Fill in the Blanks Verb tenses reviewOnline version Let's have a look to all the verb tenses in English. by Vicki Viturro 1 future continuous to present past present past perfect will present perfect continuous continuous continuous continuous Be simple future present past simple simple perfect past perfect present continuous perfect going - We use the for either unfinished past actions or past actions which have an influence on the present . - When we want to talk about our daily life or both likes and dislikes , we make use of the . - For spontaneous decisions , predictions , promises and opinions , we use . - When we want to express a future arrangement , we use the . - is used for both pre - planned actions and actions based on strong evidence . - When we want to refer to an action in progress at a certain present , past or future time , we use the , or . - The is used for finished past actions . - When we want to refer to an action which started in the past but it is still happening in the present and we want to emphasise the process , we make use of the or . - The is used for an action which will be completed at a certain future time . - We use the to refer to an action which happened before another action in the past .