actions happening around the time of speaking
Present Continuous
finished action in the past
Past Simple
on-the-spot decision
Future Simple
actions that happened repeatedly in the past
Past Simple, used to
fixed arrangements in the near future
Present Continuous
future intention or a plan
to be going to
action in progress at a stated time in the past
Past Continuous
background information in the story
Past Continuous
actions started in the past and connected to present
Present Perfect
experience
Present Perfect
action that has recently finished, the result is visible now
Present Perfect Continuous
action happened before another past action
Past Perfect
two or more actions that were happening at the same time in the past
Past Continuous
an unlikely or hypothetical condition and its probable present result
Conditional Type 2
hypothetical or unreal situations in the past that did not actually happen
Conditional Type 3
regret over something that has already happened
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