Past Continuous to be (past) + Ving

Activity in progress at a past moment (or period):

1. This time yesterday I was typing a report.
2. When I met him, he was going to the museum.
When his mother returned, John was working on his computer.
3. While we were reading, they were writing.

Plans and arrangements as viewed from the past:

He left home at 6 a.m. He was meeting John at 6.30 a.m.

Repeated actions in the past which annoyed the speaker:

He was always calling her late at night.

Past Perfect had + V f.III

Past action completed before a past moment (or another past action):
1. By the end of the last week I had already drawn up the report.
2. By last Tuesday, everybody had taken the test.

1. When I got home they had already left.

2. When they reached the theatre, the play had started.

Past Perfect Continuous had been + Ving

Activity in progress in the past up to a moment in the past
1. I had just been reading the new text, when I heard the bell.
2. This time yesterday I had been writing my homework for half an hour.
3. When he got home, she had been watching the TV program for an hour.

Future Continuous will be + Ving

Activity in progress at some time (period) in the future:
1. This time next week well be crossing the Atlantic.
This time next year shell be running her own business.
Ill be working in the office all evening.

2. When we reach the village, theyll be working on the field.

3. While I am filling in a telegram form, he will be withdrawing some money from the bank counter.
 Future Perfect will have + V f.III
An action which will be finished before a stated future time or before another future action:
1. By the end of the year, your new maid will have broken all cups.
They will have delivered all the items by 10 a.m.

2. When you come Ill have finished my report.

I hope theyll have repaired the road by the time we return.
He will have finished the report by the time the meeting starts.

Remember! Future tenses are never used in temporal clauses (when, as soon as, while, till/until,
whenever, before, after).

Instead we use the corresponding form of the present tense: Future simple Present simple
Future Cont. Present Cont.
Future Perfect Present Perfect

As soon as the lesson ends, Tom will go out to play.

Ill give her the message when she comes back.
While I am filling in a telegram form, he will be withdrawing some money from the bank counter.
We will have a press conference as soon as we have received the companys annual report.