Buildings - Tenses

Irregular Verb - To build

Man building a wall

build / built / built / building


Tenses for the Verb - To build

Click on the timeline to see how this irregular verb changes with each tense
TimelineFuture TensePresent TensePast Tense

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."

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