Tenses
12 topics · English grammar
Tenses, articles, prepositions & more
- Beginner
Present Simple
Describes habits, routines, and general truths. Also used for facts that are always true, and for fixed…
- Beginner
Present Continuous
Use for actions happening right now, temporary situations around the present, or for fixed future…
- Beginner
Past Simple
Use for completed actions at a specific time in the past, a sequence of past events, or past habits and…
- Intermediate
Past Continuous
Use for an action in progress at a specific past moment, for two simultaneous past actions, or when a longer…
- Intermediate
Present Perfect
Use for life experiences (without a specific time), for recent actions with a present result, for actions…
- Intermediate
Present Perfect Continuous
Use for an action that started in the past and is still in progress, or that has just recently finished with…
- Intermediate
Future Simple (will)
Use 'will' for spontaneous decisions (made at the moment of speaking), predictions based on opinion or…
- Intermediate
Future Continuous
Use for an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment, for planned future actions, or to…
- Intermediate
Going to (Future Plans)
Use 'going to' for plans and intentions already decided, and for predictions based on visible present…
- Advanced
Past Perfect
Use past perfect to make clear that one past action happened BEFORE another past action. Especially useful…
- Advanced
Past Perfect Continuous
Use when you want to stress how long an action had been continuing up to a specific point in the past. Also…
- Advanced
Future Perfect
Use for an action that will be finished before a specific time or before another action in the future.…