Verb tenses: summary

There are seven basic verb tenses used in English:

• • present
    

    John works in New Orleans every summer.

  • past
    

    John worked in New Orleans last year.

  • present progressive
    

    John is working in New Orleans this week.

  • past progressive
    

    John was working in New Orleans last week.

  • present perfect
    

    John has worked in New Orleans for three years.

  • past perfect
    

    John had worked in New Orleans for three years before moving to New York.

  • future
    

    John will work in New Orleans next year.

John is going to work in New Orleans next year.