ALL English verb tenses in 10 minutes!

want to learn all the English verb tenses in less than 10 minutes that's what you're going to do in this video I'll teach you the 12 essential verb tenses and when to use them with examples there is a lot of information in this lesson so make sure you download the free lesson guide you can save it print it out and there are even places in the guide where you can write your own sentences with each verb tense click on the link in the description to get that free download I'll start with an over rview of the verb tenses and then we'll get into how to use them here's an easy way to see each tense we have past present and future and each of these can be divided into simple continuous perfect and perfect continuous so in the present tense we have present simple I speak present continuous I am speaking present perfect I have spoken and present perfect continuous I have been speaking in the past we have past simple I spoke past continuous I was speaking past perfect I had spoken and past perfect continuous I had been speaking in the future we have two ways to say the future simple I will speak or I'm going to speak future continuous I will be speaking future perfect I will have spoken and future perfect continuous I will have been speaking again this chart is in that free PDF downlo download in the video description but let's see some examples we'll start with the present simple which is one of the first verb tenses we learn in English we use the present simple tense for General facts like this shirt costs $10 we speak English and we use it for actions that happen regularly I take guitar lessons on Wednesday nights Sarah sometimes eats lunch in her office now it's your turn what is a general fact about yourself or your country and what is something you do regularly I'll give you my example I live in the United States and I often work at coffee shops next we have present continuous this is also quite a common verb tense we use the present continuous for an action that is in progress at the moment I'm currently studying biology at University Bill can't talk on the phone right now he's doing his homework we're watching TV at the moment we can also use the present continuous for future plans and Arrangements like I'm having lunch with Jack tomorrow my sister is driving me to the airport on Saturday Tim and Joanna are joining us for dinner next week again try it yourself what's something currently happening and what's something you've got planned in the future right now I'm filming a video for you and later today I'm taking my kids to the park let's move on to the present perect perfect also one of the most common verb tenses in English we use the present perfect with actions that happened in the past at an unspecified time for example I've met several celebrities he's been to Australia several times we've already taken the test notice it's unspecified time I don't say when and we use the present perfect with actions that began in the past and continue to the present I've lived in this house for five years Harry's worked at the same company since 1992 we usually use it with the verbs lived and worked we could also use the present perfect continuous in this case and we'll see that in the next section finally we use the present perfect with actions that have never happened I've never broken a bone she's never bought a car my parents have never eaten sushi so we form the present perfect tense by using have or has plus the past participle of the verb have or has is known as the auxiliary verb or helping verb to the main verb your turn try to make an example for each one I'm going to keep moving in the lesson but you'll definitely want to download the lesson guide so you can write in your own examples or put them in the comments let's go to the present perfect continuous tense we use this one with actions that began in the past and continue to the present like I've been thinking a lot about the situation recently Laura's been been studying since 700 a.m. we've been waiting for you to arrive for over an hour now let's look at the past tenses starting with the simple past we use the simple past in English for events that started and finished in the past so I worked as a research assistant from 2001 to 2003 he called me 10 minutes ago we went to the Bahamas last summer we often form the past simple by adding Ed to the verb for regular verbs but many common verbs in English are irregular like the past tense of go is went not go let's look at the past continuous we use the past continuous tense in English for events that were in progress in the past often when another one-time event happened so sorry I didn't pick up the phone I was taking a shower that's the continuous event when you called that's the single event he was sleeping on the couch that's the continuous event it was in progress when I got home that's the single event when I saw Tina and Sam at the park earlier today saw that's the single event they were arguing that's the continuous event we form the past continuous by using was or were plus the ing form of the verb next we've got past perfect use the past perfect for for past events that happened before other past events for example by the time we arrived at the train station that's one past event the train had already left that's the past before the past when I woke up again in the past I saw that my husband had made breakfast he did that before I woke up 5 minutes after leaving my house I realized that's the past event I forgotten that happened even before that to lock the front door so we form the Past Perfect by using had and the past participle of the main verb we often use the short form apostrophe D like I realized i' forgotten I realized I had forgotten our final past tense is the past perfect continuous and we use it for past actions that continued up to another point in the past before I lost my job that's a past point I had been working on some important projects so working was a continuous action until the point I lost my job they had been hoping Pat would make a full recovery after the accident but he died so hoping was a continuous action until Pat died she'd already been studying English by herself for several years by the time she started taking classes so studying by herself was a continuous action until the time when she started classes we form the past perfect continuous by using had been plus the ing form and again we often use apostrophe D the short form instead of had she' been studying now let's look at the future tenses there are two ways to form the future simple tense in English we use going to for plans arrangements and predictions after I graduate from college I'm going to study for a master's degree we're going to move to a different city next year I think the current president is going to be reelected and we use will for promises offers predictions and decisions made in the moment of speaking so a promise I'll call you later an offer we'll give you a ride home a prediction I have a feeling that this new singer will become very popular and a decision made in the moment I'll have the spaghetti and a side order of salad the future simple is a very common verb tense we use it often next we have future continuous we use this for actions that will be in progress at a time in the future for example don't call me at 600 because I'll be driving home from work at 10:30 tomorrow morning we'll be giving a presentation in English class he'll be watching the football game tonight night at 8 to form the future continuous use will be plus the ing form let's move on to future perfect we use the future perfect for actions that will be completed before a future time I will have written a book before I'm 40 we're late by the time we get to the theater the movie will have started already we will have traveled to 12 different countries by the year 2035 to form the future perfect use will have plus the past participle of the main verb as you can see in the examples we often used before by or by the time with the future perfect tense and finally we have the future perfect continuous for actions that will continue up to a future time by the time she graduates she will have been studying for seven years by 7 p.m. I will have been working on this project for 8 hours by this time next year they will have been living in Japan for two decades this is honestly one of the least common verb tenses in English so you actually don't need to worry too much about it okay many English Learners have difficulty with verb tenses they often stop to think which verb tense should I use and the rules about tenses can be confusing but I hope this lesson has helped you understand the differences between English verb tenses but don't just learn about verb tenses you also need to practice them I recommend writing your own example sentence with every verb tense in this lesson the more example sentences you write the easier it will be to remember the structure of the verb tenses and when we use each one so go ahead and download your free lesson guide to fill in your own examples for every verb tense you can learn about verb tenses in much more detail inside my Advanced English grammar course the lessons in that course also include quizzes to help you review and practice the verb tenses and there's the option to do writing tasks and send them in for feedback and grammar correction from our teaching team this is very valuable because you can find out if you're making any mistakes with the tenses or using them correctly visit my website espresso english. net to join the advanced English grammar course [Music]