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Verb Tenses Chart
1) SIMPLE TENSES
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Simple Present Tense I watch television everyday. I visit my cousin all the time. Also see Tense Agreement In general, the simple present expresses events or situations that exist always, usually, habitually; they exist now, they have existed in the past, and probably will exist in the future. See Simple Present Tense for detailed grammar explanations. PDFs: BE Positive BE Negative BE Questions BE Mixed WH Questions It snows in Alaska.
Simple Past Tense It snowed yesterday. I watched television last night. I visited my cousin last year.
At one particular time in the past, this happened. It began and ended in the past. See simple past detailed explanations PDFs: Regular Positive Simple Past To Be Irregular Positive Irregular Negative & Questions Mixed Exercise
Simple Future Tense It will snow tomorrow. I will watch television tonight. I will visit my cousin later.
At one particular time in the future, this will happen. See Simple Future Tense for detailed grammar explanations.
He is asleep at the moment. His sleep is in progress at the present time, and probably will continue.(at least for a while) See Present Simple vs Present Continuous for detailed grammar explanations. PDFs: Positive Negative & Questions Simple Present vs Continuous 1 2
He went to sleep at 10:00 last night. I arrived at 11:00. He was still asleep. His sleep began before and was in progress at a particular time in the past. It probably continued.(at least for a while) See Past Continuous Tense for detailed grammar explanations. PDFs: Past Simple vs Past Continuous Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2
He will go to sleep at 10:00 tomorrow night. We will arrive around 11:00. The action of sleeping will begin before we arrive, and it will be in progress at a particular time in the future. His sleep will probably continue.(at least for a while) See Future Continuous Tense for details.
I finished eating something before now. The exact time is not important. See Present Perfect Tense for detailed grammar explanations. PDFs: Positive Already / Just / Yet After Because Mixed Past Simple vs Present Perfect Worksheet 1 / Worksheet 2
First I finished eating. Later they arrived. My eating was completely finished before another time in the past See Past Perfect Tense for more details, examples and exercises. PDFs: Past Perfect vs Past Simple Worksheet
Future Perfect Tense I will already have eaten when they arrive.
First I will finish eating. Later they will arrive. My eating will be completely finished before another time in the future. See Future Perfect Tense.
See Present Perfect Continuous Tense for more explanations. PDFs: Mixed Mixed 2 Present Perfect vs Perfect Continuous Exercise 1 / 2 Past Perfect Progressive Tense I had been studying for two hours before my friends came. Event in progress: studying When? Before another event in the past How long? For two hours See Past Perfect Progressive Details Future Perfect Progressive Tense I will have been studying for two hours by the time you arrive. Event in progress: studying When? Before another event in the future How long? For two hours See Future Perfect Continuous Tense Details - See more at: http://www.grammarbank.com/verbtenses.html#sthash.IcAOLagt.dpuf