| 1. 一般现在时 | I use Git. | 现在的习惯、事实 |
| 2. 现在进行时 | I am using Git. | 现在正在进行 |
| 3. 现在完成时 | I have used Git for years. | 过去延续至今的经历或状态 |
| 4. 现在完成进行时 | I have been using Git all morning. | 从过去到现在的持续过程 |
| 5. 一般过去时 | I used Git yesterday. | 过去发生的动作 |
| 6. 过去进行时 | I was using Git at 8 p.m. | 过去某一时刻正在进行 |
| 7. 过去完成时 | I had used Git before college. | 过去某个时间之前已经发生 |
| 8. 过去完成进行时 | I had been using Git for two hours when he arrived. | 过去某时间之前持续了一段时间 |
| 9. 一般将来时 | I will use Git tomorrow. | 未来将发生的动作 |
| 10. 将来进行时 | I will be using Git at 8 p.m. | 未来某一时刻正在进行 |
| 11. 将来完成时 | I will have finished the commit by Friday. | 未来某时间之前完成 |
| 12. 将来完成进行时 | By Friday, I will have been using Git for a year. | 到未来某时间，已经持续多久 |
| 13. 过去将来时 | I knew I would use Git. | 从过去看未来 |
| 14. 过去将来进行时 | I knew I would be using Git that evening. | 从过去看，未来某时正在进行 |
| 15. 过去将来完成时 | I knew I would have finished the commit by Friday. | 从过去看，未来某时之前完成 |
| 16. 过去将来完成进行时 | I knew that by Friday I would have been using Git for a year. | 从过去看，未来某时已持续多久 |