VERB TENSES

The storm will have washed away the tracks.

• simple future

• future continuous

• future perfect

• future perfect continuous

The sky had opened up and there was a storm.

• future continuous

• past perfect continuous

• simple past

• past perfect

The police have caught a thief.

• past perfect

• simple present

• present perfect

• present continuous

He has been living in Bangkok since he left school.

• future continuous

• present perfect continuous

• present perfect

• present continuous

Susie was watching a film when she heard a noise.

• past continuous

• past perfect continuous

• present perfect

• past perfect

She listens to the character prefect attentively.

• present perfect

• past continuous

• simple present

• simple past

Tomorrow at this time, I will be attending a conference.

• present continuous

• future continuous

• simple future

• future perfect

This time next week we will be sitting at the beach.

• future perfect

• present perfect continuous

• future perfect continuous

• future continuous

Her friends had been thinking of calling the police when she walked in.

• past perfect

• past perfect continuous

• past continuous

• present perfect continuous

The president will have been speaking for nearly 2 hours when the ambassador arrives.

• future continuous

• present perfect continuous

• future perfect continuous

• future perfect