This document provides examples of how different tenses are used in the past, present, and future. It shows the simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms of verbs in the present, past, and future tenses. Examples are given for each tense and verb form combination to demonstrate their usage.
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English Tenses and Times Map
1. TENSE TIME
Past Present Future
Present Simple I want a coffee. I leave tomorrow.
She likes coffee.
Present Continuous
I am having dinner. I am taking my
exam next month.
They are living in London.
Present Perfect
Simple
I have seen ET. I have finished.
Present Perfect
Continuous
I have been
playing tennis.
We have been working for four hours.
Past Simple I finished one hour
ago.
If she loved you
now, she would
marry you.
If you came
tomorrow, you would
see her.
Past Continuous I was working at
2am this morning.
Past Perfect Simple I had not eaten for
24 hours.
Past Perfect
Continuous
We had been
working for 3
hours.
If I had been
working now, I
would have missed
you.
If I had been
working tomorrow,
I could not have
agreed.
Future Simple Hold on. I'll do it
now.
I'll see you
tomorrow.
Future Continuous I will be working
at 9pm tonight.
Future Perfect
Simple
I will have
finished by 9pm
tonight.
We will have been married for ten years next month.
Future Perfect
Continuous
They may be tired
when you arrive
because they will
have been
working.
In 30 minutes, we will have been working for four hours.