16 Tense

4 Basic Tense
1. Present
2. Past
3. Future
4. Past Future
Present
1. Present Tense
2. Present Continuous Tense
3. Present Perfect Tense
4. Present perfect Continuous Tense
Past
1. Past Tense
2. Past Continuous Tense
3. Past Perfect Tense
4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Future
1. Future Tense
2. Future Continuous Tense
3. Future Perfect Tense
4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Future
1. Past Future Tense
2. Past Future Continuous Tense
3. Past Future Perfect Tense
4. Past Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
Present
1. Present Tense ( S + V1 / S + V1(s/es) )
2. Present Continuous Tense ( S + to be + V1(ing) )
3. Present Perfect Tense ( S + has/have + V3 )
4. Present perfect Continuous Tense ( S + has/have + been + V1(ing) )

Past
1. Past Tense ( S + V2 )
2. Past Continuous Tense ( S + to be + V1(ing) )
3. Past Perfect Tense ( S + had + V3 )
4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense ( S + had + been + V1(ing) )

Future
1. Future Tense ( S + will/be going to + V1 )
2. Future Continuous Tense ( S + will + be + V1(ing) )
3. Future Perfect Tense ( S + will + have + V3 )
4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense ( S + will + have + been + V1(ing) )

Past Future
1. Past Future Tense ( S + would + V1 )
2. Past Future Continuous Tense ( S + would + be + V1(ing) )
3. Past Future Perfect Tense ( S + would + have + V3 )
4. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense ( S + would + have + been + V1(ing) )
Present
1. She eats meatball
2. She is eating meatball
3. She has eaten meatball
4. She has been eating meatball

Past
1. She ate meatball
2. She was eating meatball
3. She had eaten meatball
4. She had been eating meatball

Future
1. She will eat meatball
2. She will be eating meatball
3. She will have eaten meatball
4. She will have been eating meatball

Past Future
1. She would eat meatball
2. She would be eating meatball
3. She would have eaten meatball
4. She would have been eating meatball

Simple Present
I study English every day.
Present Continuous
I am studying English now.
Present Perfect
I have studied English in several
different countries.
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been studying English for five I had been studying English for five
years.
Verb Tense Overview with Examples
Simple Past Simple Future
If you are having problems, I
Two years ago, I studied English in will help you study English.
England.
I am going to study English next year.
Past Continuous Future Continuous
I will be studying English when you
arrive tonight.
I was studying English when you
called yesterday.
I am going to be studying English
when you arrive tonight.
Past Perfect Future Perfect
I will have studied every tense by the
time I finish this course.
I had studied a little English before I
moved to the U.S.
I am going to have studied every
tense by the time I finish this course.
Past Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been studying English for
over two hours by the time you arrive.
years before I moved to the U.S. I am going to have been studying
English for over two hours by the
time you arrive.

Simple Present
I study English every day.
Present Continuous
I am studying English now.
Present Perfect
I have studied English in several
different countries.
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been studying English for five
years.
Verb Tense Overview with Examples
Simple Past
Two years ago, I studied English in
England.
Past Continuous
I was studying English when you
called yesterday.
Past Perfect
I had studied a little English before I
moved to the U.S.
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been studying English for five
years before I moved to the U.S.
Simple Future
If you are having problems, I will
help you study English.
I am going to study English next year.
Future Continuous
I will be studying English when you
arrive tonight.
I am going to be studying English
when you arrive tonight.
Future Perfect
I will have studied every tense by the
time I finish this course.
I am going to have studied every
tense by the time I finish this course.
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been studying English for
over two hours by the time you arrive.
I am going to have been studying
English for over two hours by the
time you arrive.