The 13 Tense Structures
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Present |
Simple |
Present simple form |
I go to the cinema every week |
|
Past |
Past simple form |
I went to the cinema last week |
|
|
Future |
Will + bare
infinitive |
I will go to the cinema with you |
|
|
Present |
Continuous |
Am/are/is + present
participle |
I'm watching a film |
|
Past |
Was/were + present
participle |
I was watching a film earlier |
|
|
Future |
Will be + present
participle |
I will be watching a film at 8pm
tonight |
|
|
Present |
Perfect |
Have/has + past
participle |
I have seen Harry Potter 3 times |
|
Past |
Had + past participle
|
By the time I arrived
at the cinema, the film had finished |
|
|
Future |
Will have + past participle |
I will have finished watching season 2 of
Game of Thrones by 9pm |
|
|
Present |
Perfect Continuous |
Have/has + been +
present participle |
I have been sitting outside for 2 hours
now |
|
Past |
Had + been + present
participle |
I had been waiting in the queue for 20
minutes, before we were told to go home. |
|
|
Future |
Will have + been +
present continuous |
When I graduate, I will have been studying philosophy for 3
years |
|
|
Future with "going to" |
Am/are/is + going +
infinitive |
I am going to visit my parents next
weekend |
|
As you may have observed, all continuous tenses use a form
of the verb ‘be’ and a present participle, whereas all perfect tenses use a
form of the verb ‘have’ and a past participle.
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