Tense Chart
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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 |
I 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 |
I will pray for your well-being. |
Future Continuous Tense |
Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Object |
I 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. |