Verb Tenses
Verb tenses convey how an event relates to time. There are three main verb tenses: past, present, and future - with each having four variations. The past tense is used to describe events that have already happened. The present tense is used to describe events that are happening now or are ongoing. The future tense is used to describe events that have not yet happened.
PAST TENSE
PRESENT TENSE
FUTURE TENSE
Verb tenses convey how an event relates to time. There are three main verb tenses: past, present, and future - with each having four variations. The past tense is used to describe events that have already happened. The present tense is used to describe events that are happening now or are ongoing. The future tense is used to describe events that have not yet happened.
PAST TENSE
- Simple Past: Yesterday, I worked the cash register.
- Past Continuous: I was working as a cashier yesterday.
- Past Perfect: I had worked the cash register many times before.
- Past Perfect Continuous: I had been cashiering for a year before I became a trainer.
PRESENT TENSE
- Simple Present: I work every day.
- Present Continuous: I am working at the supermarket.
- Present Perfect: I have worked at many other supermarkets.
- Present Perfect Continuous: I have been working since I was a teenager.
FUTURE TENSE
- Simple Future: I will work as many hours as I can this month.
- Future Continuous: I will be working as a head cashier next week.
- Future Perfect: I will have cashiered over 100 times by the end of September.
- Future Perfect Continuous: I will have been cashiering for at least eight hours by the end of my shift today.