Past and present tenses

A routine action in the present

• present simple

• present continuous

• past simple

• past continuous

An action happening around now.

• present perfect

• past simple

• present continuous

• present simple

An action or state in the past.

• past simple

• persent simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

An action in progress at a specific time in the past.

• present perfect

• present simple

• past simple

• past continuous

An action that happened before another in the past.

• past simple

• past perfect

• present simple

• present continuous

An action that happened at an unspecified

time in the past; an action or state that started in the past and is still happening now.

• present simple

• past perfect

• present perfect

• past simple

An action that started in the past and is continuing now.

• present simple

• past perfect

• present perfect continuous

• past simple