Verbs Tenses: Describes the time of an action or event

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1. Simple Present: Describe routines and also express general trusth. Subject+Verb+Complement

1.1. She drinks coffee every morning.

1.2. Winter starts in May

2. Present Progressive: Describe the action that is happening now. In addition, describe actions tempory. Subject+ is/am/are/+ Verb+ing+ Comp.

2.1. I`m doing my English homework

2.2. She is studying French, but she finishes the course in two weeks.

3. Simple Past: Describe finished action and time. Subject+Simple past+ comp

3.1. I traveled to Spain last month.

3.2. I studied at UCA in 1998

4. Past Progressive: Describe two actions, one action isn`t finished in the past, and another is complete interrupting the other action. And also describes activity that was in progress at specific time. Subject+was/were/verbpast+ing+ comp

4.1. She was traviling to London yerterday

4.2. They were playing football when it started to rain.

5. Present Perfect: Describe event that began and the past and continues up to the present. And describe actions that was completed in the past, but the times isn`t important. Sub+auxiliar verb+past participle+comp

5.1. He has worked at Kaiser for five years

5.2. They have finished their homework.

6. Present Perfect Progressive: In this verb tense, an action starts in the past but it’s still continuing now. Sub+has/has+been+verb+ing+comp

6.1. We have been watching TV all day

6.2. He has been studying, but he wants to begin to work

7. Past Perfect: This verb tense uses two actions at two different times. Before the second action occurs, the first action is complete. Sub+had+ pastparticiple+Comp

7.1. I had traveled by car when the bus arrived.

7.2. She had visited her mom before she went to Mexico

8. Past Perfect Progressive: Describe an action thas was completed before another action in the past. Sub+had+been+Verb ing+comp.

8.1. They had been traveling for one hour when the car broke down.

9. Future: Describe future actions. Sub+ Will + Verb+ Comp . Simple present and Present Progressive are also used to express futuro time. These form are used in connection with schedules.

9.1. We will travel to Leon tomarrow

9.2. Jose is going to USA next month

9.3. The taxi arrives at 7:am

10. Future Progressive: Use to describe an event that will occur over a period of time at specific point in the future. Sub+will+be+Verb+ing+ complement

10.1. Erick will be watching the football game

10.2. Mary will be traveling when you arrive

11. Future Perfect: Describe an action will be completed in the future before another is completed. Sub+will+have+ pastpartiple+complement

11.1. He will have done it by this evening

11.2. By the time my son arrives home, I will have prepared lunch

12. Future Perfect Continous:Describe an action will be continuing in the future when it is interrupted by another action. In this future verb tense, it often includes an indication of how long the action has been happening. Sub+Will+have+been+Verb+ing

12.1. I will have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.

12.2. Next year I will have been working in a big Company.