English Tenses Timeline Chart



English Tenses Timeline Chart

This timeline tenses chart provides a handy reference sheet to English tenses and their relationship to one another and the past, present and future. Conjugated verbs are highlighted in bold. Tenses which are rarely used in everyday conversation are marked by an asterisk (*).

| | |TIMELINE | | |

|SIMPLE ACTIVE |SIMPLE PASSIVE | |PROGRESSIVE / CONTINUOUS ACTIVE |PROGRESSIVE / CONTINUOUS PASSIVE |

| | |PAST TIME | | |

| | |^ | | |

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|She had already eaten |The painting had been sold | |I had been waiting for four hours |The house had been being painted for over |

|when I arrived. |twice before it was |^ |when he finally arrived. |a month before they began to decorate the |

| |destroyed. || | |interior. * |

| | |PAST PERFECT | | |

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|I bought a new car last |The book was written in 1876| |I was watching TV when she arrived.|The problem was being solved when I |

|week. |by Frank Smith. |^ | |arrived late for class. |

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| | |PAST | | |

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|She has lived in |The company has been managed| |She has been working at Johnson's |The students have been being taught for |

|California for many |by Fred Jones for the last |^ |for six months. |the last four hours. * |

|years. |two years. || | | |

| | |PRESENT PERFECT | | |

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|He works five days a |Those shoes are made in | |I am working at the moment. |The work is being done by Jim. |

|week. |Italy. |^ | | |

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| | |PRESENT | | |

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| | | |They are going to fly to New York |The reports are going to be completed by |

| | || |tomorrow. |the marketing department. |

| | |FUTURE INTENTION | | |

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| | |V | | |

|The sun will shine |The food will be brought | |She will be teaching tomorrow at |The rolls will be being baked at two. * |

|tomorrow. |later. || |six o'clock. | |

| | |FUTURE SIMPLE | | |

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| | |V | | |

|I will have completed the|The project will have been | |She will have been working here for|The house will have been being built for |

|course by the end of next|finished by tomorrow || |two years by the end of next month.|six months by the time they finish. * |

|week. |afternoon. |FUTURE PERFECT | | |

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| | |V | | |

| | |FUTURE TIME | | |

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