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English Tenses — Step by Step 🕐 All 12 Tenses from Zero (A1-B1)

📚 All 12 English tenses, taught step by step — the way they should be learned.

Twelve tenses are really THREE times and FOUR ideas. This course builds the whole map one column at a time: every tense gets its own card (how it is built, its timeline, four example sentences, its signal words), every new tense appears NEXT TO one you already know, and checkpoints test you along the way.

  • Lesson 1 — The Three Times (past · present · future — the simple tenses)
  • Lesson 2 — Right Now, or Every Day? (am, is, are, was, were, will be + -ing)
  • Lesson 3 — The Perfect Tenses (have, has, had, will have + the third form)

The Complete Course — all 12 tenses in one video, with three checkpoints

Slow and clear for A1-B1 learners. No grammar jargon — just the map, the timelines, and the signal words that tell you which tense to use.

4 videos · by ESL Desk

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  1. Lesson 1

    English Tenses, Lesson 1 — Past, Present, Future 🕐 The Simple Tenses (A1)

    📚 English Tenses, Step by Step — Lesson 1 of 3: The Three Times (A1)

    6:38

    📍 Chapters — jump into the video

    1. 0:00 The map — three times, four ideas
    2. 0:45 Before, now, after — one verb
    3. 1:27 Two things to know: the -s, and the past form
    4. 2:12 Meet the tenses — one card each
    5. 3:44 The line-up, and the signal words
    6. 5:11 Which tense is it? — your turn
    7. 6:18 Great job! 🎉
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  2. Lesson 2

    English Tenses, Lesson 2 — Present, Past & Future Continuous 🕐 (A1-A2)

    📚 English Tenses, Step by Step — Lesson 1 of 3: The Three Times (A1)

    7:04

    📍 Chapters — jump into the video

    1. 0:00 The map — column two: continuous
    2. 0:29 Two new tools: -ing, and the helper be
    3. 1:06 Every day, or right now?
    4. 1:32 Meet the continuous tenses
    5. 3:15 The famous one: was doing, when…
    6. 3:46 The line-up, and the signal words
    7. 5:30 Which tense is it? — your turn
    8. 6:44 Great job! 🎉
    Watch on YouTube →
  3. Lesson 3

    English Tenses, Lesson 3 — The Perfect Tenses 🕐 have, has, had (A2)

    📚 English Tenses, Step by Step — Lesson 1 of 3: The Three Times (A1)

    8:22

    📍 Chapters — jump into the video

    1. 0:00 The map — the last two columns
    2. 0:29 Two new tools: the third form, and have
    3. 1:03 Do you say when? — the big one
    4. 1:35 Meet the perfect tenses
    5. 3:37 How many, or how long? — perfect continuous
    6. 5:01 One day, four sentences
    7. 5:21 The signal words, and the full map
    8. 6:38 Which tense is it? — your turn
    9. 8:01 Great job! 🎉
    Watch on YouTube →

  4. All 12 English Tenses — The Complete Course 🕐 Simple, Continuous & Perfect (A1-B1)

    📚 All 12 English tenses — the complete course in one video (A1-B1)

    Twelve tenses are really THREE times and FOUR ideas. This course builds the whole map one column at a time — every tense gets its own card (how it is built, its timeline, four examples, its signal words), every new tense appears NEXT TO one you already know, and three checkpoints test you along the way.

    • Part 1 — the simple tenses (played · play · will play)
    • Part 2 — the continuous tenses (am, is, are, was, were, will be + -ing)
    • Part 3 — the perfect tenses (have, has, had, will have + the third form)
    20:48

    📍 Chapters — jump into the video

    1. 0:00 PART 1 — The Simple Tenses · the map — three times, four ideas
    2. 0:42 before, now, after
    3. 1:23 the -s, and the past form
    4. 2:08 meet the simple tenses
    5. 3:41 the line-up, and the signal words
    6. 5:08 Checkpoint 1 — which tense is it?
    7. 6:15 PART 2 — The Continuous Tenses · the map — column two
    8. 6:31 -ing, and the helper be
    9. 7:08 every day, or right now?
    10. 7:33 meet the continuous tenses
    11. 9:17 the famous one: was doing, when…
    12. 9:47 the line-up, and the signal words
    13. 11:31 Checkpoint 2 — which tense is it?
    14. 12:46 PART 3 — The Perfect Tenses · the map — the last two columns
    15. 13:01 the third form, and have
    16. 13:34 do you say when? — the big one
    17. 14:07 meet the perfect tenses
    18. 16:09 how many, or how long?
    19. 17:33 one day, four sentences
    20. 17:52 the signal words, and the full map
    21. 19:10 Checkpoint 3 — which tense is it?
    22. 20:33 Great job! 🎉
    Watch on YouTube →