12 Tenses in English Grammar
PRESENT TENSE
FUTURE TENSE
PAST TENSE
Present Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Simple Present Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Structure: Base verb (+ es/es for third person)
Structure: Has/have + been + present participle:
Structure: is/am/are + present participle
Example: 1) I play a game every day. 2) He studies in school.
Example: 1) I am playing the game. 2) He is studying in college.
Structure: Has/have + past participle:
Example: I have finished my homework.
Example: 1) I have been finishing my homework for the last two hours.
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Simple Past Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Structure: Verb+ed or irregular verb:
Structure: Was/were + present participle:
Structure: Had + past participle:
Structure: Had + been + past participle:
Example: 1) You played the game. 2) He read the newspaper.
Example: 1) I was reading a newspaper. 2) He was going to Karachi.
Example: 1) I had finished my homework. 2) He had completed his task.
Example: 1) I had been finishing my homework for 50 minutes.
Future Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Simple Future Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Structure: Will/shall+verb
Structure: Will be + present participle Am/is/are + going to be + present participle:
Will have + past participle
Am/is/are + going to have + past participle
Structure: Will have been + present participle
Am/is/are + going to have been + present participle:
Example: 1) I shall go to my home town. 2) He will complete his task.
Example: I will be watching the news at 9 pm. / I am going to be watching the news at 9 pm.
Example: I will have played the game. / I am going to have played the game.
Example: I will have been watching the news for over ten minutes before you join me. / I am going to have been watching the news for over ten minutes before you join me.