Verb Tenses

Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, future. The past is used to describe things that have already happened (e.g. earlier in the day, yesterday, last week, three years ago). The present tense is used to describe things that are happening right now, or things that are continuous. The future tense describes things that have yet to happen (e.g. later, tomorrow, next week, next year, three years from now).

The Present Tenses

• Simple present
• Present perfect
• Present continuous
• Present perfect continuous

The Past Tenses

• Simple past
• Past perfect
• Past continuous
• Past perfect continuous

The Future Tenses

• Simple Future
• Future perfect
• Future continuous
• Future perfect continuous