| Present | Past | Future |
Simple | He cooks dinner every Friday. I, you, we, they V he, she ,it V-s | He cooked yesterday. V-ed, V2 | He will cook tomorrow. will V |
every morning / day / etc., always, usually, frequently / often ,sometimes, seldom *в придаточных времени и условия I’ll go to the cinema if he invites me. | yesterday ,last year / month / etc ,one year / month ago, in 1987, с вопросительным словом “when” | tomorrow ,tonight ,next week / month / etc., soon, in the future, in a week, in a year *в придаточных дополнительных I don’t know when he will come. |
Continuous | He is cooking now. I am He, She, It is V-ing You, We, They are | He was cooking when the phone rang. I was He, She It, V-ing You, We, They were | He will be cooking when you come. will be V-ing |
now, right now, at the moment, at this moment | while ,at that time, at that moment, at 5 o’clock yesterday * when + Past Simple | at 5 o’clock tomorrow, from 5 till 6 tomorrow * when + Present Simple |
Perfect | She has already cooked dinner. I, You, We, They have She, He, It has V3 | He had cooked the dinner when the phone rang. had V3 | He will have cooked dinner by the time you come. will have V3 |
ever ,never, just, already, yet, today, this week / year / etc | before ,already ,by the time ,after ,by | by the time, before, by 5 o’clock tomorrow |
Perfect Continuous | He has been cooking for over an hour. I, You, We, They have She, He, It has been V-ing | He had been cooking for a long time before he took lessons. had been V-ing | He will have been cooking all day by the time she gets home. will have been V-ing |
for 5 years / a month / etc., for months / weeks / etc. since 5 o’clock, all day, all night how long, since when (в вопросах) | for one week / hour / etc., since, for a long time | by the time, for ten days / weeks / etc., by (for 7 hours when you come) |