There are three times – present, past and future and four aspects – simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. Here is a chart showing all the verb tenses. (tomorrow, next year, next week, two years later, later in the night) The future tense is used to talk about things that will happen later. The present tense is used to talk about things that are happening right now and things that are without interruption. (yesterday, last week, last year, two years ago, earlier in the morning) The past tense is used to talk about things that have already happened. There are three verb tenses in the English language: past, present and future. been going.Learn Verb Tenses in English – Past, Present and Future Verb Tenses He would have been He wouldn't have going. that might have happened in the past (It's too late now.) emphasis: length of time of an action of the if clauses table of irregular verbs) I would have gone.Ĭonditional Perfect Progressive or Conditional Perfect Continuous
*(infinitive + -ed) or He would have main clause in type III (3rd column of worked. that might have happened in the past (It's too late now.) that might happen emphasis: length of time of an action
that might happen Conditional SimpleĬonditional Progressive or Conditional Continuous table of irregular verbs) He'll have gone. *(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of I'll have gone. will already have happened before a certain time in the future Simple Future Perfect or Future Perfect Simpleįuture Perfect Progressive or Future Perfect Continuous Something happens because it normally happens. This action has begun before the certain time. in the futureĪn action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven't made a decision before Predictions about the future (you think that sth. How long something had been happening before something else happened Past Perfect Progressive or Past Perfect Continuous put into Past Perfect, (3rd column of the other action into table of irregular Simple Past verbs) He had gone.
already happened is *(infinitive + -ed) or I had gone. Mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: had + past participle* the action which had He had worked. Simple Past Perfect or Past Perfect (Simple)Īction began in the past and has just stopped how long the action has been happening emphasis: length of time of an action Have/has + past participle* *(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)įor recently all day Present Perfect Progressive or Present Perfect Continuous has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present action started in the past and continues up to the present Just yet never Simple Present Perfect or Present Perfect at a certain time (in the past) - you do not know whether it was finished or not an action happened in the middle of another action expression of time (no 2nd column of table connection to the of irregular verbs present) He went. Infinitive + -ed connected with an irregular: I went. Present Progressive or Present Continuousįuture meaning: timetables, programmes something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it How often something happens one action follows another arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)Īfter the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.) to be (am/are/is) + future meaning: when infinitive + -ing I'm going.
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