Tenses

Past Simple

Action started and finished in the past, habits, repeated actions.

Past Continuous

Actions ongoing in the past, ongoing actions interrupted in the past, 2 ongoing actions happening at the same time.

Past Perfect

Completed actions in the past, express duration of completed actions, talk about completed actions before other actions in the past.

Past Perfect Continuous

Action started in the past and continued until something else happened in the past.

Used to/ would

Past habits, past states.

Present Simple

Talk about habits, regular occurrences, generalizations, and scheduled events.

Present Continuous

Actions or states happening right now, express future already arranged plans.

Present Perfect Simple

Talk about past actions linked to the present, states started in the past and still continuing.

Present Perfect Continuous

Action or state started in the past and is continuing in the present.

Future

Talk about future choices, expressing intentions, talking about arrangements.