Present
When do we use Present Simple, explain and give an example.
Example: I play tennis on Mondays.
Past simple, example.
Last saturday I went to the cinema.
Future simple, example.
I will close the window.
0 conditional- example
If you mix blue and yellow you get green
Present Continuous, explain and example
I am playing at the moment
Past continuous example
I was studying
Future continuous, use.
Action in progress at a specific future time.
At this time tomorrow I will be teaching
1st conditional example
If you study you will pass the exam.
Present Perfect (USES)
Unfinished Actions → Something started in the past and continues now.
I have lived here for 5 years. (I still live here.)
Life Experiences → Something that happened at an unknown time.
She has traveled to Japan. (We don’t know when.)
Recent Actions with a Result Now → Past action affects the present.
I have lost my keys. (I still don’t have them.)
Multiple Actions Until Now → Happened many times before now.
He has visited Paris three times.
With "Just," "Already," "Yet" → Recent, expected, or pending actions.
I have just eaten. / She hasn’t arrived yet.
Past perfect, use.
Completed actions before a specific time or event in the past.
Future perfect simple, use + example
Completed future action.
By June I will have graduated college.
2nd conditional example.
If I won the lottery I would buy a house
Present Perfect Continuous- example.
They have been playing tennis since 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Past perfect example
Two other people had played a match before Amy and Sue arrived.
Future perfect continuous- use
A future action that will still be happening at a specific time.
3rd conditional example
If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.
When do we use Present perfect continuous?
Actions that started in the past which continue at the time of speaking.
Past perfect continuous, use and example.
Continuous actions before a specific time or event in the past.
At 4 pm they had been playing for 2 hours.
Future perfect continuous example.
By 5 pm Amy and Sue will have been playing for 3 hours.
EXTRA QUESTION. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WILL AND GOING TO.
Will- Sudden decisions
GOING TO- Planned actions