!!link!! - 16 English Tenses

| Confused by… | Remember this | |--------------|----------------| | Past Simple vs Present Perfect | Past Simple = finished time (yesterday). Present Perfect = life experience or connection to now. | | Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous | Continuous = focus on duration or ongoing action (“I’ve been reading”). Perfect = focus on result or completion (“I’ve read the book”). | | Future Simple vs Future Continuous | Simple = decision or promise. Continuous = action in progress at a specific future time. |

These locate actions before the moment of speaking. 16 english tenses

By June, I will have been working here for five years. Duration of an action up to a future point. Perfect = focus on result or completion (“I’ve

"Yesterday, I have seen him." (Mixing past simple with present perfect). | These locate actions before the moment of speaking

for these 16 tenses to see exactly how they are structured with auxiliary verbs?