Verb Tenses

Present Tenses

• Present Simple – habits, facts, schedules
  I work every day.

• Present Continuous – happening now or temporary actions
  I am working now.

• Present Perfect – past actions with present relevance
  I have worked here for five years.

• Present Perfect Continuous – duration of an ongoing action
  I have been working all morning.

2. Past Tenses

• Past Simple – finished actions in the past
  I worked yesterday.

• Past Continuous – action in progress in the past
  I was working at 8 p.m.

• Past Perfect – action before another past action
  I had worked before she arrived.

• Past Perfect Continuous – duration before a past point
  I had been working for hours.

3. Future Tenses

• Future Simple (will) – decisions, promises, predictions
  I will work tomorrow.

• Going to – planned future or strong evidence
  I am going to work tomorrow.

• Future Continuous – action in progress in the future
  I will be working at 8 p.m.

• Future Perfect – completed before a future time
  I will have worked ten hours by noon.

4. Key Notes

• Simple = facts or completed actions

• Continuous = in progress

• Perfect = completed or connected to another time

• Perfect Continuous = focus on duration