TENSES

Public transport has a number of advantages over driving (permanent state)

Present Simple
I catch the train at 7:05 at the station near my home every morning (habit or regular event)
I´m working at home while our office block is being renovated (temporary state)
Present Continuous
I´m phoning from the train (action in progress)
I have lived in Spain , and the trains are so much more reliable there. (past situation relevant to the
present)
Present Perfect I´ve just sold my car and so now I go to work by bus (recent action with consequences for the
present)
I´ve enjoyed travelling by train ever since I was young (situation continuing until the present)
Present Perfect I have been working at home for the last five years (action still in progress)
Continuous Sorry I´m late, I´ve been trying to find a parking place (action recently finished)
I sold my car last week (completed past action)
Past Simple I drove to work for a couple of years (past situation that doesn´t exist now)
I caught the train every morning at 7:15 (repeated past action)
Past Continuous I was travelling home when the train broke down (action in progress at past point)
This morning I had read a couple of reports before I got off the train (past event before another past
Past Perfect
event)
Past Perfect Continuous I had been waiting over an hour when they announced the train had been cancelled
I think I´ll fly directly to Los Angeles (a decision made without planning)
I´m sure you´ll have a fantastic time (a prediction based on opinion or experience)
Will
I´ll be 21 on 2nd January (a fact about the future)
I´ll meet you at the airport (willingness)
First I´m going to stay with Daniel and Susanna (a decision already made)
Be going to +infinitive
The cloud´s building up. It´s going to rain this afternoon (a prediction based on outside evidence)
Will + be + present participle
Future Continuous
I´ll be studying really hard during the semesters
Will + have + past participle
Future Perfect
By the time you come I´m sure I´ll have got to know the city really well
Future Perfect Will + have been + present participle
Continuous
Be to +infinitive