Tenses Chart

Tense Chart

Tenses Rules and Formula Examples
Simple Present Tense Subject+ Verb in the base form ( s/es) + rest of sentence Romila plays football and badminton in the evening.
Present Continuous Tense Subject+ Helping Verb (am/is/are)+ Main verb+ ing+ rest of the sentence Parents are leaving for the office.
Present Perfect Tense Subject+ Helping Verb (have/has) + Past participle of main verb+ rest of the sentence along with time frame He has worshiped his mother always.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense Subject + Have/Has + Been + Verb+ ing + the rest of the sentence have been eating this dish since I was a child.
Simple Past Tense Subject + Verb + ed/verb in the past tense + the rest of the sentence Simran slept for the rest of the day yesterday.
Past Continuous Tense Subject + Helping Verb(was/were) + Main verb + ing + the rest of the sentence It was raining today.
Past Perfect Tense Subject + Helping Verb (had) + Past participle of the main verb + the rest of the sentence along with the time frame. She had kept it a secret for 2 months.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense Subject + Had + Been + Verb + ing + the rest of the sentence Simran had been sleeping for 8 hours before her mother walked in.
Simple Future Tense Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object will pray for your well-being.
Future Continuous Tense Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Object will be mopping the floor tomorrow early in the morning.
Future Perfect Tense Subject + will have/shall have + V3 + Object She will have cooked dinner by then.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object By April, I will have been writing you letters for 10 years.

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