SUMMARY CHART OF VERB TENSES: to study
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT PERFECT
X
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X
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
X
X
X
The world is round.
I study every day.
I am studying right now.
I have already studied chapter one.
I have been studying for two hours.
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PROGRESSIVE
PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
I studied last night.
I was studying when they came.
I had already studied chapter one before
I began to study chapter two.
I had been studying for two hours before my
friends came.
FUTURE SIMPLE
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
X
I will study tomorrow.
X
X
I will be studying when you come.
X
X
I will have studied chapter four before
chapter five.
X
X
I will have been studying for two hours by
the time you arrive.