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English Verb Tense Guide

This document provides a revision chart of verb tenses in English with examples. It lists the verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, conditional simple, conditional continuous, conditional perfect, and conditional perfect continuous. For each tense it gives a brief explanation of its use and an example sentence using that tense.

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English Verb Tense Guide

This document provides a revision chart of verb tenses in English with examples. It lists the verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, conditional simple, conditional continuous, conditional perfect, and conditional perfect continuous. For each tense it gives a brief explanation of its use and an example sentence using that tense.

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Verb Tense Revision Chart

(Revision of all tenses of English verbs with a brief explanation and an


example.)
Verb

Tense

Use

Example

I play

Present Simple

-Regular activities / routine

Amy and Sue play tennis on Saturdays.

I am playing

Present
Continuous

-Continuous present action

Amy and Sue are playing at the moment.

-Finished part of continuous


action.
-Amy and Sue have played two sets.
-Completed actions in
unfinished
time period.
I have played

Present
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-Recent events (unspecified


time)
-Past action with a result in
the
present.

-They have played several other matches


this year.
-Their parents have just arrived.
-Sue has broken her racket so she can't
continue.
-They have played in many tournaments.

-Experiences up to now.
I have been
playing

Present Perf.
Cont.

Actions begun in the past


which continue today.

They have been playing tennis since


2 o'clock this afternoon.

I played

Past Simple

Finished actions at a specific Last Saturday Sue played in another


time in the past.
tournament.

I was playing

Past
Continuous

Past continuous actions.

At 2.45 pm they were playing the second


set.

I had played

Past Perfect
Simple

Completed actions before a


specific time or event in the
past.

I had been
playing

Past Perfect
Cont.

Continuous actions before a


specific time or event in the At 4 pm they had been playing for 2 hours.
past.

-Predictions
I will play

Future Simple

Two other people had played a match


before Amy and Sue arrived.

Amy will win the match today.

-Spontaneous
decisions/offers

I'll lend you my racket!

I will be
playing

Future
Continuous

Continuous future action

Tomorrow they will be playing in another


club.

I will have
played

Future Perfect

Completed future action

By September they will have played ten


matches.

I will have
been playing

Future Perfect
Cont.

Continuous future action


estimated at a time in the
future.

A 5 pm Amy and Sue will have been playing


for 3 hours.

I would play

Conditional
Simple

Probable action in an
imaginary situation

I would play tennis if I had a racket.

I would be
playing

Conditional
Cont.

Continuous action in an
imaginary situation

Amy would be playing tennis if you came by


on Saturday afternoon.

I would have
played

Conditional
Perfect

Speculation about
imaginary situations in the
past.

I would have played tennis yesterday if you


had asked me.

I would have

Conditional

Continuous hypothetical

been playing

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s

situations.

I would have been playing with Sue if I had


won my last match.

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