He told the story using the past tense.

Let's try to predict tomorrow's weather using the future tense.

The present tense is used to express things that are happening now or general facts.

She is struggling to understand the perfect tense in English.

He lost everything.

She is planning a date with her current boyfriend.

My boyfriend gave me a gift.

Everyone was surprised by the news.

He says that what you like to do, you do well, so he practices drawing every day.

He always has a mischievous smile on his face.