English Verb Tenses Chart Pdf
Download the as a PDF. English Verb Tenses Chart: Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous Present speak / speaks am/is/are speaking have/has spoken have been speaking Past spoke was/were speaking had spoken had been speaking Future will speak going to speak will be speaking will have spoken will have been speaking Present Simple Use the present simple tense in English For general facts: • This shirt costs ten dollars. • We speak English.
List Of Verb Tenses Chart
For actions that happen regularly: • I take guitar lessons on Wednesday nights. • Sarah sometimes eats lunch in her office. Present Continuous Use the present continuous tense in English For a continuous action in progress at the moment: • I ‘m currently studying biology at university. • Bill can’t talk on the phone right now – he ‘s doing his homework.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, TENSES Page 9 of 38 Present Perfect Tense I have sung The present perfect tense is a rather important tense in English, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. Paul mauriat love is blue instrumental. That is because it uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages. In fact, the structure of the present perfect tense is very simple.
• We ‘re watching TV at the moment. For future plans/arrangements: • I ‘m having lunch with Jack tomorrow. • My sister is driving me to the airport on Saturday. • Tim and Joanna are joining us for dinner next week. Present Perfect Use the present perfect tense in English With actions that happened in the past at an unspecified time: • I ‘ve met several celebrities. • He ‘s been to Australia several times.