Type of Tense
Present
Indefinite = Does/ Do
Continuous = IS /Am /Are + V4
Perfect = Has /Have + V3
Perfect Continuous = Since /For Has /
Have + been + V4
Past
Indefinite = Did / Non action Verbs
Continuous = Was /Were + V4
Perfect = Had + V3
Perfect Continuous = Since /For Had Been
+V4
Future
Indefinite = Will
Continuous = Will be + V4
Perfect = Will have + V3
Perfect Continuous = Since /For / From
Will have been + V4
Present Tense Examples
- Raj speaks English (Simple present for singular)
- They speaks English (Simple present for plural)
- He is speaking English (Present continuous)
- He was leant English (Present perfect for single)
- They have learnt German (Present Perfect for Plural)
- He has been learning English ( (Present perfect continuous for singular)
- They have been learning English (Present perfect continuous for plural).
Past Tense Examples
- I Played cricket yesterday (Simple past)
- I was playing cricket yesterday (Past Continuous for singular)
- They were playing cricket yesterday (past continuous for plural)
- They had played cricket yesterday (Past perfect)
- They had been playing cricket the entire yesterday (Past perfect Continuous).
Future Tense Examples
- She will go to park tomorrow (Simple Future)
- She will be going to park tomorrow (Future Continuous)
- She will have been going to school tomorrow (Future Perfect)
- She Will have been going to School tomorrow (Future Perfect Continuous).