1. Overview of the English Verb System The English Verb System is comprised of 12 active tenses. The 12 tenses are made up of a combination of a time frame and an aspect. Time Frame tells when something took place. There are 3 basic time frames: past, present, and future. Aspect tells how the verb is related to that time, or gives some other information about the quality of the action.

2. Verb Tense Table

3. Verb Forms There are some simple rules to remember when forming verbs. Progressive tenses use: BE+ Verb – ing present progressive = > is/are studying past progressive = > was/were studying future progressive = > will be studying Perfect tenses use: HAVE + Past Participle present perfect = > have/has studied past perfect = > had studied future perfect = > will have studied

4. So… Perfect Progressive tenses use HAVE + BEEN + Verb – ing present perfect progressive = > have been studying past perfect progressive = > had been studying future perfect progressive = > will have been studying BE and HAVE should always agree with the subject of the sentence and match the time frame. Now let’s practice… click below for the next activity.

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