Verb Tenses Poster

past present future

Describes an
Describes an action which
Describes a
action which is is planned to
simple repeated action.
now complete. take place in
I play tennis. the future.
I played tennis.
I will play tennis.

Describes an
Describes an
action which Describes an
action that will be
happened in action that is
happening for a
continuous the past over a happening now.
length of time.
length of time.
I am
I will be
I was playing tennis.
playing tennis.
playing tennis.

Describes an Describes an
action that had Describes an action which will
happened before action that be finished before
perfect another action has happened. another action
took place. takes place.
I have
I had played tennis. I will have
played tennis. played tennis.

Describes an
Describes an
Describes an action which
action that
action that has happens over time
had been
perfect started in the past before another
happening before
continuous and is continuing. future action
another action.
takes place.
I have been
I had been
playing tennis. I will have been
playing tennis.
playing tennis.

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 Verb Tenses Poster with Substitution Tables
past present future

Describes an action which is Describes a repeated action. Describes an action which is

now complete. planned to take place in the future.

I
I I
You
You play tennis. You
simple We
We We
They
They played tennis. They will play tennis.
He He He
She She plays tennis. She
It It It

Describes an action which happened Describes an action that is Describes an action that will be
in the past over a length of time. happening now. happening for a length of time.

I I am playing tennis. I
He You You
was playing tennis.
continuous She We are playing tennis. We
It will be
They They tennis.
playing
You He He
We were playing tennis. She is playing tennis. She
They It It

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 Verb Tenses Poster with Substitution Tables
past present future

Describes an action that had Describes an action that Describes an action which will
happened before another action has happened. be finished before another action
took place. takes place.
I
I I
You have
You tennis. You
perfect We played
We We
had They will have
They tennis. They tennis.
played played
He He He
has
She She tennis. She
played
It It It

Describes an action that had been Describes an action that has started Describes an action which happens
happening before another action. in the past and is continuing. over time before another future
action takes place.
I
I I
You have been
perfect You tennis. You
We playing
continuous We We
had been They will have
They tennis. They tennis.
playing been playing
He He He
has been
She She tennis. She
playing
It It It

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