Simple
Simple Progressive
Perfect
Perfect Progressive
Present
Past
Future (will)
Present
Past
Future (will)
Present
Past
Future (will)
Present
Past
Future (will)
( + ing)
( + has / had / have)
(+ has / had / have +been +ing)
Verb Types
Simple
Simple Progressive
Perfect
Perfect Progressive
Present
Past
Future (will)
Present
Past
Future (will)
Present
Past
Future (will)
Present
Past
Future (will)
( + ing)
( + has, had, have)
(+ has / had / have +been +ing)
Simple
Simple Progressive
Perfect
Perfect Progressive
Jill works at Sears.
Jill worked at Sears.
Jill will work at Sears.
Jill is working at Sears.
Jill was working at Sears.
Jill will be working at Sears.
Jill has worked at Sears.
Jill had worked at Sears.
Jill will have worked at Sears.
Jill has been working...
Jill had been working...
Jill will have been working...
Simple
Simple Progressive
Perfect
Perfect Progressive
Jill goes to the gym.
Jill is going to the gym.
Jill has gone to the gym.
Jill has been going...
Jill went to the gym.
Jill will go to the gym.
Jill was going to the gym.
Jill will be going to the gym.
Jill had gone to the gym.
Jill will have gone to the gym.
Jill had been going...
Jill will have been going...
Present Past PastParticiple
PresentParticiple
walk walked (have) walked walking
looked (has) looked look looking
see saw (had) seen seeing
bite bit (has) bitten biting
give gave (have) given giving
know knew (had) known knowing
Simple
Present:
Past:
Future:
Jill works at Sears.
Jill worked at Sears.
Jill will work at Sears.
Simple Progressive ( + ing )
Present:
Past:
Future:
Jill is working at Sears.
Jill was working at Sears.
Jill will be working at Sears.
WARNING
Jill was working at Sears when she turned 18.
Before she left for college, Jill was working at Sears.
When I was a child, I _______________ with matches.
I _______________ with matches when I burned my finger.
In his high school band, James _____________ the guitar.
James _______________ the guitar when the string broke.
In the production of Hamlet , Tony _____________ the ghost.
When the production of Hamlet was reviewed, Tony _________________ the ghost.
Baby Maria __________________ in her food when the catjumped on her plate.
As a baby, Maria ________________ in her food.
played
played
played
played
was playing
was playing
was playing
wasplaying
Perfect
( + has / had / have)
Present:
Past:
Future:
Jill has worked at Sears.
Jill had worked at Sears.
Jill will have worked at Sears.
Jill has worked at Sears for seven years.
Until she got fired, Jill had worked at Sears for seven years.
When the store closes on March first, Jill will have worked at Sears for seven years.
Perfect Progressive
( + has / had / have + been + ing)
Present:
Past:
Future:
Jill has been working at Sears.
Jill had been working at Sears.
Jill will have been working at Sears.
Jill has been working at Sears for seven years.
Until she quit, Jill had been working at Sears for seven years.
In May, Jill will have been working at Sears for seven years.