Can anyone explain me how you can understand all 12 tenses of the English.
I Russian native speaker and in Russian there are only three tenses: past, present and future, unlike English where there are 12.
Explain me pls :)

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Can anyone explain me how you can understand all 12 tenses of the English.
I Russian native speaker and in Russian there are only three tenses: past, present and future, unlike English where there are 12. 
Explain me pls :)

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English Grammar in Use by Murphy (Cambridge) is excellent and well-known.  It has two-page lessons consisting of a page of explanations and a page of practice exercises.  Some editions have the answers at the back.

You only need to study the first 30 units.

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The best I can say is you know which tense to use by understanding what you want to say and how it relates to time.

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Hello Slava

Here is a discount for my course on Udemy if you are interested. It took me a lot of work to make this and I would not be able to explain everything here.

https://www.udemy.com/english-verb-tenses-d/?couponCode=ITALKI20

I hope that helps

(I am going to update it soon with extra practice)

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