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SIMPLE — fact / habit
CONTINUOUS — happening now / then
PERFECT — finished before a point
PERFECT CONTINUOUS — how long
PRESENT
PRESENT · SIMPLEV1 (+s)
I work.
She works in Kochi.
PRESENT · CONTINUOUSam/is/are + V-ing
I am working.
It is raining.
PRESENT · PERFECThave/has + V3
I have finished.
She has gone home.
PRESENT · PERFECT CONTINUOUShave/has been + V-ing
I have been working since 9.
It has been raining all day.
PAST
PAST · SIMPLEV2
I worked.
We went to Munnar.
PAST · CONTINUOUSwas/were + V-ing
I was working when you called.
PAST · PERFECThad + V3
The train had left when I arrived.
PAST · PERFECT CONTINUOUShad been + V-ing
I had been waiting for an hour when the bus came.
FUTURE
FUTURE · SIMPLEwill + V1
I will work.
It will rain.
FUTURE · CONTINUOUSwill be + V-ing
At 9 tomorrow I will be driving.
FUTURE · PERFECTwill have + V3
By June I will have finished.
FUTURE · PERFECT CONTINUOUSwill have been + V-ing
By May I will have been working here for 5 years.
💡 V1 go · V2 went · V3 gone · V-ing going. The three on the left (Simple / Continuous / Perfect) do 95% of the work.