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# Tenses and Verb Forms This document outlines different verb tenses and their corresponding auxiliary verbs, forms, uses, and keywords. ## Simple Tenses | Tense | Auxiliary Verb | Form | Uses | Keywords | |---|---|---|---|---| | Present simple | do/does | VB-s or VB-es | general truth, state of...

# Tenses and Verb Forms This document outlines different verb tenses and their corresponding auxiliary verbs, forms, uses, and keywords. ## Simple Tenses | Tense | Auxiliary Verb | Form | Uses | Keywords | |---|---|---|---|---| | Present simple | do/does | VB-s or VB-es | general truth, state of being, habit | every... (day, year, month...), always, usually, often, sometimes... | | Past simple | did | VB-ed (or 2nd column) | past state of being, past habit, actions happening after the other, interruption | yesterday,... ago (an hour, a year...), last... (year, time...), in... (1993, those days), suddenly, when... | ## Continuous Tenses | Tense | Auxiliary Verb | Form | Uses | Keywords | |---|---|---|---|---| | Present continuous | am/is/are | am/is/are + VB-ing | action happening at the moment of speaking, actions happening at the same time, near future, exception in the routine | (right) now, at the moment, while | | Past continuous | was/were | was/were + VB-ing | past actions happening at the same time, background action (that was interrupted) | while | **Note:** The document uses abbreviations like "VB-s" for verb form, and "do/does" to indicate auxiliary verbs used for questions. Explanations are given for various uses of each tense. Please refer to the supplied image and keywords for a broader understanding of each tense.