whistle was blown by the referee.)

Action Verbs

Expresses physical or mental doing. (She calculated her options.)

Linking Verbs

Connects subject to a word describing/renaming it. (The field was muddy.)