Hi guys. So we’ve got to the end of the blogs on basic English tenses. We’re going to talk about the final tense and then review what we’ve done.
11. Conditional with would
Another very easy tense to form. The form is would + verb:
I would be happy if she came to the party.
I would love to go to Europe.
That’s it!! So, lets review the forms of the 11 basic tenses with the verb to eat:
Present simple- I eat
Present continuous- I am eating
Present perfect simple- I have eaten
Present perfect continuous- I have been eating
Past simple- I ate
Past continuous- I was eating
Past perfect simple- I had eaten
Past perfect continuous- I had been eating
Future with will- I will eat
Going to- I am going to eat
Conditional with would- I would eat
As I’ve said lots of times, this is only the form, not the use. You still need to learn how to use the tenses and practise them, but YOU CAN’T LEARN THE USE UNTIL YOU LEARN THE FORM.
Also, there are more complicated tenses that you will experience, but if you are an intermediate- advance student, you should learn these first.
In general:
All continuous tenses follow the form: be + present participle.
All perfect tenses follow the form: have + past participle.
All perfect continuous tenses follow the form: have + been + present participle.
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Hi guys. So we’ve got to the end of the blogs on basic English tenses. We’re going to talk about the final tense and then review what we’ve done.
