There are twelve main tenses: three simple tenses, three perfect tenses, and six progressive tenses. This handout provides basic information about verb tenses, but writers should always consider their …

The Present Progressive or Continuous be + verb + ing This tense is used to describe an action that is occurring right now (at this moment, today, this year, etc.). The action has begun and is still in …

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE: Used to show the current relevance of research Research conducted in the recent past and still important now Views held in the past and still held Recent studies have …

Do I work? Does he work? Do I go? Does he go? Look! Listen! I'm working. He's working. I'm going. He's going. I'm not working. He isn't working. I'm not going. He isn't going. Am I working? Is he …

You may use the different forms of the present tense to show the progression and sequence of events that are occurring right now. The present tense may help you give directions (for instance, for a …

In formal, academic writing, actions that take place at different moments in time are represented by different verb tenses. These differences become especially important in lab reports and in papers for …

The verb tense system in English is very complicated—English has past, present and future tenses and all of these have both simple and perfect iterations. The good news is that for most academic work, …