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SIMPLE

CONTINUOUS

PERFECT

PERFECT CONT.

PRESENT

PRESENT SIMPLE

I study every day.

PRESENT CONT.

I am studying right now.

PRESENT PERFECT

I have already studied lesson one.

PRESENT PERF. CONT.

I have been studying for two hours.

PAST

PAST SIMPLE

I studied yesterday.

PAST CONTINUOUS

I was studying when they arrived.

PAST PERFECT

I had already studied lesson one, before I began to study lesson two.

PAST PERFECT CONT.

I had been studying for two hours before my friends arrived.

FUTURE

FUTURE SIMPLE

I will study tomorrow.

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

I will be studying when you arrive.

FUTURE PERFECT

I will already have studied lesson one, before I study lesson two.

FUTURE PERFECT CONT.

I will have been studying for two hours by the time you arrive.

Annotations:
     = an action finished
 = an action is continuing (it has taken longer time)
 = results of an action persists (the action itself finished)