Advanced Tenses and Their Uses
This page delves into more complex tenses, including Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect, and various future tenses.
The Present Perfect Continuous is used to describe:
- Actions that began in the past and continue to the present
- Emphasis on the duration of an action
Example: "I have been working on this project for three hours."
The Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous tenses are used to describe actions that occurred before another past action.
Highlight: Signal words for these tenses include "since", "for", "already", and "just".
Future tenses covered include:
- Will-future (for predictions)
- Going to-future (for planned actions)
- Future Continuous (for actions in progress at a future time)
Definition: Future Continuous - A tense used to describe an action that will be ongoing at a specific point in the future.
The page provides conjugations for each tense in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms, offering a comprehensive guide for learners.