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Free online course All 12 English Tenses (Complete Guide)

Duration of the online course: 10 hours and 38 minutes

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Master all 12 English tenses with a free online course—clear rules, real examples, and practice quizzes to speak and write with confidence.

In this free course, learn about

  • Course Introduction and Tense Overview
  • Present Simple and Present Continuous
  • Past Simple and Past Continuous
  • Future Forms
  • Introduction to Perfect Tenses
  • Present Perfect Tenses
  • Past Perfect Tenses
  • Future Perfect Tenses
  • All English Tenses Review

About the free online course

Understanding English tenses is one of the fastest ways to sound clearer and more natural, but it can feel confusing when every rule seems to come with exceptions. This free online course guides you through all 12 English tenses in a structured, practical way so you can choose the right form without second-guessing. You will learn what tenses mainly communicate—time, completion, duration, and intention—and how small changes in verb form can completely change meaning.

Instead of treating tenses as isolated topics, the course organizes them into an overview that helps you see the full system. You will build a strong foundation with the core tenses and then move confidently into the perfect and perfect continuous forms, which many learners find intimidating. Clear explanations and carefully chosen examples help you connect grammar to real situations, such as habits versus actions happening now, background actions interrupted in the past, and different ways to speak about the future.

Along the way, quick practice questions reinforce what you learn immediately. You will train common decision points like present simple vs present continuous, present perfect vs past simple, and will vs going to, so you can communicate accurately in conversation, emails, interviews, and academic writing. By the end, you will be able to review and recognize every tense, understand when to use it, and express yourself with better timing, nuance, and confidence.

Course content

  • Video class: Do you want to learn all the English tenses? 01m
  • Exercise: What do English tenses mainly tell us?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses (complete course): Lesson 1 05m
  • Exercise: How are the 12 English tenses organized in this course?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: How to learn ALL 12 tenses 03m
  • Exercise: How are the 12 English tenses grouped in this overview?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PRESENT SIMPLE 36m
  • Exercise: Which option correctly forms a present simple question for: “She wants to buy a new phone.”?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PRESENT CONTINUOUS (PRESENT PROGRESSIVE) 42m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly uses the present continuous to describe something happening right now?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: Present Simple or Present Continuous? 24m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly uses the present simple vs. present continuous to show a usual habit and an action happening today?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PAST SIMPLE 40m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly forms a past simple negative with the verb "call"?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PAST CONTINUOUS 31m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly uses the past continuous to show an ongoing action interrupted by another past action?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: FUTURE SIMPLE with “WILL” 33m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly uses the future simple tense with “will” in an informal, unplanned decision?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: FUTURE with “GOING TO” 35m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly uses the present continuous to talk about a planned future event?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: FUTURE – “will” or “going to”? 24m
  • Exercise: In an informal situation, which option best completes the sentence for a spontaneous decision: “Someone called you. ___ call them in a few minutes.”?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: FUTURE CONTINUOUS 34m
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: Introduction to Perfect Tenses 02m
  • Exercise: Which group of tenses is introduced as the advanced tenses after the basic first six?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PRESENT PERFECT 56m
  • Exercise: When should you use the present perfect instead of the past simple?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE? 29m
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS 37m
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PAST PERFECT 48m
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PAST SIMPLE or PAST PERFECT? 14m
  • Exercise: When is the past perfect tense used?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS 38m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect continuous to show an ongoing past action that stopped when another past event happened?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS or PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS? 20m
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: FUTURE PERFECT 31m
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS 32m
  • Exercise: Which sentence best shows the future perfect continuous tense emphasizing duration up to a point in the future?
  • Video class: Learn English Tenses: Review of ALL 12 TENSES in English 11m
  • Exercise: Which sentence uses the future perfect continuous tense?

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10 hours and 38 minutes of online video course

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What is the difference between the present simple and present continuous tense?

Use the present simple for routines and facts, and the present continuous for actions happening now or temporary situations.

When should I use "will" instead of "going to" for the future?

Use "will" for spontaneous decisions and predictions; use "going to" for prior plans or predictions based on present evidence.

When do I use the past perfect tense?

Use the past perfect for an action that happened before another action or point in the past.

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