Tense of Verbs - Thì của Động từ ppsx

Tense of Verbs - Thì của Động từ The word tense comes from the Latin word, tempus, which means "time." The tense of a verb shows the time when an action or condition occurred.. In Engli

Tense of Verbs - Thì của Động từ

The word tense comes from the Latin word, tempus, which means "time." The

tense of a verb shows the time when an action or condition occurred In English

the tense also may provide emphasis and may determine whether or not an action

or condition was continuous or repetitive

There are fourteen tenses in modern English

There are three basic tenses: past, present, and future They show whether a

simple action or condition occurred, occurs, or will occur in the past, present, or

future

There are three perfect tenses: past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect

They show whether an action or condition had occurred relative to the past, has occurred relative to the present, or will have occurred relative to the future

There are six progressive tenses: past progressive, present progressive, future progressive, past perfect progressive, present perfect progressive, and future

perfect progressive They show a continuous action or condition that was

occurring in the past, is occurring in the present, will be occurring in the future, had been occurring relative to the past, has been occurring relative to the present,

or will have been occurring relative to the future

There are two emphatic tenses: past emphatic and present emphatic They

provide emphasis especially in questions and negatives for actions or conditions

that did occur in the past or that do occur in the present

In the above explanations the verb to occur was conjugated in each of the fourteen

tenses respectively

For more on each type of tense, see the individual entry in the glossary

Some authorities consider verbs formed with the conditional auxiliary verbs as one

or several conditional tenses to show actions that could occur, might occur,

should occur, would occur, could have occurred, might have occurred, should have occurred, and would have occurred They also can refer to something that

has happened in the past after the main action (a "future past") Other authorities

consider could, might, should, and would as simply the past or perfect forms of the verbs can, may, shall, and will

Conditional: I wish she would answer me

Past Tense: Little did he realize that in twenty years he would be president