Names and signal words for tenses

I have been talking to him for ...

• Simple Past

• Present Perfect

• Present Perfect Progressive

She left the house at 5 a.m.

• Simple Past

• Past Perfect

• Past Progressive

• Simple Present

I haven't seen the movie yet.

• Present Perfect Progressive

• Present Progressive

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

Jane is using her phone.

• Present Progressive

• Simple Past

• Simple Present

• Past Progressive

John hadn't finished cleaning when his wife got home.

• Present Perfect

• Past Progressive

• Simple Past

• Past Perfect

He had been working on his computer when his girlfriend called him.

• Past Perfect Progressive

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Present Perfect Progressive

Signal word for present progressive

• just

• ago

• since

• now

Signal word for simple past.

• ago

• already

• yet

• never

Tenses that might have "since" in them.

• Simple Past

• Present Perfect

• Present Perfect Progressive

• Present Progressive

Signal words for simple present

• usually

• since

• ago

• always