تعلم الانجليزية Learn English Academy: post #26726 — TG.ME

🧠 English Tenses — Cheat Sheet Tense Form Main Use Example 🟢 Present Simple V1 / V-s habits, facts She works every day. 🟢 Present Continuous am/is/are + V-ing happening now She is working now. 🟢 Present Perfect have/has + V3 past action with present result She has finished. 🟢 Present Perfect Continuous have/has been + V-ing action continuing until now She has been working for 2 hours. 🔵 Past Simple V2 completed past action She worked yesterday. 🔵 Past Continuous was/were + V-ing action in progress in the past She was working at 8. 🔵 Past Perfect had + V3 before another past action She had left before I arrived. 🔵 Past Perfect Continuous had been + V-ing duration before a past event She had been working for 2 hours. 🟠 Future Simple will + V1 predictions, decisions She will work tomorrow. 🟠 Future Continuous will be + V-ing action in progress in future She will be working at 8. 🟠 Future Perfect will have + V3 completed before a future time She will have finished by 8. 🟠 Future Perfect Continuous will have been + V-ing duration until a future time She will have been working for 2 hours. ⚡ Quick Memory Trick Simple → What happens? Continuous → What is happening? Perfect → What has happened? Perfect Continuous → How long has it been happening? 🔑 Signal Words Present Simple: always, usually, often, every day Present Continuous: now, at the moment, currently Present Perfect: already, yet, just, ever, never, since, for Past Simple: yesterday, last week, ago, in 2020 Past Continuous: while, when, at 8 yesterday Past Perfect: before, after, by the time Future: tomorrow, next week, soon, later Future Perfect: by, before + future time Golden rule: V1 → Simple | be + V-ing → Continuous | have + V3 → Perfect | have been + V-ing → Perfect Continuous