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A one-page CAPS Grade 6 English poster on continuous and perfect tenses (Grammar), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
The simple tenses tell us when an action happens: in the past, now or in the future.
She walked. She walks. She will walk.
The continuous tenses show an action that is, was or will be going on. Use a form of be and a verb ending in ing.
The birds are singing.
Tomorrow they will be singing.
It shows an action that was in progress when something else happened.
He was sleeping when the thunder began.
Use has or have and the past participle. The action is finished, but it matters now.
The bus has arrived.
The boys have gone.
Use had and the past participle. The action was finished before another past action.
She had packed her bag before the taxi came.
has taken, had driven, have given
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