schema tempi dei verbi in inglese

 Ecco uno schema chiaro e completo dei tempi verbali inglesi (English Verb Tenses), organizzato in modo didattico:

Schema dei Tempi Verbali Inglesi

Tempo	Forma	Esempio (to work)	Uso principale
Present Simple	I work / He works	I work every day	Abitudini, fatti, verità generali
Present Continuous	I am working	I am working now	Azioni in corso, temporanee
Present Perfect	I have worked	I have worked here for 5 years	Esperienze, azioni passate con legame al presente
Present Perfect Continuous	I have been working	I have been working all day	Azioni iniziate nel passato e ancora in corso
Past Simple	I worked	I worked yesterday	Azioni finite nel passato
Past Continuous	I was working	I was working when you called	Azioni in corso nel passato
Past Perfect	I had worked	I had worked before he arrived	Azione precedente a un’altra nel passato
Past Perfect Continuous	I had been working	I had been working for hours	Azione lunga precedente a un’altra nel passato
Future Simple	I will work	I will work tomorrow	Decisioni spontanee, previsioni
Future Continuous	I will be working	I will be working at 8 pm	Azioni in corso in un momento futuro
Future Perfect	I will have worked	I will have worked by 5 pm	Azione completata prima di un momento futuro
Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been working	I will have been working for 3 hours by then	Durata di un’azione fino a un momento futuro

Note utili

• Present Perfect ≠ Past Simple → I have seen that film (esperienza) vs I saw that film yesterday (tempo definito).
• Going to è molto usato per piani e intenzioni: I’m going to work tomorrow.
• I tempi Perfect Continuous enfatizzano la durata.