TENSES

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

Past Simple: Present Simple: Future Simple:

I went to school I go to school I will go to school

Past Perfect: Present perfect: Future Perfect:

I have gone to school. I have been to school. I will have gone to school

Past continuous: Present continuous: Future continuous:

I was going to school. I am going to school I will be going to school.
Past perfect continuous:
I had been going to school. Present perfect Continuous: Future perfect continuous:
I have been going to school. I will have been going to school

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The tenses with examples:

Past perfect continuous: an action that happened before a certain time in the past, to show duration. For example: I had been going to school for a year when it was
closed.

Past perfect: an action that happened before another event in the past. For example: I had washed the car before it rained.

Past continuous: an action that happened at a specific point in the past. For example: I was washing the car when it rained.

Past simple: an action that happened in the past. For example: I went to school.

Present perfect continuous: an action still continuing from the past to the present. For example: I have been learning English for three years.

Present perfect: an action started in the past that has been completed in, or has relevance to, the present. For example: I have already studied the tenses today. Note
that the example in the image should be I have gone to school to fit the pattern of examples, it says been as a more commonly used expression (which I need to
update!).

Present continuous: an action occurring now. For example: I am studying.

Present simple: a general ongoing, regular or scheduled activity. For example: I take English classes every Monday.

Future perfect continuous: an action at a certain point in the future, expressing duration. For example: I will have been studying English for three years this summer.

Future perfect: an action that finishes in the future, before or at the time of another future action. For example: I will have learned all the tenses by tomorrow.

Future continuous: an action occurring at a specific point in the future. For example: I will be fishing this time next week.

Future simple: an action to be completed in the future. For example: I will go to the cinema.

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