Complete English Tenses
Learn all 12 Tenses with structure and examples.
✅ PRESENT TENSE
1. Present Simple
Habit / Fact
Structure: S + V1 + s/es
I play football.
She reads novel.
You sing a song.
2. Present Continuous
Happening Now
Structure: S + is/am/are + V-ing
He is studying.
She is going to IIT.
We are playing cricket.
3. Present Perfect
Completed Recently
Structure: S + has/have + V3
He has finished work.
She has gone to the market.
I have finished work.
4. Present Perfect Continuous
Started Past → Now
Structure: S + has/have + been + V-ing
I have been singing for 4 hours.
She has been working for 4 years.
✅ PAST TENSE
5. Past Simple
Finished Action
Structure: S + V2
I played cricket.
She wrote a book.
6. Past Continuous
Was Happening
Structure: S + was/were + V-ing
I was reading a book.
They were playing bolleyball.
7. Past Perfect
Before Another Past
Structure: S + had + V3
I had eaten before he came.
She had left before I arrived.
8. Past Perfect Continuous
Past Duration
Structure: S + had been + V-ing
I had been working for 5 hours.
She had been sleeping since evening.
✅ FUTURE TENSE
9. Future Simple
Will Action
Structure: Will + V1
I will go to Delhi.
She will build a company.
10. Future Continuous
Will be Happening
Structure: Will be + V-ing
I will be teaching at college.
She will be dancing in the movie.
11. Future Perfect
Will be Completed
Structure: Will have + V3
I will have finished work.
He will have arrived.
12. Future Perfect Continuous
Future Duration
Structure: Will have been + V-ing
I will have been studying for 2 hours.
She will have been working since morning
📌 Quick Summary
Present → Now / Habit
Past → Completed
Future → Coming Time