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E se houvesse uma única tabela, com todos os principais tempos verbais em inglês?
Agora há:

VERB TENSE	USE	EXAMPLE
SIMPLE PRESENT*	HABITS ROUTINE SCIENTIFIC FACTS	HE DRIVES HE DOESN’T DRIVE DOES HE DRIVE?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS*	RIGHT NOW FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS	HE IS DRIVING HE ISN’T DRIVING IS HE DRIVING?
SIMPLE PAST	ACTIONS AT A SPECIFIC POINT IN THE PAST	HE DROVE HE DIDN’T DRIVE DID HE DRIVE?
PAST CONTINUOUS*	ACTIONS DURING A PERIOD IN THE PAST	HE WAS DRIVING HE WASN’T DRIVING WAS HE DRIVING?
WILL	PROMISES, PREDICTIONS AND SPONTANEOUS DECISIONS	HE WILL DRIVE HE WON’T DRIVE WILL HE DRIVE?
BE GOING TO*	PLANS AND  INTENTIONS	HE IS GOING TO DRIVE HE ISN’T GOING TO DRIVE IS HE GOING TO DRIVE?
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FUTURE CONTINUOUS	PROGRESSIVE ACTIONS IN THE FUTURE	HE WILL BE DRIVING HE WON’T BE DRIVING WILL HE BE DRIVING?
PRESENT PERFECT*	ACTIONS AT A NON-SPECIFIC POINT IN THE PAST	HE HAS DRIVEN HE HASN’T DRIVEN HAS HE DRIVEN?
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS*	ACTIONS THAT STARTED IN THE PAST AND ARE STILL HAPPENING	HE HAS BEEN DRIVING HE HASN’T BEEN DRIVING HAS HE BEEN DRIVING?
PAST PERFECT	ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION	HE HAD DRIVEN HE HADN’T DRIVEN HAD HE DRIVEN?
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS	ACTION THAT HAPPENED FOR A PERIOD BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION	HE HAD BEEN DRIVING HE HADN’T BEEN DRIVING HAD HE BEEN DRIVING?
FUTURE PERFECT	ACTION THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE FUTURE	HE WILL HAVE DRIVEN HE WON’T HAVE DRIVEN WILL HE HAVE DRIVEN?
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS	ACTION THAT WILL CONTINUE UP UNTIL ANOTHER POINT IN THE FUTURE	HE WILL HAVE BEEN DRIVING HE WON’T HAVE BEEN DRIVING WILL HE HAVE BEEN DRIVING?
CAN	ABILITY REQUESTS POSSIBILITY PERMISSION PROHIBITION (NEG)	HE CAN DRIVE HE CAN’T DRIVE CAN HE DRIVE?
COULD	ABILITY (PAST) POLITE REQUESTS POSSIBILITY (PAST) PAST OF CAN	HE COULD DRIVE HE COULDN’T DRIVE COULD HE DRIVE?
SHOULD	SUGGESTIONS ADVICES	HE SHOULD DRIVE HE SHOULDN’T DRIVE SHOULD HE DRIVE?
WOULD	HYPOTHESIS	HE WOULD DRIVE HE WOULDN’T DRIVE WOULD HE DRIVE?
MUST	OBLIGATION	HE MUST DRIVE HE MUSTN’T DRIVE MUST HE DRIVE?
MAY	POSSIBILITY REQUESTS PERMISSIONS	HE MAY DRIVE HE MAY NOT DRIVE MAY HE DRIVE?
MIGHT	POSSIBILITY REQUESTS PAST OF MAY	HE MIGHT DRIVE HE MIGHTN’T DRIVE MIGHT HE DRIVE?
COULD + MODAL PERFECT	SPECULATIONS ABOUT POSSIBILITIES IN THE PAST	HE COULD HAVE DRIVEN HE COULDN’T HAVE DRIVEN COULD HE HAVE DRIVEN?
SHOULD + MODAL PERFECT	REGRETS	HE SHOULD HAVE DRIVEN HE SHOULDN’T HAVE DRIVEN SHOULD HE HAVE DRIVEN?
WOULD + MODAL PERFECT	HYPOTHESIS ABOUT THE PAST	HE WOULD HAVE DRIVEN HE WOULDN’T HAVE DRIVEN WOULD HE HAVE DRIVEN?
MUST + MODAL PERFECT	SPECULATION ABOUT AN ACTION THAT PROBABLY HAS HAPPENED	HE MUST HAVE DRIVEN HE MUSTN’T HAVE DRIVEN MUST HE HAVE DRIVEN?
MAY + MODAL PERFECT	SPECULATION ABOUT AN ACTION THAT MAYBE HAS HAPPENED	HE MAY HAVE DRIVEN HE MAY NOT HAVE DRIVEN MAY HE HAVE DRIVEN?
MIGHT + MODAL PERFECT	SPECULATION ABOUT AN ACTION THAT MAYBE HAS HAPPENED	HE MIGHT HAVE DRIVEN HE MIGHTN’T HAVE DRIVEN MIGHT HE HAVE DRIVEN?
CAN’T + MODAL PERFECT	SPECULATION ABOUT AN ACTION THAT PROBABLY HASN’T HAPPENED.	HE CAN’T HAVE DRIVEN CAN’T HE HAVE DRIVEN?

*Exceções quanto à estrutura:

SIMPLE PRESENT:
Na afirmativa: I, you, they, we (verbo sem "s"); he, she, it: (verbo + s); 
Na negativa: I, you, they, we (don't); he, she, it: (doesn't)
Na interrogativa: I, you, they, we (do); he, she, it: (does);  

PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
O verbo "to be" varia conforme a pessoa: I (am); you, they, we (are); he, she, it: (is)

PAST CONTINUOUS: 
O verbo "to be" varia conforme a pessoa: I, he, she, it: (was); you, they, we (were)

BE GOING TO:
O verbo "to be" varia conforme a pessoa: I (am); you, they, we (are); he, she, it: (is)

PRESENT PERFECT:
O verbo auxiliar varia conforme a pessoa: I, you, they, we (have); he, she, it: (has)

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS:
O verbo auxiliar varia conforme a pessoa: I, you, they, we (have); he, she, it: (has)

Vale lembrar que essa tabela é um resumão. Para entender melhor cada um dos tempos verbais, clique nos links abaixo e confira os posts de cada um deles:

SIMPLE PRESENT
VERB TO BE
VERB + ING
SIMPLE PAST
FUTURE TENSE
MODAL VERBS
MODAL PERFECT
PERFECT TENSES e PERFECT + TIME ADVERBS