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| Verb Tenses | Use | How to Form | Example | Sentence Example | |
| Present Tenses | Present Simple |
to show repeated action, belief, opinion, characteristics | verb(s/es) | work works |
They work
sometimes.
She works at Gally. |
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Present Perfect |
to show what has happened in the past and continues in the present; to show how long something has happened (often uses for and since) | have/has + past participle | have worked has worked |
I have
worked at Gallaudet for seven years.
Kelly has worked at Gallaudet since 1993. |
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| Present Continuous (Progressive)  |
to show an event that is going on right now | am/is/are + verb + ing | am working is working are working |
Sue is
working in the house.
She and her sister are working at Gally now. |
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| Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive)  |
to show how long something has been happening and is still happening | have/has + been + verb + ing | have been working has been working |
I have
been working at Gallaudet for seven years.
Kelly has been working at Gallaudet since 1993. |
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| Past Tenses | Past Simple |
to show what happened at a time in the past and is finished | verb(d/ed) | worked | Yesterday Jim worked with Harry. |
Past Perfect |
to show an action in the past that happened even before another event in the past | had + past participle | had worked | The car had worked before the truck hit it. | |
| Past Continuous (Progressive)  |
to show an event that was going on when something else happened (often uses before, after, when) | was/were + verb + ing | was working were working |
I was
working on the paper when my friend interrupted me.
Sara and Jill were working at the Abbey when I stopped by. |
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| Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive)  |
to show how long something had been happening before something else happened | had + been + verb + ing | had been working | The car had been working fine before the truck hit it. | |
| Future Tenses | Future Simple |
to show what will happen in the future | will + verb | will work | In the future I will work on Mars every week. |
Future Perfect |
to show something that has not yet been done but that will be done before a set time in the future | will have + past participle | will have worked | By tomorrow Steve will have worked on his term paper. | |
| Future Continuous (Progressive)  |
to show an event that will be going on when something else happens | will be + verb + ing | will be working | The guard will be working on his project when we sneak up on him. | |
| Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive)  |
to show how long something will have been happening by a future time | will have + been + verb + ing | will have been working | By tomorrow Steve will have been working for five days on his term paper. | |