Simple Tense

Verb tense tells you when the action happens. There are three main verb tenses: present, past, and future. Each main tense is divided into simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses.

	Present	Past	Future
Simple	finish	finished	will finish
Progressive	am/is/are finishing	was/were finishing	will be finishing
Perfect	have/has finished	had finished	will have finished
Perfect Progressive	have/has been finishing	had been finishing	will have been finishing

Things to remember about simple tense:

     a. Present tense is the original verb form.
     b. Past tense has a few patterns.
     c. Future tense needs will (shall) + verb.