VERB TENSE REVIEW

Tense ......................................... Example
Present continuous .................... He is swimming now.
Past continuous ........................ He was swimming 5 minutes ago.
Future going to ........................ He is going to swim next week.
Future continuous ..................... He will be swimming at 5:00.
Simple present ........................ He swims every morning.
Simple past ............................ He swam yesterday.
Simple future ......................... He will swim tomorrow.
Imperative ............................ Don't swim!
Present perfect ....................... He has swum for 2 hours.
Present perfect continuous .......... He has been swimming since two o'clock.
Past perfect ........................... He had swum when I talked to him.
Past perfect continuous .............. He had been swimming when we arrived.
Future perfect ........................ He will have swum by 6:00.