ENGLISH TENSES

Present Tenses
 Simple Present Tenses
 Used to describe a general truth or a habitual action
 I/you/we/they + do
 He/she/it + does

 Present Continuous Tense

 Used to describe an action that is currently in progress
 I + am + doing
 You/we/they + are + doing
 He/she/it + is + doing

 Present Perfect Tense

 Used to describe an action that happened at an unspecified time
in the past
 I/you/we/they + have + past particle
 He/she/it + has + past particle

 Present Perfect Continuous Tense

 Used to describe an action that began in the past and is still
ongoing
 I/you/we/they + have been + doing
 He/she/it + has been + doing

Past Tenses
 Simple Past Tenses
 Used to describe an action that happened in the past and is now
finished
 I/you/we/they/he/she/it + past tense

 Past Continuous Tense

 Used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past
 You/we/they + were + doing
 I/he/she/it + was + doing

 Past Perfect Tense

 Used to describe an action that was completed before another
action in the past
 I/you/we/they/he/she/it + had + past participle
 Past Perfect Continuous Tense
 Used to describe an action that began in the past and continued
up until another action in the past
 I/you/we/they/he/she/it + had been + doing

Future Tenses
 Simple Future Tenses
 Used to describe an action that will happen in the future
 I/you/we/they/he/she/it + will + do

 Future Continuous Tense

 Used to describe an action that will be in progress at a specific
time in the future
 I/you/we/they/he/she/it + will be + doing

 Future Perfect Tense

 Used to describe an action that will be completed at a specific
time in the future
 I/you/we/they/he/she/it + will have + past participle

 Future Perfect Continuous Tense

 Used to describe an action that will have been in progress for a
certain amount of time by a specific point in the future
 I/you/we/they/he/she/it + will have been + doing