Present Continuous | Present Simple | Past Simple | Future Simple | Present Perfect | |
Действие происходит прямо сейчас, в момент речи. | Действие происходит обычно, постоянно, регулярно, всегда. | Действие произошло в прошлом. | Действие произойдёт в будущем. | Действие произошло в прошлом, но связано с настоящим через результат. Нам не важно, когда конкретно оно произошло. | |
now, at the moment | usually, every, always, often, sometimes, seldom | yesterday, ago, last (week, month, year), in 2010 | tomorrow, next (week, month, year), in (через) | already, yet, just, never, ever, today, this (week, month, year), since, for | |
Утверждение: I am cooking. He She is cooking. It They We are cooking. You | Утверждение: I We cook. You They He She cooks. It | Утверждение: I We You cooked. They V2 He saw. She It | Утверждение: I We shall You They will cook. He She It | Утверждение: I We have V3. You They He She has V3. It | |
Отрицание: I am not cooking. He She isn’t cooking. It We You aren’t cooking. They | Отрицание: I We don’t cook. You They He She doesn’t cook. It | Отрицание: I We You cook. They didn’t V1 He see. She It | Отрицание:  I We shan’t You They won’t cook. He She It | Отрицание: I We haven’t V3. You They He She hasn’t V3. It | |
Вопрос: Am I cooking?  he Is she cooking? it  they Are we cooking? you | Вопрос:  I Do you cook ? we they  he Does she cook ? it | Вопрос:  I we you cook? Did they V1 he see? she it |  Вопрос: I Shall we cook?  you they Will he cook? she it |  Вопрос: I Have we V3? you they  he Has she V3? it | |
| Past Continuous | Present Perfect Continuous | Past Perfect | Future Continuous | Future Perfect |
| Действие происходило в определённый момент или период времени в прошлом. | 1) Действие началось в прошлом и длится до сих пор. 2) Действие началось в прошлом, длилось какое-то время и только что закончилось | Действие закончилось до определённого момента в прошлом, до другого действия в прошлом. | Действие будет происходить в определённый момент или период времени в будущем. | Действие закончится до определённого момента в будущем. |
| this time yesterday, at 4 o’clock yesterday, the whole evening yesterday, all day long yesterday, while, from 2 till 4 yesterday | How long, for, since | by 5 o’clock, by the end of the year/ week, by 2012, by Sunday, by that time | this time tomorrow, at five o’clock tomorrow, the whole evening tomorrow, all day long tomorrow, from 5 till 6 tomorrow | by 5 o’clock tomorrow, by the end of the year/ week, by 2020, by Sunday/ September, by that time |
| Утверждение: I He She was cooking. It They We were cooking. You | Утверждение: I We have been cooking. You They He She has been cooking. It | Утверждение: I We You cooked. They had V3 He seen. She It | Утверждение:  I We shall You They will be cooking. He She It | Утверждение: I We You They will have V3. He She It |
| Отрицание: I He She wasn’t cooking. It We You weren’t cooking. They | Отрицание: I We haven’t been cooking. You They He She hasn’t been cooking. It | Отрицание: I We You cooked. They hadn’t V3 He seen. She It | Отрицание:  I We- shan’t You They won’t be cooking. He She It | Отрицание: I We You They won’t have V3. He She It |
| Вопрос:  I he Was she cooking? it  they Were we cooking? you | Вопрос: I Have you been cooking? we they  he Has she been cooking? it | Вопрос:  I we you cooked? Had they V3 he seen? she it | Вопрос:  I Shall we be cooking?  you they Will he be cooking? she it | Вопрос:  I Shall we have V3?  you they Will he have V3? she it |