All Tenses Infographics

TENSES
INFOGRAPHICS
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PRESENT SIMPLE
ALWAYS TRUE
PERMANENT SITUATIONS
Twoandtwomakefour.
PRESENT
IliveinLondon.
HABITS
SHORT ACTIONS NOW
Hetakestheballandscoresagoal!
Usewith:twiceamonth,on
Fridays,often,sometimes.
FUTURE
FUTURE TIMETABLES
FUTURE IN TIME CLAUSES
Ourtrainleavesat11am.
Iwon'tgooutuntilitstopsraining.
Usewith:thisevening,at10
o'clock,tomorrow.
Usewith:until,when,assoonas,
after,before.
SheplaystenniseveryTuesday.

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
TEMPORARY HABITS
TEMPORARY SITUATIONS
He'seatingalotthesedays.
PRESENT
I'mlivinginLondon.
UNFINISHED ACTIONS NOW
I'mworkingatthemoment.
FUTURE
DEFINITE FUTURE PLANS
I'mmeetingmyfathertomorrow.
Usewith:tomorrow,later,at7pm
tonight,onTuesday.
Usewith:now,atthemoment.
Usewith:atthemoment,forafew
weeks,foracoupleofmonths.
Usewith:atthemoment,these
days.
ANNOYING HABITS
You'reforeverlosingyourkeys!
Usewith:always,forever,
constantly.

PRESENT
PERFECT SIMPLE
HOW LONG
PRESENT RESULT
UNFINISHED
I'veknownKarensince1994.
She'slivedinLondonforthreeyears.
FINISHED
Usewith:ever,never.
Usewith:since2010,sinceJuly,
fortenyears,forthreedays.
UNFINISHED TIME WORD
Ihaven'tseenherthismonth.
Usewith:thisweek,today,this
month,thisyear.
LIFE EXPERIENCE
I'vebeentoTokyo.
I'velostmykeys(soIcan'tgetintomy
house).
NEWS / RECENT EVENTS
TheQueenhasgivenaspeech.
Usewith:just/yet/already/recently.

PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
HOW LONG
PRESENT RESULT
UNFINISHED
I'vebeenlivinginLondonfortwoyears.
She'sbeenworkingheresince2004.
FINISHED
Usewith:since2010,sinceJuly,for
tenyears,forthreedays.
TEMPORARY SITUATIONS
I'vebeengoingtothegymalotrecently.
Usewith:recently.
I'vebeenworking(that'swhyI'mtired).