The following table illustrates the proper use of verb tenses:
| Simple Present | Simple Past | Simple Future |
| I read nearly every day. | Last night, I read an entire novel. | I will read as much as I can this year. |
| Present Continuous | Past Continuous | Future Continuous |
| I am readingShakespeare at the moment. | I was reading Edgar Allan Poe last night. | I will be reading Nathaniel Hawthorne soon. |
| Present Perfect | Past Perfect | Future Perfect |
| I have read so many books I can’t keep count. | I had read at least 100 books by the time I was twelve. | I will have read at least 500 books by the end of the year. |
| Present Perfect Continuous | Past Perfect Continuous | Future Perfect Continuous |
| I have been readingsince I was four years old. | I had been reading for at least a year before my sister learned to read. | I will have been reading for at least two hours before dinner tonight. |
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