- Used to describe habitual actions, general truths, or permanent situations. - Formed with the base form of the verb (e.g., "I work" or "He plays").
2. *Present Continuous Tense*:
- Used to describe actions happening right now or around the current time. - Formed with "am/is/are" + present participle (e.g., "She is reading").
3. *Present Perfect Tense*:
- Used to express actions or events that have a connection to the present, often with the result of the action. - Formed with "have/has" + past participle (e.g., "They have eaten").
4. *Past Simple Tense*:
- Used to describe completed actions in the past. - Regular verbs are formed by adding "-ed" to the base form (e.g., "She talked"). Irregular verbs have unique past forms (e.g., "He went").
5. *Past Continuous Tense*:
- Used to describe actions that were ongoing in the past. - Formed with "was/were" + present participle (e.g., "I was sleeping").
6. *Past Perfect Tense*:
- Used to express actions that occurred before another action in the past. - Formed with "had" + past participle (e.g., "They had already left").
7. *Future Simple Tense*:
- Used to express actions or events that will happen in the future. - Formed with "will" + base form of the verb (e.g., "I will travel").
8. *Future Continuous Tense*:
- Used to describe ongoing actions at a specific point in the future. - Formed with "will be" + present participle (e.g., "They will be studying").
9. *Future Perfect Tense*:
- Used to express actions that will be completed before a certain time in the future. - Formed with "will have" + past participle (e.g., "She will have finished her work").
10. *Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous*:
- These tenses describe actions that started in the past and continue into the present or past, respectively. - Formed with "have/has/had been" + present participle (e.g., "I have been studying" or "She had been reading").