12 English Tenses — When to use tenses
Match tenses to their usage.
actions happening now
Present Continuous
Present Simple
actions in progress at a specific time in the past
Past Continuous
Past Simple
actions which had finished by the specific time in the future
Future Perfect
Future Simple
on-the-spot decisions
Future Simple
Present Continuous
to emphasize the duration of past action which started and finished in the past before another past action
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Continuous
actions started in the past and continuing at up present
Present Perfect Continuous
Future Continuous
repeated actions
Present Simple
Present Perfect
finished past actions
Past Simple
Past Perfect
to emphasize the duration of action up to a specific time in the future.
Future Perfect Continuous
Future Perfect
finished actions which have a present result
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
actions which had finished by the specific time in the past
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
actions in progress at a specific time in the future
Future Continuous
Future Perfect Continuous
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