Temporal line

VERB TENSES TIMELINE

Future perfect simple

Present perfect simple

Present simple

Be going to

Past simple

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

Past perfect

Futurecontinious

Past continiuous

Present perfect continious

Present continious

Will be

BE GOING TO

Structure:

subject + to be + going to + verb

Example:

I am going to visit my grandparents next weekend.

PRESENT SIMPLE

Structure:

subject + verb- s (he, she, it)

Example:

I eat breakfast every morning.

WILL BE

Structure:

subject + will + verb

Example:

I will call you later.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINIOUS

Structure:

subject + have/has + been + verb- ing

Example:

I have been working here for three years.

PAST SIMPLE

Structure:

subject + past simple

Example:

I went to the cinema yesterday.

PAST CONTINIOUS

Structure:

subject + was/were + verb- ing

Example:

I was reading when he called.

PAST PERFECT

Structure:

subject + had + past participle

Example:

I had finished my work before they arrived.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

Structure:

subject + have/has + past participle

Example:

I have visited Paris.

PRESENT CONTINIOUS

Structure:

subject + to be + verb-ing

Example:

I am reading a book.

FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE

Structure:

subject + will have + participle

Example:

By the time the party starts, I will have prepared everything

FUTURE CONTINIOUS

Structure:

subject + will be + verb + ing

Example:

They will be sleeping in a tent on Saturday