12 MAIN ENGLISH VERB TENSES

1 . ____________________ ____________________ Verb Tense
When you use present simple , you are using a routine . It's something that you always do every day , month or year . Or it's something that you never do .
2 . ____________________ ____________________ / Progressive Verb Tense
When you use ____________________ ____________________ , you are referring to what is happening right now . Also , it can be an action that is not yet complete .
3 . ____________________ ____________________ Verb Tense
Although it's easy to confuse this verb tense with present simple , the main difference is that the action is complete for ____________________ perfect . In other words , you are looking at the result right now without any words referring to time .
4 . ____________________ ____________________ Continuous / ____________________ Verb Tense
In this verb tense , an action starts in the past but it's still continuing now . You have been performing the action and still are performing the action in the present .
5 . ____________________ ____________________ Verb Tense
For past simple , it includes a finished action and time .
6 . ____________________ Continuous / ____________________ Verb Tense
When you use past continuous , you are often using two actions . However , one action is not finished in the past , and another is complete interrupting the other action .
7 . ____________________ ____________________ Verb Tense
This verb tense uses two actions at two different times . Before the second action occurs , the first action is complete .
8 . ____________________ ____________________ Continuous / ____________________ Verb Tense
For colloquial English , we don't use past perfect continuous very often . But in text books , it's a bit more common . This very tense has a complete action that happened before a second action . But in this case , you can describe how long .
9 . ____________________ ____________________ Verb Tense
This verb tense is about planning things to do in the future . For example , what ____________________ you do tomorrow or next week ?
Instead of using ? will ? , you can use ? going ____________________ ? for future tense . But this lesson uses ? will ? for the future tense .
10 . ____________________ Continuous / ____________________ Verb Tense
The action is not complete , when another action happens in the future . This is similar to past continuous , but it refers to the future .
11 . ____________________ ____________________ Verb Tense
An action will be completed in the future before another is completed .
12 . ____________________ ____________________ Continuous / ____________________ Verb Tense
An action will be continuing in the future when it is interrupted by another action . In this future verb tense , it often includes an indication of how long the action has been happening .