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Free online courseAll 12 English Tenses (Complete Guide)

Duration of the online course: 10 hours and 38 minutes

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Free online course to master all 12 English tenses with clear lessons and comparisons, from present and past to perfect and future forms.

In this free course, learn about

  • Course Introduction & How the Tenses System Works
  • Present Tenses: Simple vs. Continuous
  • Past Tenses: Simple vs. Continuous
  • Future Basics: Will, Going To, and Continuous
  • Perfect Tenses: Overview and Present Perfect Forms
  • Perfect Tenses: Past Perfect and Continuous
  • Perfect Tenses: Future Perfect and Course Review

Course Description

All 12 English Tenses (Complete Guide) is a free online English course in the Languages category, designed to help you understand and confidently use every major tense in modern English. If you have ever felt unsure about when to use simple, continuous, or perfect forms, this course gives you a clear, structured path from the basics to advanced usage.

You will build a strong foundation with practical guidance on how to learn all 12 tenses efficiently, then move through the key present, past, and future forms. Along the way, you will learn how to choose between similar options in real communication, such as present simple vs present continuous, present perfect vs past simple, and will vs going to for the future.

The course also explains continuous and perfect tenses in a way that makes their meaning and purpose easy to remember, including perfect continuous forms that often confuse learners. Expect clear explanations, common usage patterns, and focused comparisons that help you avoid typical mistakes and speak and write more naturally.

It is ideal for self-study learners who want a complete grammar refresher, students preparing for English exams, and professionals aiming for more accurate everyday English. Finish with a full review of all 12 tenses to reinforce what you have learned and strengthen long-term retention.

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?

This free course includes:

10 hours and 38 minutes of online video course

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