Made by: MARIEM ELGHAZALI

THE 12 TENSES
Tense Form Example Sentence

Present Simple S + V1 + O I play basketball every week.

Present Cont. S + am/is/are + V + ing + O I’m playing basketball now.

Present Perfect S + have/has + V3 + O I have just played basketball.

Present Perfect Cont. S + have/has been + V + I have been playing basketball for 3 hours.
ing + O

Past Simple S + V2 + O I played basketball yesterday.

Past Cont. S + was/were + V + ing + O I was playing basketball the whole

evening.

Past Perfect S + had + V3 + O I had played basketball before Mary came.

Past Perfect Cont. S + had been + V + ing + O I had been playing basketball when Mary
came.

Future Simple S + will + V + O I will play basketball next week.

Future Cont. S + will be + V + ing + O I will be playing basketball next Sunday.

Future Perfect S + will have + V3 + O I will have played basketball by tomorrow.

Future perfect cont. S + will have been + V + ing We will have been playing basketball.
+O