ENGLISH TENSES
PRESENT
present simple ex: I work
- situations now
present continuous ex: I am working
- action happening now
- action in the future
present perfect ex: I have worked
- fact or experience
present perfect ex: I have been working
continuous - stress on duration
- past action unfinished or recently stopped
PAST
past simple ex: I worked
- event in the past (completely finished)
past continuous ex: I was working
- particular moment in the past
past perfect ex: I had worked
- past action before other past action
past perfect ex: I had been working
continuous - stress on duration
- past action before other past action
FUTURE
future simple ex: I will work
- prediction
- uncertainty
future continuous ex: I will be working
- particular moment in the future
future perfect ex: I will have worked
- past in the future
- action in the future before another action
future perfect ex: I will have been working
continuous - like future perfect but stress on duration
PRESENT
present simple ex: I work
- situations now
present continuous ex: I am working
- action happening now
- action in the future
present perfect ex: I have worked
- fact or experience
present perfect ex: I have been working
continuous - stress on duration
- past action unfinished or recently stopped
PAST
past simple ex: I worked
- event in the past (completely finished)
past continuous ex: I was working
- particular moment in the past
past perfect ex: I had worked
- past action before other past action
past perfect ex: I had been working
continuous - stress on duration
- past action before other past action
FUTURE
future simple ex: I will work
- prediction
- uncertainty
future continuous ex: I will be working
- particular moment in the future
future perfect ex: I will have worked
- past in the future
- action in the future before another action
future perfect ex: I will have been working
continuous - like future perfect but stress on duration
