{"id":1493,"date":"2022-10-20T05:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2022-10-20T05:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:10:13","slug":"english-tenses-how-to-recognize-them-and-how-many-should-you-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/english-tenses-how-to-recognize-them-and-how-many-should-you-use\/","title":{"rendered":"English tenses &#8211; how to recognize them and how many should you use?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <section class=\"section blogHeader\" id=\"blogHeader-block_63513962e9e73\">\n      <div class=\"blogHeader__wrapper\">\n                              <div class=\"blogHeader__image\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_1713835456.jpg\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_1713835456.jpg\" alt=\"English tenses - how to recognize them and how many should you use?\" class=\"blogHeader__imageItem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_1713835456-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_1713835456-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_1713835456.jpg 1000w\" style=\"width:100%; aspect-ratio:1000\/667;\"> \n              <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          \n      <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n      <section class=\"blogContentTable\" data-toc-section>\n        <input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"blogTocToggle\" class=\"blogContentTable__toggle\" \/>\n        <label for=\"blogTocToggle\" class=\"blogContentTable__header\">\n            <span class=\"blogContentTable__heading\">\n                Table of contents            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"blogContentTable__arrow\"><\/span>\n        <\/label>\n        <div class=\"blogContentTable__wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"blogContentTable__heading blogContentTable__heading--sidebar\">\n                Table of contents            <\/div>\n            <ol class=\"blogContentTable__list\">\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">What is a verb tense in English?<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">How many tenses are there in English?<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Recognizing the right tense &#8211; tense table in English<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">How many types of tenses should kids use?<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ol>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <script>\n        \/\/ Use DOMContentLoaded for faster TOC initialization\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {\n            const tocSection = document.querySelector('[data-toc-section]');\n            if (!tocSection) return;\n\n            const headings = document.querySelectorAll('.blogHeadingText');\n            const tableContainer = tocSection.querySelector('.blogContentTable__list');\n            if (!tableContainer) return;\n\n            \/\/ Clear the container\n            tableContainer.innerHTML = '';\n\n            \/\/ Count valid headings with h2\n            let validHeadingsCount = 0;\n\n            \/\/ For each heading, create an item in the table of contents\n            headings.forEach((heading, index) => {\n                const h2 = heading.querySelector('h2');\n                if (!h2) return;\n\n                validHeadingsCount++;\n                const title = h2.textContent.trim();\n                const itemHtml = `<li><a href=\"#${heading.id}\">${title}<\/a><\/li>`;\n                tableContainer.innerHTML += itemHtml;\n            });\n\n            \/\/ Hide TOC if no valid headings found\n            if (validHeadingsCount === 0) {\n                tocSection.style.display = 'none';\n            }\n            \n            \/\/ Dispatch custom event to notify that TOC is ready\n            document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('tocReady'));\n        });\n    <\/script>\n  \n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogText\" id=\"blogText-block_635139b5e9e74\">\n    <div class=\"blogText__wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"blogText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Learning a new foreign language may seem easy at the very beginning. We usually start with some simple words and phrases such as: \u201chello\u201d, \u201chow are you doing?\u201d, \u201cmy name is\u2026\u201d, \u201cI like ice-cream\u201d and so on. However, the further you go, the more you start to discover and question. One of the biggest struggles for beginners is understanding <\/span><b>English verb tenses.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> No surprise, because we have<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">at least 12 of them<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">in English, sometimes even more if we consider advanced rules and other conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In this article, we\u2019ll explain <\/span><b>how many verb tenses there are in English<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> and <\/span><b>how many of them your kid actually needs to use. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">We\u2019ll let you know <\/span><b>how to recognize English tenses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">and provide examples of each tense being used in a sentence. Are you ready to learn English grammar with us? Find out what English grammar tenses can be taught to kids in an intuitive, smart and stress-free way. Tenses for kids were never made so easy to understand!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_635139cae9e75\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_635139cae9e75\">\n                What is a verb tense in English?             <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In general, all verb tenses in English tell us how an action relates to the flow of time. We use them to distinguish between situations that happened in the past, are happening in the present and will happen in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Even though the rule presented above seems universal for verb tenses in many foreign languages, in English, there are some specific verb tenses which don\u2019t have their direct substitute in some other languages. Because of that, learning time distinctions that do not exist in your own language can make English grammar hard to understand. However, with our examples and <\/span><b>easy tense charts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">&#8211; everything is possible! <\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_635139e1e9e76\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_635139e1e9e76\">\n                How many tenses are there in English?             <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">As we mentioned above, to differentiate situations that already happened, are happening now and will happen in the future, we need three main verb tenses in English, which are: <\/span><b>present tense, past tense and future tense<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">. These three groups of tenses are divided into four aspects: <\/span><b>the simple, progressive (or continuous), perfect and perfect progressive.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">To sum up, there are <\/span><b>12 major verb tenses in English<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> that learners should know. Each of these tenses gives the speaker detailed information about time and action, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Is the action finished?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Where in the timeline is the action?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">How long did the action last?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Was the action repeated?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Did the action happen at a known or unknown time?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Is the action a habit?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Is the action planned or spontaneous?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Now let\u2019s find out <\/span><b>the characteristics of each English tense <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">and recognize them in specific sentences. <\/span><b>Understand how to use English tenses correctly!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogImage\" id=\"blogImage-block_63513a58e9e79\">\n    <div class=\"blogImage__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogImage__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2011245965.jpg\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2011245965.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"blogImage__imageItem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2011245965-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2011245965-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2011245965.jpg 1000w\" >\n                <div class=\"glightbox__zoom\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/novakid\/public\/img\/icons\/search.svg\" alt=\"Zoom icon\" class=\"style-svg\">\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_63513a04e9e77\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_63513a04e9e77\">\n                Recognizing the right tense &#8211; tense table in English            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Below, we present an <\/span><b>English tense chart <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">with examples of sentences based on one verb \u201cto read\u201d put in different contexts, appropriate for each tense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Present Simple<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Past Simple<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Future Simple<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I read books every day.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Last night I read an entire magazine.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I will read many books this year.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Present Progressive<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Past Continuous<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Future Progressive<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I am reading a newspaper at the moment.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I was reading Harry Potter last night.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I will be reading Jane Eyre soon.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Present Perfect<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Past Perfect<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Future Perfect<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I have read so many books I can\u2019t keep count.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I had read at least 100 books by the time I was twelve.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I will have read at least 100 books by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Present Perfect Progressive<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Past Perfect Progressive<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Future Perfect Progressive<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I have been reading a lot since I was 7 years old.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I had been reading for at least a year before my brother learned to read.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I will have been reading for at least two hours before dinner tonight.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>The Present Tenses<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/the-present-simple-tense-and-how-to-use-it\/\"><b>Simple Present<\/b><\/a><b> &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">we use it when an action is happening right now, or when it happens regularly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: Emma likes tea.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/sentences-in-the-present-continuous-tense\/\"><b>Present Progressive<\/b><\/a><b> &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">indicates that an action or condition is happening now.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: They are swimming in the pool right now.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Present Perfect &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">is used for past actions that are related to or continue into the present.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: They have come a long way.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Present Perfect Progressive &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: I haven\u2019t been feeling well lately. (And I am still sick now.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/no-regulations-life-hacks-to-help-you-memorise-irregular-verbs\/\"><b>The Past Tenses<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Simple Past &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: He won the silver medal at the Olympics.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Past Progressive &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">it refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: I was making dinner when John arrived.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Past Perfect &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">is used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: I went back to the house and saw that the mail had been laid on the grass.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Past Perfect Progressive &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">it shows that an action which started in the past, continued up until another time in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: The dog had been drinking milk out of the bowl, when Mom walked into the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Future Tenses<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/simple-future-tense-in-english-how-to-use-it\/\"><b>Simple Future<\/b><\/a><b> &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">it\u2019s used to talk about things that haven\u2019t happened yet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: This year, Maggie will read Harry Potter.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Future Progressive &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">shows an action happening over a period of time in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: I will be dancing all night.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Future Perfect &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">is used for actions that will be completed before some other point in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: The movie will have ended by the time Julie gets to the cinema.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Future Perfect Progressive &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">it describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Example: In September, I will have been working at my company for five years.<\/span><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_63513a38e9e78\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_63513a38e9e78\">\n                How many types of tenses should kids use?            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Knowing all the 12 English verb tenses is more than enough to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/i-am-learning-english-but-im-scared-to-speak-it\/\"><b>communicate with English speakers in most real-life situations<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> Please note that there is really no point in trying to understand the rules of 12 English verb tenses all at once.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Usually, learning English is a<\/span><b> long process<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/why-should-kids-start-learning-english-before-school-the-benefits-of-early-english\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">starts in your child&#8217;s early age<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> and finishes around college. So it&#8217;s natural that some easier English tenses are introduced to the beginners, while others are being taught at the intermediate or upper <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/english-language-levels\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">intermediate level<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">. The key to understanding English tenses is patience and consistency in learning.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">If your kid just starts learning English, we recommend starting with the <\/span><b>Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> then move on to <\/span><b>Past Simple, Past Continuous, Future Simple and Future Continuous. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">If these six tenses are well understood by your kid, you can move on to the <\/span><b>Perfect and Perfect Continuous group of tenses. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The Future Continuous and Future Perfect Continuous tenses are some of the most difficult to explain to most foreigners, and the probability of using them in real life conversation with an English speaker is quite low.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The beginner, easy tense chart for kids<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">can look like this. 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