Present Tenses

Active Passive

Simple present He works five days a week.

Present Continuous I am working at the moment.

She has lived in Somerset for many

Present Perfect
years.
Present Perfect She has been working at
Continuous Countdown for six months.
Past Tenses
He worked for five days./ He used to
Simple past
work for five days.
I was working at that moment.
Past Continuous When the teacher came the
students were getting ready
She had lived in Somerset before
Past Perfect
she moved to Maldives.

She had been working at

Past Perfect
Countdown for six months before
Continuous she moved to Maldives.
Future Tenses
Simple Future He will work for five days.

Future Continuous I will be working for five days then.

She will have lived in Somerset for

Future Perfect 10 years by the time you visit
London next year.
By 2023, She will have been
Future Perfect
working at Countdown for ten
Continuous
years.
TENSE OVERVIEW

Tense Active Passive

Simple present Love / loves Is loved/ are loved/ am loved

Is being loved / are being loved / am being

Present Continuous Is/are/am loving
loved

Present Perfect Has/have loved Has been loved / have been loved

Present Perfect Continuous Has/have been loving

Past Tenses

Simple past Loved Was loved / were loved

Past Continuous Was/were loving Was being loved / were being loved

Past Perfect Had loved Had been loved

Past Perfect Continuous Had been loving

Future Tenses

Simple Future Will love Will be loved

Future Continuous Will be loving Will be being loved

Future Perfect Will have loved Will have been loved

Future Perfect Continuous Will have been loving

 Tense Active Passive

Simple present He reads books every day. Books read every day.

Present Continuous

Present Perfect He has read Bible.

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Tenses

Simple past

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Future Tenses

Simple Future

Future Continuous

Future Perfect

Future Perfect Continuous