Master All 12 English Tenses: A Complete Guide

Overview of the purpose of the video and the importance of understanding tenses.

Discussion on the number of English tenses, which totals to twelve.

Present Simple is used for facts, habits, and schedules.

Present Continuous describes actions happening now.

Present Perfect relates past actions to the current moment.

Present Perfect Continuous describes ongoing actions that started in the past.

Past Simple is used for finished actions in the past.

Past Continuous describes ongoing actions in the past, providing context.

Past Perfect is used when one past action occurred before another.

Past Perfect Continuous describes ongoing actions that were happening before another past action.

Future Simple expresses actions believed to happen in the future.

Future Continuous describes actions that will continue over time in the future.

Future Perfect is used for actions that will be completed before a specific time in the future.

Future Perfect Continuous emphasizes the duration of an action until a future time.