Usage: Example:

Present Perfect

work was done.

The work was being done.

Future

I will work. I’m going to work. I have worked. I had worked. I will have worked.

The work will be done. The work is going to be done. The work has been done. The
work had been done.

Present Present Past Perfect Future Perfect

The work will have been done.

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been working.

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been working.

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been working.

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Common Time Expressions for English Verb Tenses Verb Tense ACTIVE Time Clues
every day / morning / night,always,rarely,sometimes,never,usually,fre
quently,seldom now,right now,at the present time,this weekend yesterday,last
night,last week / month / year,last summer / winter while,when tomorrow,next week /
month /year,in the future,soon

Present Simple Present Continuous Past Simple Past Continuous Future

I work. I am working. I worked. I was working. I will work.

Present perfect

I have worked.

since,so far/ already/ just,ever,until now,up till now/ yet,never,for two hours /
days / months/many times

Past Perfect

I had worked.

already,by the time,till then,till that time