The Mantik: ACTIVE TENSES

Simple Present
Present Action or Condition	General Truths	Non-action; Habitual Action	Future Time
· I hear you. · Here comes the bus.	· There are thirty days in September.	· I like music. · I run on Tuesdays and Sundays.	· The train leaves at 4:00 p.m.

Simple Past
Completed Action	Completed Condition
· We visited the museum yesterday.	· The weather was rainy last week.

Past continuous
Past Action that took place over a period of time	Past Action interrupted by another
· They were climbing for twenty-seven days.	· We were eating dinner when she told me.
Future
With will/won't -- Activity or event that will or won't exist or happen in the future		With going to -- future in relation to circumstances in the present
· I'll get up late tomorrow. · I won't get up early.		· I'm hungry. · I'm going to get something to eat.
Present Perfect
With verbs of state that begin in the past and lead up to and include the present	To express habitual or continued action			With events occurring at an indefinite or unspecified time in the past -- with ever, never, before
· He has lived here for many years.	· He has worn glasses all his life.			· Have you ever been to Tokyo before?
Present Perfect Continuous
To express duration of an action that began in the past, has continued into the present, and may continue into the future
· David has been working for two hours, and he hasn't finished yet.
Past Perfect
to describe a past event or condition completed before another event in the past			In reported speech
· When I arrived home, he had already called.			· Jane said that she had gone to the movies.
Future perfect
To express action that will be completed by or before a specified time in the future
· By next month we will have finished this job. · He won't have finished his work until 2:00.

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