Verb Tenses

Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future

Last night, I read an I will read as much as I

I read nearly every day.
entire novel. can this year.

Present Continuous Past Continuous Future Continuous

I am I will be
I was reading Edgar
reading Shakespeare reading Nathaniel
Allan Poe last night.
at the moment. Hawthorne soon.
Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect
I have read so many I had read at least 100 I will have read at least
books I can’t keep books by the time I was 500 books by the end of
count. twelve. the year.
Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect
Continuous Continuous Continuous
I had been reading for I will have been
I have been
at least a year before reading for at least two
reading since I was
my sister learned to hours before dinner
four years old.
read. tonight.