Present

Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous

Regular actions, prescheduled events
Key words: usually, every (day, week….),
often, seldom, rarely, always, never,
sometimes, as a rule, hardly ever, today,
on Sunday, from time to time
+ +
Actions happening right now
Key words: now, right now, at the
moment, today, look!, listen!, still, at this
very moment, currently, these days/this
week, constantly
It focuses on a result that you have right
now, finished past actions with a result
in the present, we don’t really care when
exactly something happened, unfinished
action
Key words: ever, never, just already, yet,
recently, lately, before, always, so far, at
last, it’s the first time, all my life, all
morning
+S+have/has+V3/ed +
I have eaten.
I’ve lost my keys.
I have never eaten pizza in my life.

- - - S+ have/has not+ V3/ed -

? ? ? Have/has + S+ V3/ed ?
 Past
Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous
Finished past action with no result in the
present, like telling a story/describing
smtg that happened, when you are sure
100%
Key words: yesterday, the day before
yesterday, last week(month, year), a
week (a month, a year) ago, the other
day, in 1994, once, when, at 3 o’clock,
that day
 Future
Simple
Future events that may not happen,
where you are not sure at all (90%)
Key words: tomorrow, the next day after
tomorrow, next week( month, year), in
an hour( day, month), in the 22nd
century, soon, later, some day, in the
future, one of these days