Verb Tenses

A grammatical tense with the principal function to locate a situation or event in present time.​

• Present Tense

• Past Tense

• Future Tense

• Present Perfect Tense

A grammatical category that expresses how an action, event, or state, denoted by a verb, extends over time.​

• Verb Tenses

• Grammatical Aspect

• Progressive

• Perfect Progressive

Aspects can be combined, usually in referring to the completed portion of a continuing action or temporary state.​ (continuous)

• Progressive Participle Tenses

• Perfect

• Progressive

• Perfect and Progressive

A ________ tells you when the action happens.​

a grammatical tense with the principal function to place an action or situation in past time

forms of verbs are those appearing in constructions not marked for either progressive or perfect aspect. ​

• Simple Perfect

• Simple

• Past Perfect

• Progressive

_________ is a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet but will happen in the future.​

continuous aspect is used to denote a temporary action or state that began at a previous time and continues into the present.​ (continuous)

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• Simple

• Progressive

• Perfect and Progressive

• Progressive Participle Tense

________ is aspect is used to denote the circumstance of an action being complete at a certain time.​

I have been studying English for five years.

• Present Perfect Progressive

• FutureProgressive

• Present Perfect

• Future Simple