English Verb Tenses
The seven tenses in blue are the most common.You will use these almost every day, so learn them first.
| Simple | walked | walk | will walk |
| Continuous | was walking | am walking | will be walking |
| "Perfect" | had walked | have walked | will have walked |
| Perfect Continuous | had been walking | have been walking | will have been walking |
Sample Sentences:
- 1) Simple Tenses describe actions that are only one moment in time.
- I walked to school yesterday.
- I walk to school every day.
- I will walk to school next Tuesday.
- 2) Continuous Tenses describe actions that continue, then another action happens more quickly.
- I was walking to school last Friday when it suddenly started to rain.
- He is walking to school now, but you can find him if you hurry.
- I will be walking to school this time next week, so you will be able to find me easily.
- 3) Perfect Tenses describe TWO moments in time, with emphasis on the second one.
- I had walked halfway to school before I remembered that I didn't have my books.
- I have always walked to school. (Emphasis is not spoken! It is on the experience I have now - I am a person NOW who walks, not drives or takes a bus or rides a bicycle.)
- By the time the year is over, I will have walked a total of 300 kilometers!
- 4) Perfect Continuous Tenses describe actions that continue between TWO moments in time.
- I had already been walking halfway to school when I remembered that I left my book at home.
- I have been walking to school since I was 6 years old.
- When I finish high school, I will have been walking to school for 12 years!
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