Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Twenty-six tenses in English

In the American Cultural Center a couple weeks ago, picked up a copy of an “English Tenses Timeline Chart.” The chart lists 26 verb tenses.

“Past Perfect Simple Passive: The painting had been sold twice before it was destroyed.

“Future Perfect Continuous Active: She will have been working here for two years by the end of next month.”

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