Verb tenses in IELTS
استفاده گسترده، متنوع و به جا از افعال نیازمند دانستن ساختار و کاربرد افعال یا tense است.جدول زیر به صورت بسیار مختصر ولی کامل و مؤثر، انواع زمان ها را با مثال به شما ارائه می دهد .آنها را بخوانید و تمرین کنید، سپس با جایگزین کردن افعال مختلف دیگر در رایتینگ و اسپیکینگ خود به کار ببرید.
نکته: سعی کنید تا از “حیطه وسیعی” از این افعال و زمان ها در مدت کوتاه اسپیکینگ و متن رایتینگ خود به صورت مناسب استفاده کنید.
English Grammar and Exercises for ESL learners
Verb Tense Revision Chart
(Revision of all tenses of English verbs with a brief explanation and an example)
| Verb | Tense | Use | Example |
| I play | Present Simple | -Regular activities / routine | Amy and Sue play tennis on Saturdays. |
| I am playing | Present Continuous | -Continuous present action | Amy and Sue are playing at the moment. |
| I have played | Present Perfect Simple |
-Finished part of continuous action.-Completed actions in unfinished time period.-Recent events (unspecified time)-Past action with a result in the present.-Experiences up to now. |
-Amy and Sue have played two sets.-They have played several other matches this year.-Their parents have just arrived.-Sue has broken her racket so she can’t continue.-They have played in many tournaments. |
| I have been playing |
Present Perfect Continuous | Actions begun in the past which continue today. | They have been playing tennis since
۲ o’clock this afternoon. |
| I played | Past Simple | Finished actions at a specific time in the past. | Last Saturday Sue played in another tournament. |
| I was playing | Past Continuous | Past continuous actions. | At 2.45 pm they were playing the second set. |
| I had played | Past Perfect Simple | Completed actions before a specific time or event in the past. | Two other people had played a match before Amy and Sue arrived. |
| I had been playing | Past Perfect Continuous | Continuous actions before a specific time or event in the past. | At 4 pm they had been playing for 2 hours. |
| I will play | Future Simple | -Predictions-Spontaneous decisions/offers | Amy will win the match today.
I’ll lend you my racket! |
| I will be playing | Future Continuous | Continuous future action | Tomorrow they will be playing in another club. |
| I will have played | Future Perfect | Completed future action | By September they will have played ten matches. |
| I will have been playing | Future Perfect Cont. | Continuous future action estimated at a time in the future. | A 5 pm Amy and Sue will have been playing for 3 hours. |
| I would play | Conditional Simple | Probable action in an imaginary situation | I would play tennis if I had a racket. |
| I would be playing | Conditional Cont. | Continuous action in an imaginary situation | Amy would be playing tennis if you came by on Saturday afternoon. |
| I would have played |
Conditional Perfect | Speculation about imaginary situations in the past. | I would have played tennis yesterday if you had asked me. |
| I would have been playing | Conditional Perf.Continuous | Continuous hypothetical situations. | I would have been playing with Sue if I had won my last match. |
