VERB TENSE CHART

TENSE Simple Present POSITIVE I play soccer on Mondays. NEGATIVE They don't (do not) play tennis QUESTION Does she like U2? USE Habitual activities States Actions happening at the present moment. Near future intention and scheduling.

Present Continuous

He's (is) working at the They aren't (are not) moment. coming this evening. She went to Paris last week. I was watching TV when you called. They didn't (did not) drive to work. He wasn't (was not) working when she arrived.

What are you doing?

Simple Past

Actions happening at a Where did she get that defined moment in the hat? past. What were you doing when I called? Interrupted past action, action happening at a specific moment in time in the past. Future intent or planned action

Past Continuous

Future with Going to

He's (is) going to fly to They're (are) not going Where are you going Boston next week. to invite the Browns. to stay? I'll (will) meet you at the airport tomorrow. He won't (will not) be able to come.

Simple Future

Decisions made at the moment about the Will they visit us soon? future, future predictions, future promises 1)To express an action that was begun in the past and continues into the present. 2) To express an action that happened in the UNspecified past. 3) To express a recent action that has a present effect. To express the duration of a continuous activity begun in the past and continuing into the present. To express an action that happens before another action in the past. To express the duration of a continuous activity begun before another activity in the past.

Present Perfect

I've (have) seen Mick three times this week.

She hasn't (has not) been to New York.

How long have you worked at Smith's?

Present Perfect Continuous

She's (has) been waiting for over three hours.

They haven't (have not) been studying for long.

How long have you been working on that problem? Had you ever seen such a crazy lady before that?

Past Perfect

She hadn't (had not) I'd (had) already eaten been to Rome before before they came. that trip.

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't (had not) been She'd (had) been How long had you sleeping for long when waiting for three hours been playing tennis I heard the doorbell when he finally arrived. when she arrived? ring. I'll (will) be cooking dinner when you arrive. We'll (will) have lived here for twenty years by 2005. He'll (will) have been sleeping for a few hours by the time we arrive.

Future Continuous

They won't (will not) be Future action at a What will you be doing living in Paris this time specific moment in the next week at this time? next year. future. She won't (will not) have finished her homework by the time we arrive. She won't (will not) have been working for long by 5 o'clock. To express what will have happened or how How long will you have long something will lived in France by the have happened up to a end of next year? certain point in the future. To express the duration How long will you have of an activity up to a been driving by 6 point of time in the o'clock? future.

Future Perfect

Future Perfect Continuous