TENSES:
The English Tense System:
The links below are to lessons for each of the 12 basic tenses. In each lesson we look at two aspects of the tense:
- Structure: How do we make the tense?
- Use: When and why do we use the tense?
Some lessons look at additional aspects, and most of them finish with a quiz to check your understanding.
1- Present Tense
I do do, I do
2- Present Continuous Tense
I am doing, I am doing tomorrow
3- Present Perfect Tense
I have done
4- Present Perfect Continuous Tense
I have been doing
5- Past Tense
I did do, I did
6- Past Continuous Tense
I was doing
7- Past Perfect Tense
I had done
8- Past Perfect Continuous Tense
I had been doing
9- Future Tense
I will do
10- Future Continuous Tense
I will be doing
11- Future Perfect Tense
I will have done
12- Future Perfect Continuous Tense
I will have been doing