The terms for the tenses in English Grammar are sometimes different depending on the reference book you use. In the following list you can see which terms mean the same.
Terms for tenses | Examples |
Simple Present | I play football every week. |
Present Progressive | I'm playing football now. |
Simple Past | I played football yesterday. |
Past Progressive | I was playing football the whole evening. |
Present Perfect | I have just played football. |
Present Perfect Progressive | I have been playing football for 2 hours. |
Past Perfect | I had played football when Susan came. |
Past Perfect Progressive | I had been playing football when Susan came. |
will-future | I will play football next week. |
going to-future | I'm going to play football this afternoon. |
Future Progressive | I will be playing football next Sunday. |
Future Perfect | I will have played football by tomorrow. |
Future Perfect Progressive | I will have been playing football for an hour by 10.30. |
* Sometimes the word TENSE is added to other terms in this table as well.