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Basic Tenses Formation Usage Example Present Simple Single verb with “S” ending for He, She and It used for routines and facts James speaks four languages. (fact) Rita and John go to Dubai every weekend. (Routine or habit) Formation Usage Example Present Continuous the helping verb (to BE) + verb root + ing used for something that is happing now or for talking about the future I can’t talk to you right now because I’m eating lunch. (at the moment) Ahmed is going to Fujairah this weekend. (future plan) Formation Usage Example Formation Usage Example Formation Usage Example Present Perfect the helping verb (to have) + past participle of verb when you are talking about something that started in the past, but continues until the current time or when you are talking about something that happened recently Barry has lived in Abu Dhabi for over 20 years. (something that started in the past and continues until the present. I have just finished my report. (something recently finished) Simple Past the regular formation is adding –ed to the verb. Be careful of irregular verbs! to describe an event that started and finished in the past Sarah went to India last year. (started and finished in the past) Past Continuous Past tense of helping verb (to Be) + verb root +ing to talk about an event that continued over a period of time in the past. Often (but not always) this time is interrupted by the simple past. I was walking on the corniche when a bird hit me on the head. Past Simple I walked. Continuous I was walking. Perfect I had walked. Present I walk. I am walking. I have walked. Future I will walk. I will be walking. I will have walked.