ENGLISH VERB TENSES

PRESENT SIMPLE FORM USE I / You / We / You / They drive I / You / We / You / They don’t drive Do I / You / We / You / They drive? He / She / It drives He / She / It doesn’t drive Does He / She / It drive? USE Habits, routines Permanent situations Time schedules

PRESENT CONTINUOUS FORM USE AM / IS / ARE + -ING Actions happening at the moment of speaking Temporary actions Definite future arrangements

PAST SIMPLE FORM I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They played / drove I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They didn’t play / drive Did I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They play / drive? USE Actions that started and finished in the past and with past time expressions

HAVE / HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT PERFECT FORM HAVE / HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE USE Talking about past actions when we don’t say when they happened Talking about actions that happened in a period of time that is not finished Past actions with present results Talking about actions that started in the past and go on

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS FORM HAVE / HAS + BEEN + -ING USE To express the duration of a recent action To express the duration of an unfinished action

PAST CONTINUOUS FORM USE WAS / WERE + -ING Actions in progress at a past moment Actions in progress interrupted by others Simultaneous actions

PAST PERFECT FORM USE HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE Talking about actions already finished by a definite past time When talking about past actions, we go back in time

FUTURE SIMPLE FORM USE WILL + INFINITIVE Talking about future ideas that aren’t definite Predictions with no evidence Decisions taken at the moment of speaking Promises, offers

AM / IS / ARE GOING TO + INFINITIVE BE GOING TO FORM AM / IS / ARE GOING TO + INFINITIVE USE Future intentions and plans Predictions with evidence

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