這周語法課，動詞時態筆記。
Verb tense refers to when an action happened. 時間。
- Past - has happened in the past
- Present - is happening now
- Future - will happen in the future
- 例：I will live in Las Vegas when I retire.
Tense also determines if an action continues for a time. 狀態
- Perfect: action is completely done or finished. 完成狀態 In other words, whatever the action is or was, it is completed when the perfect tense is used.
- Progressive: action is happening now and will continue into the future. 連續狀態
- Perfect progressive: action was completed, but it continued over a period of time or has some effect on the present or future. 完成連續狀態
時間和狀態組合成時態tenses。
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例句
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Simple
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Perfect
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Progressive
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Perfect progressive
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| Past |
I danced yesterday. |
I had written a book last month. |
Jack was flying yesterday. |
I had been talking all day yesterday. |
| Present |
I dance. |
I have written a book. |
I am flying today. |
I have been talking all day, and my throat hurts. |
| Future |
I will dance tomorrow. |
I will have written a book by Tuesday. |
Jill will be flying tomorrow. |
I will have been talking all day tomorrow. |
| Past Future |
I said on Thursday that I should see my friend next month. |
He said that he would have written a book by last month. |
I told kids that we would be flying to France next summer. |
He told me that he would have been talking for three days. |
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