The formulas of the tenses in the active

Two verbs are given below, one regular (work – worked – worked), the other irregular (write – wrote – written), in the tenses in the active voice. The most common tenses are marked with the plus sign (+).

+ Simple present

I / we / you / they  work, write
he / she / it works, writes

+ Simple present

I / we / you / they work, write
he / she / it works, writes

+ Present perfect

I / we / you / they have worked, have written
he / she / it has worked, has written

 + Present perfect continuous

I / we / you / they have been working, have been writing
he / she / it has been working, has been writing

 + Simple past

I / he / she / it / we / you / they worked, wrote

 + Past continuous

I / he / she / it was working, was writing
we / you / they were working, were writing

Past perfect
I / he / she / it / we / you / they had worked, had written

Past perfect continuous

I / he / she / it / we / you / they had been working, had been writing

+ Simple future

I / he / she / it / we / you / they will work, will write

Future continuous

I / he / she / it / we / you / they will be working, will be writing

Future perfect

I / he / she / it / we / you / they will have worked, will have written

Future perfect continuous

I / he / she / it / we / you / they will have been working, will have been writing