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    Overview of English Verb Tenses

    Usage: general action, habitual action, general truth


    Present Simple
    Example: I work in a hospital.

    Usage: ongoing or temporary action


    Present Continuous
    Present Progressive
    Example: Sorry, I can’t talk right now. I am working.

    Usage: completed action or condition


    Past Simple
    Example: I worked for ten hours yesterday.

    Usage: past ongoing action, past interrupted action


    Past Continuous
    Past Progressive
    Example: I was working on my project when you called.

    Usage: planned or unplanned future action


    Future
    Example: I will work at the main branch next week.

    action that happened at an indefinite time in the past and


    Usage:
    continues to the present
    Present Perfect
    Example: I have worked at the bank for three years.

    Usage: past action that happened before another past action.


    Past Perfect
    I had already worked for several years before I got
    Example:
    married.

    Usage: future action that will happen before another future action
    Future Perfect
    Example: I will have worked here for five years next July.

    past action that started in the past and continues to the


    Usage:
    Present Perfect Continuous present
    Present Perfect Progressive
    Example: I have been working on that project for the last two weeks.

    past ongoing action that was completed before some


    Usage:
    Past Perfect Continuous other past action
    Past Perfect Progressive
    Example: I had been sleeping at my desk when my boss fired me.

    Usage: future ongoing action that will occur before another action
    Future Perfect Continuous
    Future Perfect Progressive I will have been working here for ten years tomorrow, so
    Example:
    we’re having a party.
    Examples of English Verb Tenses
    Verb Tense Example – Active Form Example –Passive Form

    Present Simple I work. The work is done.

    Present Continuous
    I am working. The work is being done.
    Present Progressive

    Past Simple I worked. The work was done.

    Past Continuous
    I was working. The work was being done.
    Past Progressive

    I will work. The work will be done.


    Future I’m going to work. The work is going to be done.

    Present Perfect I have worked. The work has been done.

    Past Perfect I had worked. The work had been done.

    Future Perfect I will have worked. The work will have been done.

    Present Perfect Continuous


    I have been working. –
    Present Perfect Progressive

    Past Perfect Continuous


    I had been working. –
    Past Perfect Progressive

    Future Perfect Continuous


    I will have been working. –
    Future Perfect Progressive
    Common Time Expressions for English Verb Tenses
    Verb Tense Example – Active Form Time Clues
    every day / morning / afternoon
    every evening / night
    always
    never
    Present Simple I work. sometimes
    usually
    frequently
    rarely
    seldom
    now
    Present Continuous right now
    I am working.
    Present Progressive at the present time
    this weekend
    yesterday
    Past Simple I worked. last night / week / month / year
    last summer / winter

    Past Continuous while


    I was working.
    Past Progressive when

    tomorrow
    I will work. next week / month / year
    Future I’m going to work. in the future
    soon
    since
    until now
    ever
    Present Perfect I have worked.
    never
    for two hours / days / months
    many times
    already
    by the time
    Past Perfect I had worked.
    till then
    till that time

    by the time...
    Future Perfect I will have worked.
    already

    for the past four years


    Present Perfect Continuous
    I have been working. for the last two days
    Present Perfect Progressive up to now
    before
    Past Perfect Continuous
    I had been working. since
    Past Perfect Progressive for three hours / days / weeks

    Future Perfect Continuous by the time


    I will have been working.
    Future Perfect Progressive for six months / years

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