English Verb Tense Review. Simple Present Tense. Otherwise known as the. Timeless Present. Simple Present Tense is used: When you are referring to habitual actions--actions that you always or never do; When you are referring to unchanging truths; When you are making general statements of fact. ENGLISH GRAMMAR, TENSES Page 1 of 38 Tenses The English Tense System. PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com. Singer Sew-ware Conversion Tool on this page.

Present: I sit, Do you sit? He doesn't sit. I'm going, Are you going? He isn't going. Practise differences. Scheduled activities and future arrangements.

They are finished. It is being built. They are being packed. Past: I worked, Did you work?

He didn't work. I was working, Were you working? He wasn't working.

Learn the difference. They were painted.

Future: I will come, Will you come? He won't come.

I will be waiting, Will you be waiting? He won't be waiting.

Compare these two forms. It will be written. They will repaired. Present perfect: I've done, Have you done?

He hasn't done. I've been going, Have you been going? He hasn't been going. Compare these two forms. It has been built. They have been planted. Past perfect: I'd tried, Had you tried?

Vst4free Hyper Canvas. He hadn't tried. I'd been living, Had you been living? He hadn't been living. Practise the difference.

It had been said. They had been processed. Future perfect: I will have sent, Will you have sent? He won't have sent.

I'll have been sleeping, Will you have been sleeping? He won't have been sleeping. Exercises to learn the difference. See also other verb forms below. Tenses in reported speech: 'I live in York,' she said.

- She said she lived in York. 'Where are you?' - He asked me where I was. Other forms: Future plans and predictions in affirmative, negative and question forms. Activities on regular and irregular verbs. Our tip: Compare different verb forms.

Exercises on English tenses, verb forms and sentence structures. Interactive exercises and online grammar rules. All these materials are written for students and teachers of English as a foreign language.