| Simple (Indefinite) | Progressive(Continuous) | Perfect | Perfect Progressive(Continuous) |
| Простое(неопределен.) | продолженное | завершенное | Завершенно-длительное |
образование | основа глагола (глагол из словаря) | be+ причастие наст.времени(Ving) | have+причастие прошедшего времени Vз | have been+ причастие настоящего времени(Ving) |
значение действия | регулярное действие | процесс | результат | продолжительность |
характер действия | действие повторяется | действие происходит в момент речи | действие закончилось к моменту речи | действие началось в указанное время и продолжается в момент речи |
время действия | неопределенное | точное | связь с настоящим моментом | началось в прошлом и продолжается |
Present | Usually, every (day), always, often, seldom, sometimes, never, | now, at this moment, at 5 o`clock | always, often, seldom, never, ever, just, lately, recently, many times, up to now, once, yet, this (week), today, tonight | for hours(days, week…), since yesterday (Monday, last month), since then (2004) all the time, all the morning |
I (we, you, they) V he(she, It) Vs | I am+Ving he(she, it)+is Ving we(you, they)+are Ving | I (we, you, they)+have Vз he(she, it)+hasVз | I (we, you, they)+have been Ving he(she, it) +has been Ving |
Past | the other day(на днях), (two days) ago, last ((month), the day before yesterday | at that moment, yesterday at 5 o`clock | by then, by that time, by Monday | since (morning), for (2 hours) |
V2 | I(he, she, it)+ was Ving we(you, they)+were Ving | had Vз | had been Ving |
Future | tomorrow, next month, in ..days, one of these days | at that moment, tomorrow at 5 o`clock | By 5 o`clock, by the end of the week, by the end of next month | since Monday, for a long period of time |
will V | will be Ving | will have Vз | will have been Ving |