VERB TENSES

1. Simple Present – Talks about routine and facts

(Subject + aux. verb do/does or put in the end of the verb “s, es or ies”
I work everyday

2. Present Continuous – The actions it in progress, it is happening at the moment

(Subject + verb to be + the main verb with “ing”)
I’m studying.

3. Future – Talks about future ideas

(Subject + aux, verb “will” + verb in infinitive + complement)
I will go to travel in September.

4. Past Continuous – Talks about actions that were happening in the past and
finishing. /p
5. (Subject + verb to be (was/were) + main verb with “ing” + complement)
I was going out when my mother arrived.

6. Present Perfect - We don’t know when the action happened, but the action is in the
past.
(Subject + Aux. verb (have/has) + verb in past participle + complement)
I have cooked a lot this week.

7. Past – Talks about the past

(Subject + aux verb DID or verb in the past)
I studied yesterday.

8. Past Perfect – It is the past of the past

(Subject + aux. verb in past (had) + main verb in past participle + complement)
I had visited my sister on last weekend.

9. Present Perfect Continuous – It’s an action the stared in the past but still continuous
in the present
(Subject + aux. verb have + verb to be present perfect simple + main verb with “ing”
+ complement)
I have been eaten when I received a call.

10. Past Perfect Continuous – Are action that started in the past before other actions
(Subject + aux. verb had + verb to be in past perfect + main verb with “ing” +
complement)
She had been reading a book.