Verb forms

	Past	Present & Future
Simple	They ate breakfast this morning. I didn’t play the drums yesterday. Did you live in England last year?	They eat breakfast. I don’t play the drums. Do you live in England?
be + -ing Progressive/Continuous	They were eating breakfast. I wasn’t playing the drums. Were you living in England then?	They are eating breakfast. I’m not playing the drums. Are you living in England now?
have -en Perfect	They had eaten breakfast. I hadn’t played the drums that day. Had you lived in England before?	They have eaten breakfast. I haven’t played the drums today. Have you lived in England?
will Future/Conditional Simple	They would eat breakfast, but they’re not hungry. If I was in a band, I wouldn’t play the drums. Would you live in England?	They will eat breakfast. I won’t play the drums. Will you live in England?
have been -ing Perfect Progressive/Continuous	They had been eating breakfast for an hour. I had some new drums but I hadn’t been playing them. Had you been living in England long when you met your wife?	They have been eating breakfast for an hour. I haven’t been playing the drums recently. Have you been living in England long?
will be -ing Future/Conditional Progressive/Continuous	I thought they would be eating breakfast now. It was decided: I wouldn’t be playing the drums at the concert. Would you be living in England if you could?	They will be eating breakfast now. I won’t be playing the drums at the concert. Will you be living in England then?
will have -en Future/Conditional Perfect	I thought they would have already eaten breakfast. I wouldn’t have played the drums if I knew how loud they were. If they offered you a job there, would you have lived in England?	They will have already eaten breakfast. I won’t have played the drums before next rehearsal. When you’re 40, will you have lived in England?
will have been -ing Future/Conditional Perfect Progressive/Continuous	They would have been eating breakfast for an hour. I wouldn’t have been playing the drums at the concert, if I hadn’t practiced. Would you have been living in England then?	They will have been eating breakfast for an hour. I won’t have been playing the drums, I’ll be too busy. Will you have been living in England long?

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