TENSES INTRODUCTION

The English Tenses System

Many English learners worry to much about tenses. If you stopped 100 native English speakers in the street and asked them about tenses, one oof them might give you an inteligent answer if you were lucky. The other 99 would know little about terms like “past perpect” or “present countinuos”. And they would know nothing about aspect, voice or mood. But they can all speak fluent English and communicate effectively, but don’t become obsessed with them. Be like those native speakers!

Speak naturally!

The links below are to lesson for each of the 12 basic tenses. In each lesson we look at ttwo aspects of the tenses :

*Structure : How do we make the tenses ?

*Use : When and why do we use the tenses ?

Some lesson look at additional aspects, and most of them finish with a quiz to check your understanding.

*Present Tenses

I do do, I do

*Present Continuous Tenses

I am doing, I am doing tomorrow

*Present Perfect Tenses

I have done

*Present Perfect Continuous Tenses

I have been doing

*Past Tenses

I did do, I did

*Past Continuous Tenses

I was doing

*Past Perfect Tenses

I had done

*Past Perfect Continuous Tenses

I had been doing

*Future Tenses

I will do

*Future Continuous Tenses

I will be doing

*Future Perfect Tenses

I will have done

*Future Perfect Continuous Tenses

I will have been doing