Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Verb Tenses - Coggle Diagram
Verb Tenses
Simple Present
Habitual actions
She works every day
General truths
Water boils at 100 °C
Permanent situations
The live in London
Structure:
Affirmative
I work
Negative
I don't work
Interrogative
Do you work?
Present Continuous
Actions happening now
She is reading
Temporary situations
I am staying with a friend
Future plans
We are meeting tomorrow
Structure:
Affirmative
I am working
Negative
I am not working
Interrogative
Am I working?
Present perfect
Past actions with results now
I've lost my keys
Since/For expression
She has worked here since 2020
Unknown time past
I've seen that movie
Structure:
Affirmative
I have worked
Negative
I haven't worked
Interrogative
Have you worked?
Present perfect continuous
Actions from past to now
I've been working all day
Duration & continuity
They've been studying for hours
Repeated actions
She's been calling lately
Structure:
Affirmative
I have been working
Negative
I haven't been working
Interrogative
Have you been working?
Verb tenses show when an action happens in time:
past - now - future