Lesson no 2 ::::: 22.09.2009

HOW ENGLISH CAN MAKE
YOU TENSE

Every day I study my English,
Which is not as simple as it seems.
My head is continuously spinning;
Now verbs are turning in my dreams.

I was learning the Past Continuous,
Which unfortunately didn't last;
For, as I was happily going along,
Up jumped the Simple Past.

I had hoped to leran more quickly;
The Past Perfect I had wanted to clear.
And it would have been much easier
If the Conditional hadn't appeared

The Present Perfect I haven't perfected,
Though believe me how I've tried.
The Continuous I've been attempting;
I'm surprised I haven't cried.

The Future won't be simpler,
Of that I'm quite sure.
It's going to be confusing
On the evidence of before.

But the thing that keeps me going,
As I struggle with each tense,
Is that maybe in the future
It just might make some sense.

(unknown author)