All about tenses

Tenses in English indicate the time of an action or state of being. The three main tenses are:

• Present Tense: Describes actions happening now, habitual actions, or general truths.
  • Example: She reads a book. (Simple Present)
  • Example: They are playing soccer. (Present Continuous)
• Past Tense: Describes actions that happened and were completed in the past.
  • Example: He walked to the store. (Simple Past)
  • Example: We were studying when the phone rang. (Past Continuous)
• Future Tense: Describes actions that will happen in the future.
  • Example: I will call you tomorrow. (Simple Future)
  • Example: They will be arriving late. (Future Continuous)

Each of these main tenses has further subdivisions (like perfect and continuous tenses) to express more specific nuances of time.