TENSE
PRESENT
AUXILIARIES
VERB FORMS
TIME EXPRESSION
simple form or simple form+s
every day, on Mondays,
etc.
simple
do-does
progressive
am-is-are
verb+ ing
perfect
have-has
past participle
perfect prog.
have-has
been
verb+ing
now
several times, for…,
since….
for...,since...
EXAMPLE
I eat grapes.
Mary eats
grapes.
I’m eating
grapes.
I’ve eaten
grapes.
I’ve been
eating grapes.
PAST
simple
did
progressive
was-were
perfect
had
perfect prog.
had been
verb+ed or irregular
verb+ ing
past participle
verb+ ing
yesterday,
last..(Wednesday, month,
year, etc)
before he came
I worked.
I ate grapes.
I was eating
grapes.
I had eaten
grapes.
for 15 minutes when he
came
I had been
eating grapes.
next....
I will eat grapes.
I will be eating
grapes.
I will have eaten
grapes.
I will have been
eating grapes.
I’m going to eat
grapes.
when he came
FUTURE
simple
will
progressive
will be
perfect
will have
perfect prog.
will have been
idiomatic
am-is-are going to
simple
verb+ ing
past participle
when they come
verb+ ing
by the time he comes
for 15 minutes by the
time they come
simple
as soon as he comes