Tenses

Front 1

Present Simple

Back 1

Function: repeated or regular actions in the past

I play tennis in New Mexico

Front 2

Present Simple

Back 2

Function: Habit

I like running

Front 3

Present Simple

Back 3

Function: State

I am happy to be close to my parents.

Front 4

Present Simple

Back 4

Characterization or description

New Mexico is beautiful.

Front 5

Present Simple

Back 5

Function: schedule activity in the future/timetable

My flight leaves at 10 am.

Front 6

Present Continuous

Back 6

action happening right now

My dad is teaching tennis.

Front 7

Present continuous

Back 7

future arrangement

My mother is going to visit me.

Front 8

Present Perfect Simple

Back 8

an action which happened in the past and has a current result or effect

I have spoken to her about her behavior.

Front 9

Present Perfect Simple

Back 9

A tense usually used with time expressions such as: last night, last week, last year, yesterday

Last week I have lived in Prague for one week.

Front 10

Present Perfect continuous

Back 10

A longer action which happened in the past and is still happening now

I have been living in New Mexico all my life.

Front 11

Present Perfect Continuous

Back 11

A longer action that happened now is no longer happening now but has a present result or effect.

I have been driving my car for three years.

Front 12

Future Simple

Back 12

announcing a simple fact in the future

The leaves will change in the fall.

Front 13

Future Simple

Back 13

Blind Prediction

It will be a wonderful holiday.

Front 14

Future Simple

Back 14

promise

I will take you to the park.

Front 15

Future Simple

Back 15

Determination

I will loose 15 pounds.

Front 16

Future Simple

Back 16

a quick spontaneous decision.

I don't have a pen.

I will give you mine.

Front 17

Future continuous

Back 17

A longer action which will be happening in the future often at or around a specific time in the future

I will be flying to New York in December.

Front 18

Future continuous

going to

Back 18

intention

I am going to take her my documents.

Front 19

future continuous GOING TO

Back 19

Prediction based on evidence

The DMV is going to open at 6 a.m

Front 20

Future Perfect Simple

Back 20

an action that is supposed to be completed by a certain time in the future

By Saturday I will have clean my room.

Front 21

Future Perfect Continuos

Back 21

A longer action or time period which will have been going on for a specific amount of time by a certain time in the future.

On August 31 they will have been traveling for three months.

Front 22

Past simple

Back 22

an ation which happened in the past time may or may not be specificed.

I went to the ball game

Front 23

Past Simple

Back 23

A tense usually used with time expressions such as: last night, last month, last week.

Last night I went to the movies.

Front 24

Past Continuous

Back 24

A longer activity in the past

I was going to pre-school when I learned to read.

Front 25

Past continuous

Back 25

an interrupted activity in the past

I was reading my book when she asked for me.

Front 26

Past Continuous

Back 26

background activity in the past/setting the scene for another action

We were eating dinner and talking about politics when the dog barked.

Front 27

Past Continuous

Back 27

parallel actions in the past

I was going to practice while she was cooking.

Front 28

Past Perfect Simple

Back 28

an action which took place before another action in the past

I had never seen such a beautiful city before I moved to Prague.

Front 29

Past perfect continuos

Back 29

A longer activity happening before another action or time in the past

I had been waiting at the tennis courts for 30 minutes when she arrived.