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English Active Tenses listed in a table. Infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs) We sometimes use Continuous instead of Progressive. Take a look at this chart of English verb tenses to help you understand when to use each one: Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous Present speak / speaks am/is/are speaking have/has spoken have been speaking Past spoke was/were speaking had spoken had been speaking Future will speak going to speak will be speaking. In English Grammar, Tenses have 3 main forms, The Present Tense, The Past Tense, and Future Tense. We will discuss all the three tenses and the types of Tenses in English grammar. First of all check the Tense Chart in English Grammar.
The table below shows a chart of tenses in English.
Tense Chart Rules & Examples
12 Basic form of Tenses with Examples
1. Present Simple Tense
- Formula:Sub+V1+Obj
- Positive:He plays cricket.
- Negative:He does not play cricket.
- Question: Does he play cricket?
2. Past Simple Tense
- Formula:Sub+V2+Obj
- Positive:Emma went to school.
- Negative:Emma did not go to school.
- Question: Did Emma go to school?
Chart Of Tenses In English
3. Future Simple Tense
Chart Of Tenses In English Grammar
- Formula:Sub+will+V1+Obj
- Positive:She will write an email.
- Negative:She won’t write an email.
- Question: Will she write an email?
4.Present Continuous Tense
- Formula:Sub+am/is/are+V1+Ing+Obj
- Positive:We are listening to a song.
- Negative:We aren’t listening to a song.
- Question: Are we listening to a song?
5.Past Continuous Tense
- Formula:Sub+was/were+V1+Ing+Obj
- Positive:They were writing an essay.
- Negative:They weren’t writing an essay.
- Question: Were they writing an essay?
6.Future Continuous Tense
- Formula:Sub+will be+V1+Ing+Obj
- Positive:Ben will be going home.
- Negative:Ben won’t be going home.
- Question: will ben go home?
7. Present Perfect Tense
- Formula:Sub+have/has+V3+Obj
- Positive:He has read a book.
- Negative:He hasn’t read a book.
- Question: has he read a book?
8. Past Perfect Tense
- Formula:Sub+had+V3+Obj
- Positive:They had bought a new mobile.
- Negative:They hadn’t bought a new mobile.
- Question: had they buy a new mobile?
9. Future Perfect Tense
- Formula:Sub+will have+V3+Obj
- Positive:She will have sung a song.
- Negative:She won’t have sung a song.
- Question: will have she sing a song?
10. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- Formula:Sub+have/has+been+V1+Ing+Obj
- Positive:David has been losing weight.
- Negative:David hasn’t been losing weight.
- Question: has been David lose weight?
11. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- Formula:Sub+had+been +V1+Ing+Obj
- Positive: He had been reading novels since morning.
- Negative:He hadn’t been readingnovels since morning.
- Question: had he been reading a book since morning?
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- Formula:Sub+will have+been+V1+Ing+Obj
- Positive:He will have beendriving a carat 6 am tomorrow.
- Negative:He won’t have driving a carat6 am tomorrow.
- Question: will have been he driving a car at 6 am tomorrow.?