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Present Perfect The action is over but still has an I have finished all my chores for
effect on the present the day
Present Perfect An activity that started in the past I have been staying in Canada for
Continuous and is likely to continue in the the last fifteen years now
future or not sure when it will end
Simple Past Action started and ended in the She completed her graduation last
past year
Past Continuous An action that was going on in the We were eating strawberries in the
past and has now ended morning
Past Perfect An action completed before a I had met Imran Khan few years
certain moment in the past back
When two actions have taken The plane had landed before I
place in the past and we want to reached to pick her from the
refer to the earlier event out of the airport
two
Simple Future An action that is likely to take We will launch a satellite in 2020
place in future
An activity we can control in the I will write CAT 2019 exam
future
Future Perfect When action 1 will be complete I will have been married by the
by the time action 2 will begin in time you will come back from
the future Australia.
Please Note: Past Perfect Continuous and Future Perfect Continuous are not
used in spoken English