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16 English Tenses !free!

: For actions that will be finished by a certain time (e.g., "I will have eaten"). Future Perfect Continuous

| Time → Aspect ↓ | | Present | Future | Future in Past | |----------------|----------|-------------|------------|--------------------| | Simple | I worked | I work | I will work | I would work | | Continuous | I was working | I am working | I will be working | I would be working | | Perfect | I had worked | I have worked | I will have worked | I would have worked | | Perfect Continuous | I had been working | I have been working | I will have been working | I would have been working | 16 english tenses

: For past actions with current relevance (e.g., "I have eaten"). Present Perfect Continuous : For actions that will be finished by a certain time (e

These describe actions from a past perspective (e.g., using "would"), often indicating imagined scenarios. I will call you tomorrow

I will call you tomorrow. Predictions, promises, spontaneous decisions.

I had been waiting for an hour before the bus came. Duration of an action that happened before another past event.