graphical overview of the English tenses/verbs system for learners - teachers' version. There is also a teachers' version with explanations: http://www.slideshare.net/stevepowell99/tenses-charts

1. the 4 timeframes present Example: she writes(see chart 4) past Example: she wrote(see chart 6) future Example: she will write(see chart 7) conditional conditional Example: she would write(see chart xx)

2. perfect progressive passive the 3 feature frames Example: she has written(see chart ) Example: she is writing(see chart ) Example: it is written(see chart )

3. future will writewill havewillbe the forms of the verb past wrotehadwas, were base write have be presentwrite, writeshave, hasam, is, are perfectwritten had been passivewrittenhadbeen progressivewriting having being

4. present Ann is a journalist at FreeTime Magazine. She writesthe Holiday Report.

5. past now (3 p.m.) this morning She wrote the Hawaii Report this morning, before her boss arrived.

6. future now tomorrow She will write the Report tomorrow - if she has time.

7. presentperfect CYPRUS now (3 p.m.) … …so far today ... ... She has written the Report already. Here it is!

8. presentprogressive … right now ... She is writing the holiday report just now - so don't talk to her.

9. presentpassive The Report is written in three languages.

10. CYPRUS presentperfectprogressive now (11 a.m.) … … all morning … … Yawn! She is writing the Report. She hasbeen writing the Report all morning - so she's tired.

11. pastperfect CYPRUS now (1 p.m.) this morning at the meeting time up to the meeting She has written the Report at last! She felt great at the meeting because she had written the Report already.

12. pastprogressive the phone rang now (1 p.m.) She is writing the Report right now. While she was writing the Report this morning, the phone rang.

13. pastperfectprogressive now (1 p.m.) at the meeting … all morning … Yawn! She is writing the Report right now. She hasbeen writing the Report all morning She was tired at the meeting because she hadbeen writing the Report all morning.

14. futureperfect CYPRUS this evening now (1 p.m.) 8 p.m. before 8 p.m. She has written the Report. She willhave written the Report by 8 o'clock - so call her then.

15. future progressive now (1 p.m.) this evening exactly 8 p.m. She is writing the Report right now. At 7 o‘clock she willbe writingthe Report- so don't call her!

16. futureperfectprogressive now (1.p.m.) 7 p.m. 5 or 6 hours Yawn! She is writing the Report. She hasbeen writing the Report By 7 o‘clock she willhavebeen writingfor 5 or 6 hours - so she‘ll be tired

17. presentprogressive passive … … at the moment … … The reportiswritten in seven languages At the moment, the reportis beingwritten in seven languages. Soon we will add Hungarian and Portuguese.

18. past passive this year last year The reportiswritten in nine languages Last year the report was written in nine languages.

19. These slides areavailable online at http://pogol.net/index.php?p=22, where you will also find a teachers version with extensive explanations, as well as on slideshare.net.