Tense Present Simple

Auxiliary verb -

Main verb Base form

Past Simple

Past simple form

Future Simple Present Continuous Past Continuous Future Continuous Present Perfect

will am/are/is was/were will be have/has

Base form Present participle Present participle Present participle Past participle

Comments -s is added in third person singular -ed is added to regular verbs; irregular verbs take a special form -ed is added to regular verbs; irregular verbs take a special form -ed is added to regular verbs; irregular verbs take a special form -ed is added to regular verbs; irregular verbs take a special form -

Examples I like pizza. She lives in Boston. They missed the bus. We spoke Japanese.

We will rock you! Dan and Andy are playing tennis. Maria was doing her homework. We will be lying on the beach Nobody has recognized him. I have seen Titanic twice. I had traveled to Leeds three times. We had met before.

Past Perfect

had

Past participle

Future Perfect

will have

Past participle

He will have retired. We will have left by then.

Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous

have been/has been had been will have been

Present participle Present participle Present participle

I have been waiting for an hour. Helen has been thinking about it. Alex had been trying to open the door. We will have been working here for a decade next year.