Ingles

Chart—Active Verb Tenses
  | Past | Present | Future |
Simple | An action that ended at a point in the past. | An action that exists , is usual, or is repeated. | A plan for futureaction. |
  | cooked | cook / cooks | will cook |
(time clue)* | e.g. He cooked yesterday. | e.g. He cooks dinner every Friday. | e.g. He will cook tomorrow. |
Progressive
be +main verb +ing | An action was happening (past progressive) when another action happened (simple past). | An action that is happening now. | An action that will be happening over time,in the future, when something else happens. |
  | was / were cooking | am / is / are cooking | will be cooking |
(time clue)* | e.g. He was cooking when the phone rang. | e.g. He iscooking now. | e.g. He will be cooking when you come. |
Perfect
have + main verb | An action that ended before another action or time in the past. | An action that happened at anunspecified time in the past. | An action that will end before another action or time in the future. |
  | had cooked | has / have cooked | will have cooked |
(time clue)* | e.g. Hehad cooked the dinner when the phone rang. | e.g. He has cooked many meals. | e.g. He will have cooked dinner by the time you come. |
Perfect Progressive
have + be + main verb + ing |An action that happened over time, in the past, before another time or action in the past. | An action occurring over time that started in the past and continues into the present. | Anaction occurring over time, in the future, before another action or time in the future. |
  | had been cooking | has / have been cooking | will have been cooking |
(time clue)* |e.g. He had been cooking for a long time before he took lessons. | e.g. He has been cooking for over an hour. | e.g. He will have been cooking all day by the time she gets home. |