This document provides a comparison of English verb tenses and how they correspond from present to past forms. It lists the simple present and past, present and past continuous, present and past perfect, and modal verbs and how they change from present to past contexts like today/yesterday or next week/following week. The goal is to illustrate the shifts in verb forms needed to accurately reflect timing and hypothetical situations moving between present and past frames of reference.
This document provides a comparison of English verb tenses and how they correspond from present to past forms. It lists the simple present and past, present and past continuous, present and past perfect, and modal verbs and how they change from present to past contexts like today/yesterday or next week/following week. The goal is to illustrate the shifts in verb forms needed to accurately reflect timing and hypothetical situations moving between present and past frames of reference.
This document provides a comparison of English verb tenses and how they correspond from present to past forms. It lists the simple present and past, present and past continuous, present and past perfect, and modal verbs and how they change from present to past contexts like today/yesterday or next week/following week. The goal is to illustrate the shifts in verb forms needed to accurately reflect timing and hypothetical situations moving between present and past frames of reference.
Today/tonight That day/night Present perfect Continuous> Past perfect continuous Yesterday The previous day Simple past > Past perfect Last week/month/year The previous week/month/year Past continuous > Past perfect continuous A day/week/month/year ago A day/week/month/year before Am/is/are going to > Was/were going to Tomorrow Following day Will > Would Next week/month/year The following week/month/year Can > Could Now Then Must/have to > Had to