Communication GlobaleTenses of English

Present Simple	Past Simple	Future Simple	Past Habitual
I study everyday.	I studied yesterday.	I will help you study. I am going to help you study.	I would sit on my father's knee. I used to sit on my father's knee.
Present Continuous	Past Continuous	Future Continuous	Future in the Past
I am studying now.	I was studying when you called.	I will be studying when you arrive. I am going to be studying when you arrive.	He said I would arrive at 5 yesterday.
Present Perfect	Past Perfect	Future Perfect	Future Continuous in the Past
I have studied here and in the US.	I had studied before I went there.	I will have studied every tense by the time I finish this course.	He said I would be arriving at 5 yesterday.
Present Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous	Future Perfect Continuous	Future Perfect Continuous in the Past
I have been studying for five years.	I had been studying for five years before I moved to the U.S.	I will have been studying for over two hours by the time you arrive.	He said by June I would have been working there for 10 years.

In North American English the Past Simple is generally used instead of the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Continuous.
Simple Future and Habitual Past: Italics denote other forms used to express these tenses. going to expresses intention

a point in time

now

time

continuous / progressive

relationship between points in time

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