Verb Tenses, Uses, Clues and Examples

VERB TENSES          USES                                                   CLUES                                   EXAMPLES

.Present Simple          .Habits, routines                                      Frequency Adverbs                 We are never late

                                                                                                                                                                   We always work hard

.Present Continuous     To talk about the things we are             Now, at this moment,              We are doing some grammar exercises                                                     d0ing at the moment of speaking         at the moment                           It isn´t raining at this moment

                                          .To talk about future plans or              Tonight, tomorrow,                       We are having an exam next Tuesday

                                            arrangements                                       next week,                                        I am meeting my friends on Saturday

.Past Simple                       .To talk about past actions               Yesterday, last week /              We went to the cinema last weekend

                                                                                                             last month / year                       She missed the bus yesterday

.To be going to               .To talk about future plans                     Tonight, tomorrow,               I am going to meet my friends on Saturday

                                           .Things that are about to happen

                                            (evidence)                                                                                                     The sky is dark, it is going to rain

.Future (will)                 .To talk about future predictions             In 2060, …                            I think people will live on Mars in 2060