This verb tenses list summarizes all the tenses for regular verbs:

1. Past Tense

2.o Simple (merely happened at some indefinite time in the past) - I

talked.o Perfect (action that started and finished in the past) - I had talked.

o Progressive (ongoing action that happened sometime in the past) - I

was talking.o Perfect Progressive (ongoing action that started, continued, and

finally stopped in the past) - I had been talking.

3. Present Tense

4.o Simple (considered to be happening right now, or which happens

regularly) - I talk.o Perfect (a finished action, viewed from right now) - I have talked.

o Progressive (action continuing at this moment, or which starts and

goes on for a while, on a regular basis) - I am talking.o Perfect Progressive (ongoing action that has recently finished) - I

have been talking.

5. Future Tense

6.o Simple (will happen in the future) - I will talk.

o Perfect (will start and finish in the future, before a second action

takes place) -I will have talked.o Progressive (will start and continue in the future) - I will be talking.

o Perfect Progressive (will start and continue in the future, before a

specific time) - I will have been talking