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Overview of Verb Tenses

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The perfect Progresive Tenses

Future Perfect Progressive: Action in progress before another event in the future. EX.Tom will have been eating for ten minutes by the time his friend arrives
Past Perfect Progressive: An action in progress before another event in the past. EX.Erica had been jogging for two hours before her friend came.
Present Perfect Progressive: An action in progress before now and up to now. EX.Kim has been calling for two minutes.

The Progressive Tense

Future Progressive: An action will begin before another action, and it will be in progress at a particular time in the future. EX.Mary will be eating when we arrive.
Past Progressive: An action that begun before another action and was in progress at a particular time in the past. EX.John was cooking when I arrived.
Present Progressive: An action is in progress during the present time, and probably will continue. EX. Mike is running right now.

The Perfect Tenses

Future Perfect: An action will be completely finished before another action in the future. EX.Tom will already have read when his friend arrives.
Past Perfect: An action that happened before another action in the past. EX.Tom had already swum when his friend arrived.
Present Perfect: An action happened sometime before now. EX.Robin has already washed the plates.

The simple Tenses

Simple Future: At one particular time in the future, this will happen. EX.Sam and Ana are going to study tonight.
Simple Past: Event happened in one particular time in the past. It began and ended in the past. Ex.Tom played tennis last night.
Simple Present: It expresses events or situations that exist always, usually, habitually. Ex. Tom watches TV every day.