OET Writing : Grammar - Tense Forms

 OET Writing : Grammar 

Different Tenses Forms


Present tense:

i. Simple present : He / She gives injections            

                                They/I/We/you give injection

Usage

* Describe habits, routines, facts, and general truth.

Example: The is 49 years old 


ii. Present continuous: 

         I am giving injections

         He/she is giving injections

        They/we/you are giving injections

Usage 

* Describe actions happening as we speak. 

* Express ongoing situation

* Describe a developing situation

Example:

He is giving injection.

They are testing the samples.



iii. Present perfect continuous tense.

        He/she has been giving injections.

       I/They/we/you have been giving injection.

Usage

Refer to an action that has started in the past and continues to the present.

He has been suffering from asthma.


Past Tense:

i. Simple past : He / She gave injections            

                                They/I/We/you gave injection

Usage

* describe actions completed in the past.

Example:

He graduated in 2023.

She took the injection three years ago.


ii. Past perfect tense 

        He / She had given injections

        I/They/ you/we have given injections

Usage 

Action started in the past and continued up to a specific time in the past.

When George died, he and Anne had been married for nearly fifty years.


Future Tense

i. Simple Future: He / She will give injections            

                                They/I/We/you will give injection 

ii. Present continuous: 

         I will be giving injections

         He/she will be giving injections

        They/we/you will be giving injections




 How to use present perfect tense.


The present perfect tense tense is used in the OET writing to describe actions that occured at an unspecified time in the past but are relevant to the current context. 

It expresses actions that started in the past and are still ongoing, and to highlight the completion that has present relevance.

i) In describing ongoing treatment.

Example: Mrs Jones has been receiving physiotherapy for six months.

ii) Indicating the start time of treatment: If the start time of a treatment is relevant to the current context, present perfect is used.

Example: She has been on ciprofloxacin since her diagnosis last week.

iii) Expressing duration: He has been in remission for two years. 






What is the difference between

 Simple past and Present perfect?


1. Simple Past

Simple past tense indicates actions that happened in the past and are not continuing now.

Example: I worked in Apollo Hospital last year.

It is also used to describe completed actions in the past with a specific time reference.

Example: She visited Paris in 2012.


2. Present perfect tense.

It is used to talk about events that started in the past , but still have a connection to the present.

Example: She has worked in Apollo for five years. (= even now she is in Apollo ) 


The simple past is used with a specific time marker for actions that started and finished in the past.

The present perfect is used without a time marker for actions that began in the past, but still have a connection to the present.















 

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