Verb Tenses with a Regular Verb
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| To Study |
| Simple Present 1st Person | I study every evening. |
Simple Present 3rd Person | She studies every evening. |
Simple Past | He studied last night. |
Simple Future | They will study tomorrow. OR They are going to study tomorrow. |
Present Progressive 1st | I am studying right now while you are listening to music. |
Present Progressive 3rd | He is studying right now while she is watching TV. |
Past Progressive | She was studying during final exam week. |
Future Progressive | They will be studying together tomorrow. |
| Future Perfect Progressive | They will have been studying for 7 hours by the time they finish. |
Present Perfect | They have studied this before, and she has studied this too. |
| Past Perfect | They had studied this before, but it was many years ago. |
| Future Perfect | They will have studied this by the time the students take the quiz. |
| Passive Perfect | This topic has been studied by them. |
| Modal Perfect | They might have studied this, and you could have asked them. |
| Progressive Perfect | They have been studying for 4 hours, and he has been studying for 5. |
| Passive Present | These ideas are studied by many people. |
(Active Version) | Many people study these ideas. |
| Past Passive | Three books were studied by the students in the class. |
| (Active Version) | Students studied three books in the class. |
| Future Passive | Some grammar will be studied by the class. |
| (Active Version) | The class will study some grammar. |
| Modal Passive | This tense should be studied for the quiz. |
| (Active Version) | The students should study this tense for the quiz. |
| Progressive Passive | The material is being studied by the students. |
| (Active Version) | The students are studying the material. |
| True Present Conditional | If they study more, they will make a good grade. |
| Untrue Present Conditional | If they studied more, they would make a good grade. |
| Untrue Past Conditional | If they had studied, they would have made a better grade. |
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