English Tenses Guide.pdf

Used for a point in time.
+ Past Simple: Action happened in the past (e.g., I ate breakfast).
+ Present Simple: General statement of truth (e.g., I eat breakfast every day).
+ Future Simple: Action will happen in the future (e.g., I will eat breakfast later).
Continuous Tenses: Used for a length of time.
+ Past Continuous: Action was happening in the past (e.g., I was eating breakfast).
+ Present Continuous: Action is happening now (e.g., I am eating breakfast).
+ Future Continuous: Action will be happening in the future (e.g., I will be eating breakfast).
Perfect Tenses: Used for a point in time before another point in time.
+ Past Perfect: Action happened before another action (e.g., I had already eaten breakfast).
+ Present Perfect: Action happened before the present moment (e.g., I have already eaten breakfast).
+ Future Perfect: Action will happen before another action (e.g., I will have already eaten breakfast).
* Perfect Continuous Tenses: Used for a length of time up to a point in time.
+ Past Perfect Continuous: Action was happening up to a moment in the past (e.g., I had been eating breakfast).
+ Present Perfect Continuous: Action was happening up to the present moment (e.g., I have been eating breakfast).
+ Future Perfect Continuous: Action will be happening up to a moment in the future (e.g., I will have been eating breakfast).