Lesson 20 L3 - Grammar in Levels - the most important English grammar

Summary

Lesson 20

This is a summary of tenses. You can see how often each tense is used in the graph below.

Note that going to is not a tense. However, the phrase going to is part of this summary. We use going to when we speak about future.

Present

I speak.

Present simple

I am speaking.

Present continuous

I can speak.

Modal verbs

Future

I will speak.

Future simple

I am going to speak.

Going to

Past

I spoke.

Past simple

I was speaking.

Past continous

I have spoken.

Present perfect

I have been going.

Present perfect continuous

I had spoken before six.

Past perfect

You can see more examples in the book The Little Prince.