Tenses summary

Tense is the form of a verb that indicates time and can be classified as present, past, and future. In addition, each tense has simple, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous aspects that add different meaning to the verb.

  • Simple aspect: habitual actions or states that refer to a specific moment in time.
  • Perfect aspect: expresses the consequences of a previous action or state
  • Continuous aspect: expresses incomplete or on going actions
  • Perfect continuous aspect: expresses the consequences of a previous ongoing or incomplete action or states