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Verb Tense Revision Chart

(Revision of all tenses of English verbs with a brief explanation and an


example.)
Verb

Tense

Use

Example

I play

Present Simple

-Regular activities / routine

Amy and Sue play tennis on Saturdays.

I am playing

Present
Continuous

-Continuous present action

Amy and Sue are playing at the moment.

-Finished part of continuous


action.
-Amy and Sue have played two sets.
-Completed actions in
unfinished
time period.
I have played

Present
Perf.Simple

-Recent events (unspecified


time)
-Past action with a result in
the
present.

-They have played several other matches


this year.
-Their parents have just arrived.
-Sue has broken her racket so she can't
continue.
-They have played in many tournaments.

-Experiences up to now.
I have been
playing

Present Perf.
Cont.

Actions begun in the past


which continue today.

They have been playing tennis since


2 o'clock this afternoon.

I played

Past Simple

Finished actions at a specific Last Saturday Sue played in another


time in the past.
tournament.

I was playing

Past
Continuous

Past continuous actions.

At 2.45 pm they were playing the second


set.

I had played

Past Perfect
Simple

Completed actions before a


specific time or event in the
past.

I had been
playing

Past Perfect
Cont.

Continuous actions before a


specific time or event in the At 4 pm they had been playing for 2 hours.
past.

-Predictions
I will play

Future Simple

Two other people had played a match


before Amy and Sue arrived.

Amy will win the match today.

-Spontaneous
decisions/offers

I'll lend you my racket!

I will be
playing

Future
Continuous

Continuous future action

Tomorrow they will be playing in another


club.

I will have
played

Future Perfect

Completed future action

By September they will have played ten


matches.

I will have
been playing

Future Perfect
Cont.

Continuous future action


estimated at a time in the
future.

A 5 pm Amy and Sue will have been playing


for 3 hours.

I would play

Conditional
Simple

Probable action in an
imaginary situation

I would play tennis if I had a racket.

I would be
playing

Conditional
Cont.

Continuous action in an
imaginary situation

Amy would be playing tennis if you came by


on Saturday afternoon.

I would have
played

Conditional
Perfect

Speculation about
imaginary situations in the
past.

I would have played tennis yesterday if you


had asked me.

I would have

Conditional

Continuous hypothetical

been playing

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Perf.Continuou
s

situations.

I would have been playing with Sue if I had


won my last match.

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