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Simple present: "I go." For many verbs, this is used to express habit or ability ("I play the guitar").


Simple past: "I went." In English (unlike some other languages with aorist tenses), this implies that the action took place in the past and that it is not taking place now.


Simple future: "I will go." Can be used to express intention, prediction, and other senses.


Present continuous: "I am going." This is used to express what most other language use the simple present tense for. Note that this form in English can also be used to express future actions, such as in the phrase "We're going to the movies tonight".


Past continuous: "I was going." Future continuous: "I will be going." Present perfect: "I have gone." This is ususally used to express that an event happened at an unspecified or unknown time on the past.


Present perfect continuous: "I have been going." This is used to express that an event started at some time in the past and continues to the present.


Past perfect: "I had gone." Expresses that an action was completed prior to some other event.


Past perfect continuous: "I had been going." Usually expressed with a duration, this indicates that an event was ongoing for a specific time, then completed before a specific event.


Future perfect: "I will have gone."


Future perfect continuous: "I will have been going."