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and future.

Present

Simple Present

Base verb (+ es/es for third person):

I watch the news every day.

Present Continuous

am/is/are + present participle:

I am watching the news.

Present Perfect

Has/have + past participle:

I have watched the news already.

Present Perfect Continuous

Has/have + been + present participle:

I have been watching the news since I was a teenager.

Past

Simple Past

Verb+ed or irregular verb:

I watched the news.

Past Continuous

Was/were + present participle:

I was watching the news.

Past Perfect

Had + past participle:

I had watched the news before I went to bed.

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been watching watching the news for 20 minutes before you came home.

Future

Simple Future

Will+verb
Am/is/are + going to + verb

I will watch the news / I am going to watch the news.

Future Continuous

Will be + present participle
Am/is/are + going to be + present participle:

I will be watching the news at 9pm. / I am going to be watching the news at 9pm.

Future Perfect

Will have + past participle
Am/is/are + going to have + past participle

I will have watched the news before 10pm. / I am going to have watched the news.

Future Perfect Continuous

Will have been + present participle
Am/is/are + going to have been + present participle:

I will have been watching the news for over ten minutes before you join me. / I am going to have been watching the news for over ten minutes before you join me.

Now choose which tense is being used in each of the following sentences:

1) I am living with my parents.

Present Perfect Continuous
Simple Present
Present Perfect
Present Continuous

2) I have never studied French.

Present Continuous
Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Simple Present

3) We were listening to music.

Past Continuous
Simple Present
Past Perfect Continuous
Present Continuous

4) She had worked with animals in her last job.

Simple Past
Present Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect

5) He had been running.

Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Present Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous

6) You will meet them soon.

Simple Future
Simple Present
Present Continuous
Present Perfect

7) She will have fallen asleep by midnight.

Future Perfect Continuous
Simple Future
Future Perfect
Future Continuous

8) We will have been walking for 4 hours.

Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple Present
Future Perfect Continuous

9) I will be waiting for you.

Simple Present
Future Perfect
Future Continuous
Present Continuous

10) They were making lunch.

Past Perfect Continuous
Past Continuous
Present Future
Present Continuous