Verb (to play) | Tense | Use | Example |
I play | Present simplemore... | ▪ Regular activities - routine - habits | ▪ Anne and Sophie play tennis on Saturday afternoons. |
I am playing | Present continuousmore... | ▪ Continuous action now or at the present time. | ▪ Anne and Sophie are playing at the moment. |
I have played | Present Perfect Simple more... | ▪ Finished part of a continuous action ▪ Completed actions in an unfinished period of time ▪ Recent events (no time mentioned) ▪ Past action with a result in the present. ▪ Experiences (no time mentioned) | ▪ So far they have played two sets. ▪ They have played several other matches this month. ▪ Their parents have just arrived. ▪ Sophie has broken her racket so she's got to change it. ▪ They have played in many tournaments. |
I have been playing | Present Perfect Continuous more... | ▪ Actions begun in the past which continue today. | ▪ They have been playing tennis since 2 pm. |
I played | Past Simple more... | ▪ Finished actions at a specific time in the past. | ▪ Last Saturday Sophie played in another tournament. |
I was playing | Past Continuousmore... | ▪ Continuous actions at a specific time in the past. | ▪ At 2.30 pm they were startingthe second set. |
I had played | Past Perfect Simplemore... | ▪ Actions before a specific time in the past. | ▪ Before they arrived, two other people had played a match. |
I had been playing | Past Perfect Continuous more... | ▪ Past continuous actions | ▪ When their parents arrived, theywere already playing. |
I will play | Future simple more... | ▪ Predictions ▪ Spontaneous decisions or offers | ▪ Sophie will win the match today. ▪ I'll lend you my tennis racket! |
I will be playing | Future continuous | ▪ Future continuous actions | ▪ Next Saturday they will be playing in another town. |
I will have played | Future perfect | ▪ Completed future action. | ▪ By September, they will have played 12 matches. |
I will have been playing | Future perfect continuous | ▪ Continuous future action completed at a given time. | ▪ At 4 pm Anne and Sophie will have been playing for 2 hours. |
I would play | Conditional Simplemore... | ▪ Probable action in an imaginary situation | ▪ I would play tennis if I had a racket. |
I would be playing | Conditional Continuous | ▪ Continuous action in an imaginary situation. | ▪ Anne would be playing tennis if you came on a Saturday afternoon. |
I would have played | Conditional Perfect | ▪ Speculating about hypothetical situations in the past. | ▪ I would have played yesterday ifyou had asked me. |
I would have been playing | Cond. Perfect Continuous | ▪ Continuous hypothetical situations. | ▪ I would have been playing with Anne if I had won my last match. |
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