TENSE CHART

TENSE    CHART 
 

Verb (to play)	Tense	Use	Example
I play	Present simple                    more...	▪ Regular activities - routine - habits	▪ Anne and Sophie play  tennis on Saturday afternoons.
I am playing	Present continuous             more...	▪ Continuous action now or at the present time.	▪ Anne and Sophie are playing at the moment.
I have played	Present Perfect Simple	▪ Finished part of a continuous action  ▪ Completed actions in an unfinished period of time  ▪ Recent events (no time mentioned)  ▪ Past action with a result in the present.  ▪ Experiences (no time mentioned)	▪ So far they have played two sets. ▪ They have played several other matches this month. ▪ Their parents have just arrived. ▪ Sophie has broken her racket so she's got to change it. ▪ They have played in many tournaments.
I have been playing	Present Perfect Continuous	▪ Actions begun in the past which continue today.	▪ They have been playing tennis since 2 pm.
I played	Past Simple	▪ Finished actions at a specific time in the past.	▪ Last Saturday Sophie played in another tournament.
I was playing	Past Continuous	▪ Continuous actions at a specific time in the past.	▪ At 2.30 pm they were starting the second set.
I had played	Past Perfect Simple	▪ Actions before a specific time in the past.	▪ Before they arrived,  two other people had played a match.
I had been playing	Past Perfect Continuous	▪ Past continuous actions	▪ When their parents arrived, they were already playing.
I will play	Future simple	▪ Predictions  ▪ Spontaneous decisions or offers	▪ Sophie will win the match today. ▪ I'll lend you my tennis racket!
I will be playing	Future continuous	▪ Future continuous actions	▪ Next Saturday they will be playing in another town.
I will have played	Future perfect	▪ Completed future action.	▪ By September, they will have played 12 matches.
I will have been playing	Future perfect continuous	▪ Continuous future action completed at a given time.	▪ At 4 pm Anne and Sophie will have been playing for 2 hours.
I would play	Conditional Simple	▪ Probable action in an imaginary situation	▪ I would play tennis if I had a racket.
I would be playing	Conditional Continuous	▪ Continuous action in an imaginary situation.	▪ Anne would be playing tennis if you came on a Saturday afternoon.
I would have played	Conditional  Perfect	▪ Speculating about hypothetical situations in the past.	▪ I would have played yesterday if you had asked me.
I would have been playing	Cond. Perfect Continuous	▪ Continuous hypothetical situations.	▪ I would have been playing with Anne if I had won my last match.