Verb Tenses | Most COMMONLY USED Grammar | Learn American English | Go Natural English

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I'm your American English teacher, Gabby Wallace.

And in this video episode we're going to talk about a question from an audience member here

at Go Natural English.

Kenza asked, "What are the most common verb tenses in English?"

Whew, that is an interesting question, Kenza, and I'm glad you asked because I like the

way that you're thinking.

You're not trying to learn every single verb tense perfectly, or maybe you are, and that's

great.

But I think that what you're trying to do is to get the most bang for your buck.

That's how we'd say in American English that you're trying to prioritize and spend your

time wisely, learning things that are going to help you the most.

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So, now, what about those tenses?

Let's start off with two tenses that I don't think you really need to focus on because

nobody really uses them.

"I will have done something."

So, that kind of structure is not used often.

Also, "I had done something."

That structure is also not used very often.

The grammar tenses that you really need to know to get at least, if not more than 80%

- to really understand a lot of native conversation, there's six or seven tenses.

So, simple present, "I am, I work, I study."

Simple present continuous, "I am working, I am studying."

And the simple past, of course, "I studied, I worked."

Also, sorry, in the present, "I have been studying."

Oh, that's actually present perfect continuous.

Blah.

OK.

But that is a tense that we use pretty often.

Also the present perfect, "I have studied."

I get a lot of questions about that one.

So, you can check out some of my other videos if you have some interest in learning more

about that.

Also, we want to learn the future with "will."

And the future with "going to."

Now these are the most important structures that we actually use on a daily basis.

So, Kenza, that was a great question.

Alright, so, thank you so much for watching and I hope to see you again real soon.

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