English tenses

• Present

  • Now

    • Things happening right now

    • Facts and habits

  • Present Simple

    • Routine

    • General truths

  • Present Continuous

    • Action now

    • Temporary situation

  • Present Perfect

    • Finished result

    • Experience

• Past

  • Simple past

    • Finished action

    • Yesterday, last week, in 2020

    • I worked, she played

  • Past continuous

    • Action in progress

    • Was / were + verb-ing

    • I was reading

  • Past perfect

    • Before another past action

    • Had + past participle

    • I had finished

• Future

  • When to use

    • Plans

    • Predictions

    • Promises

  • Will

    • I will help you

    • It will rain

  • Going to

    • I am going to study

    • Look at the sky

  • Time words

    • tomorrow

    • next week

    • soon