Tense Chart In English | 12 Tenses in

English with Examples

Tense Structure/Rule Example

Simple Present
साधारण वर्तमान काल Subject + V1+s/es + Object She plays tennis.

Present Continuous Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing +

She is playing tennis.
चालू वर्तमान काल Object

Present Perfect
Subject + has/have + V3 + Object She has played tennis.
चालू पूर्ण वर्तमान काल

Present Perfect
Continuous Subject + has/have been + V1 + ing She has been playing
+ Object tennis.
चालू पूर्ण वर्तमान

Simple Past
Subject + V2 + Object She played tennis.
साधा भूतकाळ

Past Continuous Subject + was/were + V1 + ing + She was playing

चालू भूतकाळ Object tennis.

Past Perfect
Subject + had + V3 + Object She had played tennis.
पूर्ण भूतकाळ

Past Perfect
Subject + had been + V1 + ing + She had been playing
Continuous
Object tennis.
चालू पूर्ण भूतकाळ

Simple Future
Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object She will play tennis.
साधे भविष्य

Future Continuous Subject + will/shall be + V1 + ing + She will be playing

चालू भविष्य Object tennis.

Future Perfect Subject + will/shall have + V3 + She will have played

पूर्ण भविष्य Object tennis.

Future Perfect Subject + will/shall have been + V1 She will have been
 Continuous
+ ing + Object playing tennis.
चालू पूर्ण भविष्य

12 Tenses: Quick Revision with help of examples

Tense Present Past Future

Simple He drives a car. He drove a car. He will drive a car.

Continuous He is driving a car. He was driving a car. He will be driving a car.

Perfect He has driven a car. He had driven a car. He will have driven a car.

Perfect He has been driving a car since He had been driving a car since He will have been driving a car since
Continuous morning. morning. morning.

12 Tenses in English with Examples

1. Simple Present Tense

Rule: Subject + Verb (1st form) + e/es + Object

Simple Present Tense Examples:

 We live in London.
 He reads comic books.
 She goes to yoga class.
 I come here every day.
 You work at the hospital.
  They watch a movie on Sunday.
 Mona sings at the club.

2. Present Continuous Tense

Rule: Subject + is/are/am + Verb (ing) + Object

Present Continuous Tense Examples:

 We are going to London.

 He is reading a book.
 She is going to a yoga class.
 I am working.
 You are playing.
 They are watching a movie.
 Mona is singing a song.

3. Present Perfect Tense

Rule: Subject + has/have + Verb (3rd form) + Object

Present Perfect Tense Examples:

 We have been to London.

 He has read comic books.
 She has done yoga.
 I have worked here.
 You have played well.
 They have watched these movies.
 Mona has sung a song.

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Rule: Subject + has/have + been + Verb (ing) + Object

Present Perfect Continuous Tense Examples:

 We have been visiting London.

 He has been reading comic books.
 She has been doing yoga.
 I have been working here.
 You have been playing all day.
 They have been watching movies.
  Mona has been singing a song.

5. Simple Past Tense

Rule: Subject + Verb (2nd form) + Object

Simple Past Tense Examples:

 We lived in London.
 He read comic books.
 She went to yoga class.
 I came here yesterday.
 You worked at the hospital.
 They watched a movie last Sunday.
 Mona sang a song.

6. Past Continuous Tense

Rule: Subject + was/were + Verb (ing) + Object

Past Continuous Tense Examples:

 We were going to London.

 He was reading a book.
 She was going to yoga class.
 I was working.
 You were playing.
 They were watching a movie.
 Mona was singing a song.

7. Past Perfect Tense

Rule: Subject + had + Verb (3rd form) + Object

Past Perfect Tense Examples:

 We had gone to London.

 He had read comic books.
 She had done yoga.
 I had worked here.
 You had worked at the hospital.
 They had watched these movies.
 Mona had sung a song.
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Rule: Subject + had + been + Verb (ing) + Object

Past Perfect Continuous Tense Examples:

 We had been visiting London.

 He had been reading comic books.
 She had been doing yoga.
 I had been working here.
 You had been playing all day.
 They had been watching movies.
 Mona had been singing a song.

9. Simple Future Tense

Rule: Subject + will/shall + Verb (1st form) + Object

Simple Future Tense Examples:

 We shall live in London.

 He will read comic books.
 She will go to a yoga class.
 I shall come here every day.
 You will work at the hospital.
 They will watch a movie on Sunday.
 Mona will sing a song.

10. Future Continuous Tense

Rule: Subject + will/shall + be + Verb (ing) + Object

Future Continuous Tense Examples:

 We shall be going to London.

 He will be reading a book.
 She will be going to yoga class.
 I shall be working.
 You will be playing.
 They will be watching a movie.
 Mona will be singing a song.
11. Future Perfect Tense

Rule: Subject + will/shall + have + Verb (3rd form) + Object

Future Perfect Tense Examples:

 We shall have left London.

 He will have read comic books.
 She will have done yoga.
 I will have worked here.
 You will have done your work.
 They will have watched a movie.
 Mona will have sung a song.

12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Rule: Subject + will/shall + have + been + Verb (ing ) + Object

Future Perfect Continuous Tense Examples:

 We shall have been going to London.

 He will have been reading comic books.
 She will have been doing yoga.
 I shall have been working.
 You will have been playing.
 They will have been watching movies.
 Mona will have been singing a song.

Verb Forms
The main three forms of verbs that you need to know are:

 Present Tense (V1)

 Past Tense (V2)
 Past Participle (V3)
Verbs with their three forms

Here is a list of some common verbs with their three forms.

Base form Past form Past participle

V1 V2 V3

arise arose arisen

awake awoke awoken

become became become

bite bit bitten

blow blew blown

break broke broken

build built built

burn burnt burnt

burst burst burst

buy bought bought

catch caught caught

choose chose chosen

climb climbed climbed

come came come

cut cut cut

deal dealt dealt

drink drank drunk

drive drove driven