Tense and Aspect

An introduction to tense and aspect: Tense and Aspect Slideshow

Tense:

The Three Tenses are:

Aspect

The chart below is intended as another way to explain how the rods are used to represent tense and aspect.

The four aspects are:

Simple

Progressive/Continuous

Perfect

Perfect Continuous

The Rod Tense System with Explanations of Usage added:

Part One: an explanation of the simple tenses with Rods.

Simple tenses

Part Two: an explanation of the progressive aspect as shown in the Rods chart.

Progressive Tenses

Part Three: an explanation of the perfect aspect as shown in the Rods chart.

Perfect Tenses

Part Four: an explanation of the perfect progressive aspect as shown in the Rods chart.

Perfect Continuous Tenses