SUMMARY CHART OF VERB TENSES

SIMPLE Singular form Tom studies every day PRESENT Plural form Tom and Ali study every day SIMPLE PAST PAST Singular form Tom studied last night. Plural form Tom and Ali are studying right now PAST PROGRESSIVE Singular form Tom was studying when they came Plural form Tom and Ali were studying when they came FUTURE PROGRESSIVE Singular form Tom will be studying when you come Plural form Tom and Ali will be studying when you come PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUO US Singular form Tom is studying right now PERFECT/PARTICIPLE Singular form Tom has already studied Chapter One. Plural form Tom and Ali have already studied Chapter One. PAST PERFECT Singular form Tom had already studied Chapter One before he began studying Chapter Two Plural form Tom and Ali had already studied Chapter One before he began studying Chapter Two FUTURE PERFECT Singular form Tom will already have studied Chapter Five Plural form Tom and Ali will already have studied Chapter Five PERFECT/PARTICIPLE PROGRESSIVE Singular form Tom has been studying for two hours. Plural form Tom and Ali have been studying for two hours. PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Singular form Tom had been studying for two years before his friends came. Plural form Tom and Ali had been studying for two years before his friends FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE Singular form Tom will have been studying for two hours by the time his roommate gets home. Plural form Tom and Ali will have been studying for two hours by the

Plural form Tom and Ali studied last night. SIMPLE FUTURE FUTURE Singular form Tom will study tomorrow

Plural form Tom and Ali will study tomorrow

time his roommate gets home.