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Dear student:

Here you will find the explanantion to the English tenses. 

At the end you will find exercises to practise.

1. Grammar Reference – English Tenses

1.1. Past Perfect

• Past Perfect (Summary)
• be, do, have in the Past Perfect
• Diagram of the Past Perfect
• Form of the Past Perfect
• Short/contracted forms and long forms in the Past Perfect
• Signal words for the Past Perfect
• Spelling of verbs in the Past Perfect
• Use of the Past Perfect

1.2. Past Progressive/Past Continuous

• Past Progressive/Continuous (Summary)
• Diagram of the Past Progressive
• do, have and special verbs in the Past Progressive
• Form of the Past Progressive
• Questions in the Past Progressive
• Short/contracted forms and long forms in the Past Progressive
• Signal words for the Past Progressive
• Spelling of verbs in the Past Progressive
• Use of the Past Progressive

1.3. Present Perfect

• Present Perfect (Summary)
• be, do, have and irregular verbs in the Present Perfect
• Diagram of the Present Perfect
• Form of the Present Perfect
• Questions in the Present Perfect
• Short/contracted forms and long forms in the Present Perfect
• Signal words for the Present Perfect
• Spelling of verbs in the Present Perfect
• Use of the Present Perfect

1.4. Present Perfect Progressive/Present Perfect Continuous

• Present Perfect Progressive (Summary)
• Diagram of the Present Perfect Progressive
• do and dynamic verbs in the Present Perfect Progressive
• Form of the Present Perfect Progressive
• Short/contracted forms and long forms in the Present Perfect Progressive
• Signal words for the Present Perfect Progressive
• Spelling of verbs in the Present Perfect Progressive
• Use of the Present Perfect Progressive

1.5. Present Progressive/Present Continuous

• Present Progressive/Continuous (Summary)
• Diagram of the Present Progressive
• do, have and special verbs in the Present Progressive
• Form of the Present Progressive
• Questions in the Present Progressive
• Short/contracted forms and long forms in the Present Progressive
• Signal words for the Present Progressive
• Spelling of verbs in the Present Progressive
• Use of the Present Progressive

1.6. Simple Past

• Simple Past (Summary)
• be, do, have and irregular verbs in the Simple Past
• Diagram of the Simple Past
• Form of the Simple Past
• Pronunciation of -ed
• Questions in the Simple Past
• Short/contracted and long forms in the Simple Past
• Signal words for the Simple Past
• Spelling of verbs in the Simple Past
• Use of the Simple Past

1.7. Simple Present

• Simple Present (Summary)
• be, do, have and modal verbs in the Simple Present
• Diagram of the Simple Present
• Form of the Simple Present
• Questions in the Simple Present
• Short/contracted forms and long forms in the Simple Present
• Signal words for the Simple Present
• Spelling of verbs in the Simple Present
• Use of the Simple Present

1.8. going to-future

• going to-future (Summary)
• Diagram of will and going to-future
• Form of the going to-future
• going to-future and will-future in a diagram
• Questions in the going to-future
• Short/contracted forms and long forms in the going to-future
• Signal words for the going to-future
• Use of the going to-future

will-future

• will-future (Summary)
• Diagram of will and going to-future
• Form of the will-future
• going to-future and will-future in a diagram
• Questions in the will-future
• Short/contracted forms and long forms in the will-future
• Signal words for the will-future
• Use of the will-future

Other Tenses

• Conditional Perfect
• Conditional Perfect Progressive
• Conditional Progressive
• Conditional Simple
• Future Perfect
• Future Perfect Progressive
• Future Progressive
• Past Perfect Progressive

2. Tenses – contrasted

• Future Tenses in English – contrasted
• Past Tenses in English – contrasted
• Present Tenses in English – contrasted
• Past Perfect – Simple Past – contrasted
• Present Perfect – Simple Past – contrasted
• Present Perfect – Present Perfect Progressive – contrasted
• Simple Present – Present Progressive – contrasted
• Simple Past – Past Progressive – contrasted

3. Various

• be in English – auxiliary and main verb
• Common irregular verbs in English in a table
• do in English – auxiliary and main verb
• English Tenses
• English Tenses in a diagram
• Gerund or Progressive/Continuous
• Grammatical terms – English Tenses
• have – auxiliary and main verb
• Sentences change their meanings
• Signal words and English Tenses
• State verbs, dynamic verbs in English
• Steps to put in verbs into gaps in sentences and questions
• The most common Tenses in English in a table
• The verb be as a main verb in the Simple Present and the Simple Past

Tenses - English Grammar Exercises

• Be allowed to - let
• Excerise 1 - Excersice 2 - Excersise 3