Tenses Summary Chart

Past Perfect Tense

had + PP

Present Perfect
Continuous

:
have

+ been + v + ing
has

*


,



.

*


.
* I have been
teaching English for
18 years now.
*After I had

finished my work ,
I went home.
*Before I went
home , I had
finished my work.
:
*after


.
* before



: 1
after ,
before
ing +
.
*After eating he
drank tea .
*Before drinking
tea , he had eaten .

Present Perfect
Tense

* The boys have

been playing football
for 2 hours .They
need rest.
:

+
now

Past Continuous Tense

:
have

+ P.P
has
*
.
* I have just started
the lesson.
*
.

* I haven't
finished the lesson
yet.
:
Since , for , yet , ever
, never , just ,
already , recently ,
so far , up till now ,
lately .
: 1

since



.
I have studied
English since ,I
was young ,1981, 5
O' clock .
: 2
for
.
I have studied
English for 10
years, 3 hours .

was
+ V + ing
were
*

.
* While he was eating,
he drank water .
* While she was
watching TV, she slept
.
* When she slept , she
was watching TV.
:

* While

.

* When


.
: 1
While,
When ing +
.
: 2
While


.

3

when

.

Present Continuous
Tense

:
am
is + V + ing
are
*
:
* I'm writing
English now.
* You are reading at
this moment .
* Look ! the bus is
coming .
* Listen! the teacher
is speaking .
:

Now ,at this

moment , at
present , look
,listen . today, this
year




Ex. Im visiting
London next week.
EX. Im having a
test next May.

Simple Future Tense

Simple Past Tense

:
Shall

(( + inf
Will

V + ed

.

Simple Present
Tense

V + s , es
With
He, She , It

* es
*

*
.
:
s,sh,ch,o,x,z
* They will visit
: * I played
me tomorrow.
He, she,It
Football
yesterday.
*
*Ali 'll go to Dubai
.
* She went to the next week.
zoo last week.
:

Tomorrow , next ,
in the following
days , in the
future, in a week,
in a year.
:



:
Im visiting
London next
month.

* I usually eat
fish .

* He usually eats
fish .
Yesterday , last
week , once , one
:
day , ago , in the
Always , usually, past

:
ago


.

* I visited Dubai 3
days ago .

often,
sometimes,
everyday,never,
frequently,
generally ,once a
week , rarely
nowadays
,scarcely.