The document provides a review of verb tenses in English including their usage and examples. It discusses the simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, simple future, future continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous tenses. The document includes exercises for readers to practice identifying and using different verb tenses through fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and example sentence questions.

1. VERB TENSES REVIEW
By: Adriana Rodriguez

2. When do we use
1. Simple present tense: _____________________________________________
 To express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a
scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or
usually does not do.
 Indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is
not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people
or things.
2. Present continuous (progressive) tense _____________________________________________
 Use the Present Continuous with Normal Verbs to express the idea that something is happening now, at this very
moment. It can also be used to show that something is not happening now.
 In English, "now" can mean: this second, today, this month, this year, this century, and so on. Sometimes, we use
the Present Continuous to say that we are in the process of doing a longer action, which is in progress; however, we
might not be doing it at this exact second.

3. 3. Simple past tense _____________________________________________
 Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in
mind.
 We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past.
 The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit, which stopped in the past. It can have the same
meaning as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as:
always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.
4. Past continuous (progressive) tense _____________________________________________
 Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is
usually a shorter action in the Simple Past. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption
in time. For example: I was watching TV when she called.

4. 5. Simple future tense _____________________________________________
 "Will" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker offers
to do for someone else. Often, we use "will" to respond to someone else's complaint or request for help. We
also use "will" when we request that someone help us or volunteer to do something for us. Similarly, we use
"will not" or "won't" when we refuse to voluntarily do something. "Will" is usually used in promises.
 "Be going to" expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the idea that a person intends to do something in
the future. It does not matter whether the plan is realistic or not.
6. Future continuous (progressive) tense _____________________________________________
 Use the Future Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the future will be interrupted by a shorter action
in the future. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time. For example: I will be
watching TV when she arrives tonight.

5. 7.Present perfect tense _____________________________________________
 We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact
time is not important. You CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such as:
yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one
day, etc. We CAN use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many
times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.
8. Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense _______________________________________
 We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up
until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations, which can be used
with the Present Perfect Continuous.

6. 9. Past perfect tense _____________________________________________
 The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also
show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
10. Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense ________________________________________
 We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until
another time in the past. "For five minutes" and "for two weeks" are both durations, which can be used
with the Past Perfect Continuous. Notice that this is related to the Present Perfect Continuous; however, the
duration does not continue until now, it stops before something else in the past.

7. 11. Future perfect tense _____________________________________________
 The Future Perfect expresses the idea that something will occur before another action in the future. It can
also show that something will happen before a specific time in the future.
12. Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense
 We use the Future Perfect Continuous to show that something will continue up until a particular event or
time in the future. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Friday" are all durations, which can be
used with the Future Perfect Continuous. Notice that this is related to the Present Perfect Continuous and
the Past Perfect Continuous; however, with Future Perfect Continuous, the duration stops at or before a
reference point in the future.
 Using the Future Perfect Continuous before another action in the future is a good way to show cause and
effect

8. EXERCISE 1. Complete the chart.
TENSE USAGE EXAMPLE
Simple
Present Continuous
Perfect
Perfect continuous
Past Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect continuous
Future Simple
Continuous
Perfect
Perfect continuous

9. EXERCISE 2. Filling the blank
1. You look really great! (you, work) _______________________out at the fitness center recently?
2. I (have) _______________________ the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new
one.
3. Sam (arrive) _______________________ in San Diego a week ago.
4. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep) _______________________.
5. When I (arrive) _______________________ home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare)
_______________________ a delicious dinner.
6. If you (need) _______________________ to contact me sometime next week, I (stay)
__________________in San Francisco.
7 - By the time I ___________ (arrive) at the bank, I realized I _____________ (leave) my wallet at home
8 - Tomorrow at this time, I ________________ (fly) to Rome
9- Tom never __________ (do) his homework.
10 - Yesterday at this time I ______________ (watch) TV.
11 - He always__________________ (finish) his exams by December.
12 - In 2100, people ____________ (live) on the moon

10. 1 Which sentence is an example of present progressive form of verb?
A. Harry Drove to Florida. B. Keith is riding his new bike. C. Anne's dog was chasing my cat. D. She jogs
every morning.
2 Which sentence is an example of simple past form of verb?
A. She is buying the groceries. B. Jason laughed at us. C. Molly takes bus to school. D. They have left the
hotel room.
3 Which sentence is an example of future progressive form of verb?
A. The leaves are falling down. B. The Bus will leave in the morning. C. Rachael will be working from 8am to 5pm
tomorrow. D. She had left when we arrived.
4 Which sentence is an example of simple future form of verb?
A. I will bring the homemade cookies. B. He brought pizza for us. C. Mom is baking cake for my birthday party.
D. She will be attending the evening classes.
EXERCISE 3. Multiple Choice

11. 5 Which sentence is an example of future perfect form of verb?
A. She will be visiting us tomorrow. B. I am ordering few more copies of this book.
C. By tomorrow, I will have finished the last chapter. D. He shipped the package yesterday.
6. Which sentence is an example of future progressive form of verb?
A. They arrived very late. B. Mrs. Mathew will be coming home soon.
C. I went to bed after I had finished my project. D. He will mail the letter tomorrow
7 Which sentence is an example of past perfect form of verb?
A. She had already eaten when her children came home. B. We played card games all day.
C. We will go to the swimming pool tomorrow. D. She has cooked the dinner.
8 Which sentence is an example of present perfect form of verb?
A. Dr. Collins will be moving to France. B. Angela has visited Taj Mahal twice.
C. She called me twice yesterday. D. She runs very fast.

12. 9. Which sentence is an example of present perfect progressive form of verb?
A. Lee has worked for that company for ten years.B. She was playing tennis with her father.
C. I will be waiting for her at the station. D. I have been working on this data for 5 hours.
10 Which sentence is an example of past progressive form of verb?
A. Jill has known Harold for 5 years. B. I ran faster than Peter.
C. He will call you tonight. D. She was planting tulips in her garden.