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# TENSE OF VERBS

## For demonstration purpose only [not 100% ready LUL]

## MAP
| ---                | Simple (Indefinite) | Continuous (Progressive) | Perfect              | Perfect Continuous               |
| ------------------ | ------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Present            | [Present Simple][1] | [Present Continuous][4]  | [Present Perfect][7] | [Present Perfect Continuous][10] |
| Past               | [Past Simple][2]    | [Past Continuous][5]     | [Past Perfect][8]    | [Past Perfect Continuous][11]    |
| Future             | [Future Simple][3]  | [Future Continuous][6]   | [Future Perfect][9]  | [Future Perfect Continuous][12]  |
| Future-in-the-Past | [F-P Simple][13]    | [F-P Continuous][14]     | [F-P Perfect][15]    | [F-P Perfect Continuous][16]     | 

### REFERENCE TABLE

| Tense                             | Example                                           |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| [Present Simple][1]               | I **play** basketball every week.                 |
| [Present Progressive][4]          | I'm **playing** basketball now.                   |
| [Present Perfect][7]              | I **have just played** basketball.                |
| [Present Perfect Progressive][10] | I **have been playing** basketball for 3 hours.   |
|                                   |                                                   |
| [Past Simple][2]                  | I **played** basketball yesterday.                |
| [Past Progressive][5]             | I **was playing** basketball the whole evening.   |
| [Past Perfect][8]                 | I **had played** basketball before Mary came.     |
| [Past Perfect Progressive][11]    | I **had been playing** basketball when Mary came. |
|                                   |                                                   |
| [Future - will][]                 | I **will play** basketball next week.             |
| [Future - going to][]             | I'm **going to play** basketball this afternoon.  |
| [Future Progressive][6]           | I **will be playing** basketball next Sunday.     |
| [Future Perfect][9]               | I **will have played** basketball by tomorrow.    |


[1]: #PRESENT-SIMPLE
[2]: #PAST-SIMPLE
[3]: #FUTURE-SIMPLE

[4]: #PRESENT-CONTINUOUS
[5]: #PAST-CONTINUOUS
[6]: #FUTURE-CONTINUOUS

[7]: #PRESENT-PERFECT
[8]: #PAST-PERFECT
[9]: #FUTURE-PERFECT

[10]: #PRESENT-PERFECT-CONTINUOUS 
[11]: #PAST-PERFECT-CONTINUOUS
[12]: #FUTURE-PERFECT-CONTINUOUS

[13]: #FP-SIMPLE
[14]: #FP-CONTINUOUS
[15]: #FP-PERFECT
[16]: #FP-PERFECT-CONTINUOUS

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[//]: # (Present Simple) 

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[//]: # (Present Continuous)

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[//]: # (Present Perfect)

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[//]: # (Present Perfect Continuous)

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[//]: # (Past Simple)

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[//]: # (Past Continuous)

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[//]: # (Past Perfect)

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[//]: # (Past Perfect Continuous)

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[//]: # (Future Simple)

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[//]: # (Future Continuous)

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[//]: # (Future Perfect)

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[//]: # (Future Perfect Continuous)

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[//]: # (USAGE EXAMPLES)

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