Verb Tenses

Simple Tenses - Present

- Past
- Future
- Conditional
Perfect Tenses - Present - Since
- Past - For
- Future - Lately
- Conditional -Recently
- Continuous - Ever / already / yet /
never
Continuous Tenses - Present
- Past
- Future
- Conditional
Perfect Continuous - Present
Tenses - Past
- Future
- Conditional
There to be - Present
- Past
- Future
- Conditional
Specific verb tenses - To be going to
and idioms - To be used to
- Used to do
- Used to doing
- To get used to
- To do x To make
Modal Verbs - Can / could
- May/ might
- Might / should
- Should / Ought to
- Must / Should

Chart - Time Clues and Verb Tense

Past Present Future /Conditional
Simple Simple Past Simple Present Simple Future

yesterday every morning / day / tomorrow

last year/ month/ etc. tonight
etc. always next week/month/etc.
before usually soon
for five frequently in the future
weeks/days/etc. sometimes
one year/ month
ago

Progressive Past Progressive Present Progressive Future progressive

 while now when
when right now after
this week/minute/etc. as soon as
before
Perfect Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Perfect
before until now by the time you go
already since (somewhere)
by the time ever by the time you do
until then/last never (something)
week/etc. many times/ already
after weeks/years/etc.
for three hours/
minutes/etc/
Perfect Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Perfect
Progressive progressive Progressive Progressive
before for the past year/ by the time
for one month/ etc. for ten
week/hour/etc. for the last 2 months/ days/weeks/etc.
since weeks/etc. by
up to now
for 6
weeks/hours/etc.
since