English Tenses:

Simple Present: Facts and generalization Habits and routines Permanent situations State verbs (e.g. be, have, think, know) Fixed / official arrangement that we can't change Narrations (e.g. telling a story or a joke)
Obs.: Auxiliar: Do/Does

Present Continuous: Present actions Temporary actions Longer actions in progress Future (personal) arrangements and plans Irritation over something or somebody in the present
Obs.: to be (am, are, is) + infinitive + -ing

Present Perfect: Actions which happened at an indefinite (unknown) time before now Actions in the past which have an effect on the present moment Actions which began in the past and continue in the present Obs.: To form a sentence in the Present Perfect, what you need is: 1. The proper conjugation of the auxiliary verb "to have". have/has 2. The Past Participle of your verb. Present Perfect Countinuous Actions that started in the past and continue in the present Actions that have recently stopped Obs.: To form a sentence in the Present Perfect Continuous, what you need is: 1. The proper conjugation of the auxiliary verb "to have". 2. The auxiliary verb "to be" in the Past Participle form: "been". 3. The Present Participle of your verb (verb + ing)

Simple past: Events in the past that are now finished Situation in the past A series of actions in the past

Past continuous: Actions in progress (in the past) Interrupted actions in progress (in the past) Actions in progress at the same time (in the past) Irritation over something or somebody (in the past) Timid / polite question Obs.: To form a sentence in the Past Continuous, what you need is: 1. The proper conjugation of the auxiliary verb "to be" in the past form 2. The Present Participle of your verb (verb + ing)

-Auxiliary verb "to be" The past form of the auxiliary verb "to be" is: 1. For the first and third person singular: "was" 2. For all others: "were" Past Perfect: A completed action before another action in the past Third conditional sentences Reported speech Dissatisfaction with the past Obs.: To form a sentence in the Past Perfect, what you need is: 1. The proper conjugation of the auxiliary verb "to have" in the past form. - HAS 2. The Past Participle of your verb. Past Pefect Continuous: Duration of a past action up to a certain point in the past Third conditional sentences Reported speech* Obs.: had' + been (the past participle of 'be')+ verb-ing Future simple: Promises Unplanned actions (spontaneous decisions) Predictions based on experience or intuition Habits (obstinate insistence, usually habitual) Obs.: use Will + infinitive or/ Be going to Future Continuous: Future actions in progress. Guesses about the present or the future. Polite questions about somebody's intentions*. Obs.: will + be + verb-ing Future Perfect: It indicates that an action will be completed in the future (usually before some other action or event). Obs.: Will have + past participle Future Perfect Continuous: We use this tense to express actions that will be happening at a definite moment in the future. Obs.: will + have + been + infinitive + ing