| A | B |
|---|
| I ate breakfast this morning. | Example of a sentence in the Simple Past tense |
| I eat breakfast every day. | Example of a sentence in the Simple Present tense |
| I will eat breakfast later. | Example of a Sentence in the Simple Future tense |
| I was eating breakfast when my brother arrived. | Example of a sentence in the Past Continuous tense |
| Right now, I am eating breakfast. | Example of a sentence in the Present Continuous tense |
| I will be eating breakfast from 9:00 to 9:30. | Example of a sentence in the Future Continuous tense |
| I had already eaten breakfast when my brother arrived. | Example of a sentence in the Past Perfect tense |
| I have already eaten breakfast. | Example of a sentence in the Present Perfect tense |
| I will have already eaten breakfast by the time my brothers arrives. | Example of a sentence in the Future Perfect tense |
| I had been eating breakfast for 30 minutes when my brother arrived. | Example of a sentence in the Past Perfect Continuous tense |
| I have been eating my breakfast for 30 minutes. | Example of a sentence in the Present Perfect Continuous tense |
| I will have been eating my breakfast for 30 minutes by the time you arrive. | Example of a sentence in the Future Perfect Continuous tense |
| Simple Past Tense | Used for an action that happened at a point in time in the past. |
| Simple Present Tense | Used when making a general statement of truth at the present point in time. |
| Simple Future Tense | Used for an action that will happen at a point in time in the future. |
| Past Continuous Tense | Used for an action that was happening for a length of time in the past when another action happened in the middle of it. |
| Present Continuous Tense | Used for an action that is happening now. |
| Future Continuous Tense | Used for an action that will be happening for a length of time in the future. |
| Past Perfect Tense | Use for an action that happened in the past before another action. |
| Present Perfect Tense | Use for an action that happened in the past before the present moment. |
| Future Perfect Tense | Use for an action that will happen in the future before another action. |
| Past Perfect Continuous Tense | Use for an action that was happening for a length of time in the past up to the moment when another action happened. |
| Present Perfect Continuous Tense | Use for an action that was happening for a length of time up to the present moment. |
| Future Perfect Continuous Tense | Use for an action that will be happening in the future for a length of time up to the moment when another action will happen. |
| Present Participle | A verb that ends in -ing |
| Past Participle | Formed by adding d or ed, to the base form of regular verbs, however it is also formed in various other ways for irregular verbs. |
| Perfect Participle | "having" + the past participle |
| Future Perfect Continuous Structure | "will have been" + the present participle |
| Past Perfect Continous Structure | "had been" + present participle |
| Present Perfect Continous Structure | "has/have been" + present participle |
| Future Continuous Structure | "will be" + present participle |
| Past Continous Structure | "was/were" + present participle |
| Present Continuous Structure | "am/is/are" + present participle |
| Future Perfect Structure | "will have" + past participle |
| Past Perfect Structure | "had" + past participle |
| Present Perfect Structure | "has/have" + past participle |
| Future Perfect Continuous Structure (Negative) | "will NOT have been" + the present participle |
| Past Perfect Continous Structure (Negative) | "had NOT been" + present participle |
| Present Perfect Continous Structure (Negative) | "has/have NOT been" + present participle |
| Future Continuous Structure (Negative) | "will NOT be" + present participle |
| Past Continous Structure (Negative) | "was/were NOT" + present participle |
| Present Continuous Structure (Negative) | "am/is/are NOT" + present participle |
| Future Perfect Structure (Negative) | "will NOT have" + past participle |
| Past Perfect Structure (Negative) | "had NOT" + past participle |
| Present Perfect Structure | "has/have NOT" + past participle |
