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.

