Tense	Use	Form	Examples
Present Simple	something happens repeatedly	infinitive he/she/it + -s	I eat Octopus every Tuesday.
	how often something happens		I often read books.
	one action follows another
	things in general
	after the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.)		The plane leaves at 2pm tomorrow.
	future meaning: timetables, programmes
Present Progressive/Continuous	something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it	to be (am/are/is) + infinitive + -ing	I'm working at my PC now.
	future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)		I'm flying to London tomorrow morning.
Past Simple	action took place in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present)	regular: infinitive + -ed	I worked in France when I was younger.
		irregular: went, saw, etc	I went to Spain last year.
Past Progressive or Past Continuous	an action happened in the middle of another action	was/were + infinitive + -ing	The door bell rang while I was having dinner.
	someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past)		I was going home at 4pm yesterday.
Present Perfect	you say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present	have/has + past participle*	It has been a hard night and I am tired now.
	action started in the past and continues up to the present	*(infinitive + -ed) or irregular verbs, such as, been, seen, written etc.	I have lived in Scotland for many years.
Present Perfect Progressive/Continuous	action began in the past and has just stopped	have/has + been + infinitive + -ing	I have just been running a marathon.
	how long the action has been happening		He has been working all morning.
Past Perfect	mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: the action which had already happened is put into Past Perfect, the other action into Simple Past	had + *(infinitive + -ed) or irregular verbs, such as, been, seen, written etc.	I had written 3 books before I turned 40.
Past Perfect Progressive/Continuous	how long something had been happening before something else happened	had + been + infinitive + ing	I had been working for hours before he turned up.
will + inifinitive	predictions about the future	will + infinitive	I'll rain tomorrow.
	you decide to do sth. spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven't made a decision before		I think I'll have a burger.
	main clause in type 1 of the 'if' clauses		If I walk, I'll get wet.
going to + inifnitive	Future intentions	be (am/are/is) + going to + infinitive	I'm going to visit Spain next year.
	Prediction based on current evidence		It's going to rain.
Future Progressive/Continuous	An action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. This action has begun before the certain time.	will + be + infinitive + ing	I'll be working at 6pm tomorrow.
	Something happens because it normally happens.		Jack will be drinking in the pub as usual.
	Setting the scene		The sun was shining and the the birds were singing.
Future Perfect	sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future	will + have + past participle	I'll have painted three doors by this time tomorrow.
Future Perfect Progressive/Continuous	sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future	will + have + been + infinitive + ing	I'll have been writing for fours hours by lunchtime.