What do you see in the sentence?

You see -ing
  • am / is / are + ingPresent Continuous
  • was / were + ingPast Continuous
  • will be + ingFuture Continuous
  • have/has been + ingPresent Perfect Cont.
  • had been + ingPast Perfect Cont.
  • will have been + ingFuture Perfect Cont.
You see V3 (gone, done, seen...)
  • have / has + V3Present Perfect
  • had + V3Past Perfect
  • will have + V3Future Perfect
No auxiliary verb
  • yesterday / ago / last...Past Simple
  • always / every day...Present Simple
  • tomorrow / next / will...Future Simple
She is working right now.Present Continuous
I had left before he arrived.Past Perfect
They will have been waiting for hours.Future Perfect Cont.
He goes to school every day.Present Simple
We saw it yesterday.Past Simple

Signal words

yesterdayPast Simple
agoPast Simple
last weekPast Simple
beforePast Perfect
afterPast Perfect
whilePast Continuous
whenPast Simple
alreadyPresent Perfect
justPresent Perfect
yetPresent Perfect
everPresent Perfect
neverPresent Perfect
sincePresent Perfect
forPresent Perfect
nowPresent Continuous
at the momentPresent Continuous
alwaysPresent Simple
usuallyPresent Simple
tomorrowFuture Simple
next weekFuture Simple
soonFuture Simple
by thenFuture Perfect

V1 → V2 → V3

V1V2V3
seesawseen
gowentgone
dodiddone
makemademade
taketooktaken
getgotgotten
havehadhad
comecamecome
knowknewknown
thinkthoughtthought
givegavegiven
findfoundfound
telltoldtold
feelfeltfelt
becomebecamebecome

Hint: V3 (like seen, gone, done) usually means Present Perfect, Past Perfect, or Future Perfect.