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TENSES
Present tenses
I am a farmer. I like farming. I grow vegetables. (present simple)
I am growing tomatoes in this field. (present continuous)
I have grown tomatoes in this field before. (present perfect)
I‘ve been growing tomatoes here for 2 years now. (present perfect continuous)
Past tenses
I grew cucumbers here a few years ago. (past simple)
It was three years ago when I was growing cucumbers here. (past continuous)
I had been growing corn on this field before growing cucumbers here. (past perfect continuous)
I used to grow flowers here, but that was a long long time ago. (used to)
Future tenses
I think I'm going to grow tomatoes here again next year. (going to)
I will grow cucumbers here again in a few years. (will)
I will always be growing some type of vegetable. (future continuous)
This is an important year for me. In the fall, when the season is over, I will have farmed on this land for 25 years.(future perfect)
My father, who is also a farmer, will celebrate with us, and he will have been farming in this area for 45 years. (future perfect continuous)
For further review of verb tenses go to: lesson 1 lesson 2 lesson 3
CONDITIONALS
Conditionals used for real situations and facts:
If you don't understand, you can ask for help.
I will tell you the result if I hear about it.
If I know the words to the song, I sing them.
Conditionals used for unreal situations that have a small or impossible chance of happening:
If we wanted to go to the show, we would buy tickets.
If I took the job, I would make more money.
If you were to come to the party, I would give you a ride home.
I would go with you if I wasn't so tired.
If we had wanted to go to the show, we would have bought tickets.
If I had taken the job, I would have made more money.
I would have given you a ride home if you were to have come to the party.
If I hadn't been so tired, I would have gone with you.
I wish we had gone to the show.
I wish I made more money.
I wish you would come to the party.
I wish I wasn't tired.
If we had bought tickets, we would be going to the show tonight.
If I had taken the job, I would be making more money.
I would give you a ride home if you were coming to the party.
If I had gone with you, I would be even more tired today.