Mastering English tenses is crucial for fluency, enabling precise communication of when actions occur. The English tense system organizes time into past, present, and future, each with simple, ...

English grammar has 12 major tenses used to describe actions in the present, past, and future. Below is a quick breakdown of these tenses with simple examples to help you understand their usage.

All verbs have a past, present and future form. Watch the video and play the activity to find out more with this primary English KS1 and KS2 Bitesize guide.

1. We can use both present perfect and past simple for things that happened in the past. But if there's a result in the present, we tend to use the present perfect. I've lost my phone.