A brief description of all the English tenses, and how we should use them. https://www.skype-lessons.com/blog/english-tenses/ PRESENT SIMPLE do does (Every day) PRESENT CONTINUOUS is/are doing (NOW) PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE have/has done (Present result) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS have/has been doing (unfinished duration) PAST SIMPLE did (past finished) PAST CONTINUOUS was/were doing (past unfinished) PAST PERFECT had done (earlier past) PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS had been doing (earlier unfinished duration)