Review of Present Tenses and Past Tenses

Present Simple Present Continuous Present Perfect Present Perfect Cont.

Habits and Routines Actions happening at Experiences. Action that is still in
Schedules the moment of Unfinished actions. progress. Emphasis
Permanent conditions speaking. Actions with a visible in the duration of
Facts Temporary actions result. the action.

I usually go to bed at I’m playing soccer She has cleaned her She has been cleaning
9pm. I don’t eat right now. You are kitchen. She hasn’t her kitchen for three
anything at night. studying English. finished the bedroom hours. They have
She runs every She’s talking on the yet. I have just been doing their
morning in the park. phone at the moment. finished my homework. I look bad
The class starts at I’m living with my homework. I have because I’ve been
7pm. The university parents these days. been to Canada. They running. She has been
looks fantastic. have eaten sushi. taking in the sun
every morning.

Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect Cont.

Past Habits and Past Actions happening at Action that Action that
Routines a certain moment in happened before happened before
Completed actions the past. another action in the another action in the
Interrupted action. past. past.

She didn’t take the She was taking photos Before I was 12, … I had been learning
medication. She felt while I was using the (complete in the chat) Japanese when you
very bad and she bathroom. met me. But I hadn’t
abandoned the class. I wasn’t teaching the She had studied been doing much
I used to take piano class when the power english, before they exercise.
lessons when I was 7. went down. went to Canada.
At 9 o’clock, my They had been
mother was ironing Before I was 12, I choosing bad
the clothes. had learnt how to fix presidents.
a computer