Copy of Verb Tenses

Past Simple: Subject + Past + Object

Past Progressive: Subject + Was/Were + (Base + ing)

Past Perfect: Subject + Had + Past Participle

Past Perfect Progressive: Subject + Had + Been + (Base + ing)

Present Simple: Subject + Base

Present Progressive: Subject + Am/Is/Are + (Base + ing)

Present Perfect: Subject + Have/Has + Past Participle

Present Perfect Progressive: Subject + Have/Has + Been + (Base + ing)

Future Simple: Subject + Will + Base

Future Progressive: Subject + Will + Be + (Base + ing)

Future Perfect: Subject + Will + Have + Past participle.

Verb Tenses

A verb tense indicates the time of occurrence of the action of the verb

Past Tense

Future Tense

Present Tense

The Future tense expresses actions that have yet to occur.

The Present tense expresses actions that are currently occurring.

The Past tense expresses actions that have already occurred.

Present Perfect Form

Past Progressive Form

Future Perfect Form

Future Progressive Form

Future Simple Form

Present Perfect Progressive

Present Simple form

Past Perfect Progressive Form

Past Perfect Form

Past Simple Form

Present Progressive Form

Present continuous form is used to indicate an action that has been occurring and is still occurring at the moment.

Present perfect form is used to talk about an experience from the past. It is also used to talk about something that has changed or new information.

Past perfect tense expresses an action in the past before another action or event in the past.

A sentence in past simple form describes an event that happened in the past.

Future perfect form is used to express an action that will happen before another action or event in the future.

Present simple tense is used to describe general or habitual actions. Actions in the present simple form do not necessarily have to be happening at the moment.

Past perfect progressive form expresses actions in the past that occurred before another action in the past and continued a period of time before stopping.

A sentence in past continuous form describes an event that began in the past and continued to occur for some time before stopping.

Future continuous form is used to talk about an action that will begin in the future and will continue to occur up to a certain point in the future.

Present perfect progressive form is used to talk about a situation that began in the past and has stopped in the present. It is also used to talk about a situation that began in the past and is still continuing in the present.

Future simple form is used to express an action that will happen in the future. It is also used to make a prediction about an action that will happen in the future.

Structures

Examples

I live in Jeddah

You called Steve.

I will visit my grandparents tomorrow.

Sometimes I play with my friends at the park

My friends bought some food

We will be preparing for Ramadan soon.

Alvin often enjoys cooking.

I arrived just in time for the meeting.

I will buy some bread after i finish my work

I was walking to the shop.

I am currently living in Jeddah.

He was waiting for his friend.

Amr is driving his car at the moment.

They were leaving early.

The guests are preparing for the party.

I will be traveling next month.

My little brother will be starting school next year.

The restaurant will be opening in an hour.

George had waited all day for his mail to arrive.

I have lived in Jeddah for a long time.

The thieves had already disappeared when the police arrived.

She has learned chemistry in high school.

When I got home yesterday my father had already cooked dinner.

They have traveled to India a few years ago.

I had been teaching at that university for a year before I left.

I have been living in Jeddah.

I will have recieved my test results by next week.

She had been working here for two years before you started working here.

My friend has been making burgers for the guests.

We will have finished our food before you arrive

We apologized because he had been waiting for a long time for us.

The farmer has been growing some tomatoes.

The train will have left before we make it to the station.