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Future Perfect

Tenses for the Verb - To Build



The Past

  • Past Continuous - "I was building a wall yesterday."
  • Past Simple - "I built a new garage last month."
  • Past Perfect Simple - "By the time my last company went bust we had already built the new shopping centre."
  • Past Perfect Continuous - "We had been building the new shopping centre for 2 months when we heard about the bankruptcy."


The Present

  • Present Continuous - "It's Monday morning and I'm building a wall."
  • Present Simple - "I usually build commercial buildings."
  • Present Perfect Simple - "I have already built two shopping centres this year."
  • Present Perfect Continuous - "I have been building this shopping centre since we won the contract.


The Future

  • Future Continuous - "I'm building a new garage tomorrow."
  • Future Simple - "I think I'll build my own house when I can afford to."
  • Future Perfect Simple - "I hope I will have already built my own house by the time I am 40."
  • Future Perfect Continuous - "This time next week I will have been building this shopping centre for two months."