simple perfect tenses rela 10

simple present tense

for instantaneous situations

simple present tense

for newspaper headlines

simple present tense

with non-progressive

simple present tense

when telling stories

simple present tense

for habits and repeated (regular) actions

simple present tense

with future constructions

simple present tense

for general truths and scientific facts

simple present tense

for giving directions and instructions

simple present tense

in ceremonial or formal conversations

simple present tense

for scheduled programs or arranged future

simple past tense

for a completed action in a time before now

simple past tense

for events that were true for some time in the past

simple past tense

for a list of completed actions in the past

simple past tense

for habits in the past

simple past tense

to talk about an action in the past that takes place in the middle of another action

simple past tense

for past facts

simple future tense

for actions decided at the moment of speech

simple future tense

for unplanned future actions

simple future tense

for offering, asking for a request promising, ordering, threatening

simple future tense

for unpreventable actions in future

simple future tense

with conditional, time and purpose clauses

simple future tense

for thoughts, predictions, assumptions, sureness, fears about future

base form of verb + s/es if singular

base form only if plural

simple present tense form

regular verbs: base form of verb + d/ed

irregular verbs: change spelling

simple past tense form

will/shall + base form

will not/won’t + base form

will + subject + base form ..?

simple future tense forms

present perfect

completed action at an indefinite point of time in the past expressions

present perfect

action which began in the past and has continued up to the present

present perfect progressive

used in affirmative statements only to express the idea of continuous activity

has/have + past participle

present perfect form

past perfect

completed action in the past before another past action

past perfect progressive

used to emphasize the continuous nature of the activity

had + past participle

past perfect

had been + V-ing

past perfect progressive

future perfect

action that will have been completed before point of time in the future

future perfect

action that will have completed before another future action

will have/shall have + past participle

future perfect