Active Verb Tenses
Simple Present | |
Present or Action Condition | General Truths |
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Non-action; Habitual Action | Future Time |
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Present Progressive | |
Activity in Progress | Verbs of Perception |
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Simple Past | |
Completed Action | Completed Condition |
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Past Progressive | |
Past Action that took place over a period of time | Past Action interrupted by another |
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Future | |
With will/won't — Activity or event that will or won't exist or happen in the future | With going to — future in relation to circumstances in the present |
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Present Perfect | |
With verbs of state that begin in the past and lead up to and include the present | To express habitual or continued action |
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With events occurring at an indefinite or unspecified time in the past — with ever, never, before | |
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Present Perfect Progressive |
To express duration of an action that began in the past, has continued into the present, and may continue into the future |
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Past Perfect | |
To describe a past event or condition completed before another event in the past | In reported speech |
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Future Perfect |
To express action that will be completed by or before a specified time in the future |
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