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Tense Revision Chart: Verb Form Tense Use Example

This document provides a tense revision chart that outlines 14 English verb forms and their typical uses. It lists the verb form, tense, common uses with examples for each including: present simple for regular activities, present continuous for ongoing actions, present perfect for recent or unfinished past events, past simple for completed past actions, past continuous for ongoing past actions, and various future, conditional, and perfect verb forms.

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Tense Revision Chart: Verb Form Tense Use Example

This document provides a tense revision chart that outlines 14 English verb forms and their typical uses. It lists the verb form, tense, common uses with examples for each including: present simple for regular activities, present continuous for ongoing actions, present perfect for recent or unfinished past events, past simple for completed past actions, past continuous for ongoing past actions, and various future, conditional, and perfect verb forms.

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VERBS

TENSE REVISION CHART

Verb form
Tense Use Example
(to play)
I play Present simple ▪ Regular activities - routine - habits ▪ Anne and Sophie play tennis on Saturday afternoons.
I am playing Present continuous ▪ Continuous action now or at the present time. ▪ Anne and Sophie are playing at the moment.
▪ Finished part of a continuous action ▪ So far they have played two sets.
▪ Completed actions in an unfinished period of time ▪ They have played several other matches this month.
Present Perfect Simple
I have played ▪ Recent events (no time mentioned) ▪ Their parents have just arrived.
▪ Past action with a result in the present. ▪ Sophie has broken her racket so she's got to change it.
▪ Experiences (no time mentioned) ▪ They have played in many tournaments.
I have been playing Present Perfect Continuous ▪ Actions begun in the past which continue today. ▪ They have been playing tennis since 2 pm.

I played Past Simple ▪ Finished actions at a specific time in the past. ▪ Last Saturday Sophie played in another tournament.
I was playing Past Continuous ▪ Continuous actions at a specific time in the past. ▪ At 2.30 pm they were starting the second set.
I had played Past Perfect Simple ▪ Actions before a specific time in the past. ▪ Before they arrived, two other people had played a match.
I had been playing Past Perfect Continuous ▪ Past continuous actions before a specific time in the past ▪ When their parents arrived, they were already playing.
▪ Predictions ▪ Sophie will win the match today.
I will play Future simple
▪ Spontaneous decisions or offers ▪ I'll lend you my tennis racket!
I will be playing Future continuous ▪ Future continuous actions ▪ Next Saturday they will be playing in another town.
I will have played Future perfect ▪ Completed future action. ▪ By September, they will have played 12 matches.
I will have been playing Future perfect continuous ▪ Continuous future action completed at a given time. ▪ At 4 pm Anne and Sophie will have been playing for 2 hours.
I would play Conditional Simple ▪ Probable action in an imaginary situation ▪ I would play tennis if I had a racket.
▪ Anne would be playing tennis if you came on a Saturday
I would be playing Conditional Continuous ▪ Continuous action in an imaginary situation.
afternoon.
I would have played Conditional Perfect ▪ Speculating about hypothetical situations in the past. ▪ I would have played yesterday if you had asked me.
▪ I would have been playing with Anne if I had won my last
I would have been playing Cond. Perfect Continuous ▪ Continuous hypothetical situations.
match.

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