verb tense chart_2

Simple

Progressive/Continous

Perfect

Perfect Progressive

Present

Past

Future

	Simple Present		Present Progressive		Present Perfect			Present Perfect Progressive
Routine		always, often, usually,	Ongoing present action (right) now, at		Not finished		for (+ #), since (+ point in	Emphasis on duration
Facts		sometimes,occasionally,		the moment,...	Not specific or		time), (n)ever (qu. +neg.),
		rarely, never, each,			unknown time		yet, still, recently, lately
		every…(adv+verb)					always, all day, all my life...

She rarely goes down those stairs.	They are going down the stairs right now.	Have you ever fallen down the stairs?	We've been going down stairs forever!
		I've never fallen down the stairs.

Do, does
*He, she, it + s, es (s,sh, ch, x, o)	Be: am, are, is……ing.	Have, has +p.p.	Have, has + bee n ….ing

Simple Past		Past Progressive					Past Perfect		Past Perfect Progressive
Finished action	yesterday, last ...,	Ongoing past action			when, while		2 finished
Specific time	.... ..... ago...						actions

She went down those stairs two minutes ago.

							I had already gone down the stairs	He had been going down the stairs
Reg. Verbs: ed	He was going down the stairs when he fell.
	He was going down the stairs while she was						when the elevator arrived.	when he fell.
Irreg. Verbs: list	watching.
Did	Be: was, were……ing.					Had+ p.p.		Had + been …….ing

Simple Future		Future Progressive	Future Perfect	Future Perfect Progressive
Willingness, Plans	tomorrow,	Ongoing future action	2 future actions
Predictions
	next .....,
	In ..... ......

	I will help you down the stairs in a few minutes.		He will be going down the stairs when...
	She will surely fall down the stairs next time.			She will have gone down the stairs by the time
			He is going to be going down the stairs...		We will have been going down these stairs for
	She is going to go down the stairs tomorrow.
				the elevator arrives.	two months by the time the elevator is
					constructed.
	Will;	be going to + verb	Will be; be going to be...ing	Will; be going to have + p.p.	Will have been ……ing

Joanne Gaultier

Joanne Gaultier