1. ENGLISH VERB TENSES

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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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