Present Continuous: am/are/is + verb +ing to indicate an action or stage going on at

the time that it is being spoken or written about. Example: I am reading a story.
Present Continuous: am/are/is doing for a relatively temporary habit. Example: She
is watching T.V.
Present Continuous: am/are/is (aways) doing for habitual and irritating action.
Example: He is always playing the stereo when I want to study.
Simple Present: to indicate an action or state going on at the time it i being spoken
or written about; used with certain involuntary verbs. Example: I feel well.
Simple Present: to express habitual action. Example: I get up at seven every
morning.
Present Perfect: have/has done to indicate an action or state completed at some
unspecified past time. Example: I have finished my homework.
Present Perfect: have/has done to indicate an action or state which began some time
in the past and has continued to the moment of speaking. Example: He has worked
here for six months.
Present Perfect Continuous: have/has been doing to indicate an action which began
in the past and is still continuing. Example: He has been playing the piano for eight
years.
Simple Past: to indicate a past action or state, when the speaker or writer is referring
to the time of the completed action or state. Example: I finished my work at fivethirty.
Past continuous: was/were doing to indicate parallel action or states in the past.
Example: While i was reading, John was writing.
Past Continuous: was/were doing for a relatively temporary past habit. Example:
She was watching T.V. last night.
Past Continuous: was/were doing for habitual and irritating action in the past.
Example: He was always playing the stereo when i wanted to study.
Habitual past: used to + verb to indicate habitual past action no longer going on at
the present time. Example: When I was younger, I used to play the piano.
Past Perfect: had done to indicate an action completed before or at a specified time
in the past. Example: He had lived there for six years before moving to the city.

Past Perfect Continuous: had been doing for continuous action up to a specified
time in the past. Example: She had been waiting for the bus for half an hour.
Future be + going to: am/are/is going to do to indicate future actions or states.
Example: Im going to drive to New York next Monday.
Future with will: to indicate future actions. Example: (Don't do that, or you'll hurt
yourself.
Present continuous: am/are/is + verb + ing to indicate a future action planned by
the speaker or writer. Example: He is leaving for San Francisco next week.
Future continuous: will be + verb + ing to express a future action occurring within
the normal course of events. Example: Theyll be going to the seashore this summer.
Modals: can/could; may/might; shall/should; will/would; must and have to.