English Banana.com Test Your Grammar Skills Essential English Tenses Revision – Page Example: Times: Forms: Auxiliary Verbs: Past Perfect I had eaten breakfast before… past (finished time) past participle (3rd form) had (’d) had not (hadn’t) Typical Times: before past simple: before / when yesterday / last… / …ago Uses: recent actions (just) two times in the past to set the scene in the past 3rd condtional (unreal past) Example: Times: Forms: Auxiliary Verbs: Typical Times: Uses: Past Perfect Continuous I had been eating breakfast before… past (finished time) ing form (present participle) had (’d) been had not (hadn’t) been before past simple: before / when yesterday / last… / ago interrupted actions in the past to set the scene in the past temporary situations Big Grammar Book Intermediate Book Future Simple I will eat breakfast tomorrow a specific time in the future infinitive will (’ll) will not (won’t) shall in question forms (suggestions) tomorrow / next… soon / later in… / in (e.g two weeks') time immediate future / spontaneous decisions predictions (think / believe) promises / voluntary actions first conditional (real future) Future Continuous I will be eating breakfast tomorrow a specific time in the future ing form (present participle) will (’ll) be will not (won’t) be tomorrow / next… soon / later in… / in (e.g two weeks') time an action in progress in the future which is interrupted by another action temporary situations asking for information (question forms) predictions (think / believe) Future Perfect I will have eaten breakfast tomorrow by… in the future before another future action or time past participle will have (will’ve / ’ll’ve) will not have (won’t have / won’t’ve) by… / by the time / before… when / in… / at + time for + number / since + time anniversaries / confident predictions two times in the future 2nd clause is often present simple Future Perfect Continuous I will have been eating breakfast by… in the future before another future action or time ing form (present participle) will have been (will’ve been / ’ll’ve been) will not have been (won’t have been / won’t’ve been) by… / by the time / before… when / in… / at + time for + number / since + time an action will be in progress before another action / time anniversaries / confident predictions to compare the actions of two people in the future unfinished actions 2nd clause is often present simple