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past present future

I walked I walk I will walk
past ⇦ ← - - - - - - * - - - - - - * - - - - - - - - - * - - - - - - * - - - - - - - * - -

- - - - - - →⇨ future

I had walked I have

walked I will have walked

past present

perfect perfect

Verb Tense Chart

⇦⇦⇦ Furthest in the past; past perfect I had walked up the

happened before had + -ed stairs, and I was

another past action verb form out of breath.

⇦⇦ In the past; hap- past I walked all the way

pened before now. -ed verb form around the nature trail.

⇦ • In the past but present perfect I have walked every day

extending to the have or has for the last month.

present + -ed verb form He has walked a mile already.

• Happens regularly present I walk at least five miles

or often, or is base verb a week.

happening now form or base She walks quickly.