參照上表，由第1列至第4列（豎著看）對應的16種時態分別是：
1. 壹般現在時，例句：?We have six classes every day. 我們每天上六節課。
2. 現在進行時，例句：I am playing computer games now.我正在打電腦遊戲。
3. 現在完成時，例句：She has been to New York twice. 她已經去過紐約兩次。
4. 現在完成進行時，例句：He has been teaching math for 10 years.他已經教數學10年了。
5. 壹般過去時，例句：I bought 2 comic books yesterday.昨天我買了2本漫畫書。
6. 過去進行時，例句：We were playing basketball at 6 p.m. yesterday. 昨天下午6點我們正在打籃球。
7. 過去完成時，例句：The train had already left by the time I got to the station.在我到達車站前，火車就已經離開了。
8. 過去完成進行時，例句：At last he got the offer from the university he had been expecting.他終於收到了期盼已久的大學錄取通知書。
9. 壹般將來時，例句：I will go to Kunming tomorrow.我明天將會去昆明。
10.? 將來進行時，例句：I will be doing my homework this time tomorrow.
明天的這個時候我正在做作業。
11.? 將來完成時，例句：By this time next year, I will have graduated from the university. 到明年這個時候，我已經從大學畢業了。
12.? 將來完成進行時，例句：By the time the sun rises, I shall have been sleeping for nine hours.太陽升起來之前，我已經睡了9個小時了。
13.? 過去將來時，例句：I knew that she would be late.我知道她會遲到。
14.? 過去將來進行時，例句：They said they would be coming.他們說了他們將要來。
15.? 過去將來完成時（較少使用），例句：He said he would have paid me back the money by the end of the weekend. 他說將在周末前還我錢。
16.? 過去將來完成進行時（很少使用）表示動作從過去某壹時間開始壹直延續到過去將來某壹時間。，例句：He said that by the end of the spring term he would have been studying English for three years. 他說到了春季學期末，他就學了三年英語了。