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for actions in progress now (at the moment of speaking) or around now.

Present Continuous (Example: Sorry, I can't talk now - I'm doing my homework./ She's writing a book about her life.)

for experiences in our life without saying when they happened.

Present Perfect (Example: I've seen this film three times.)

to focus on past completed actions which are recent (often with "just") or which have a connection with the present.

Present Perfect (Example: I've posted your letter.)

for actions or events in progress at the time of a shorter, past simple action.

Past Continuous (Example: He phoned while I was doing my homework.)

for reasons (after because).

Past Perfect (Example: I decided to walk home because I had forgotten my bus pass.)

for actions and events that happened before a particular moment in time.

Past Perfect (Example: We had already eaten when John came home.)

with state verbs for short-term states, verbs of preference and verbs of the senses.

Present Simple (Example: I want to go home.)

to describe actions that were in progress at a particular moment in the past.

Past Continuous (Example: John was playing tennis at three o'clock.)

to focus on present states which started in the past and have continued up to the present.

Present Perfect (Example: I've lived here since I was a child.)

for habits, repeated actions, facts and things which are generally true.

Present Simple (Example: I usually do my homework in the evening./ She writes crime stories.)

for temporary situations.

Present Continuous (Example: I'm studying English in Cambridge this semester, but normally I work in Milan.)

to talk about completed past actions and states.

Past Simple (Example: I lost my phone last week, but then I found it in my car.)