3 FRAMES: TEMPUS = 12
TENSES
MEANING:
"TIEMPO"
4
1) PRESENT:
TENSE/SIMPLE, CONTINUOUS,
PERFECT, PREFECT-CONTINUOUS
4
2) PAST:
TENSE/SIMPLE, CONTINUOUS,
PERFECT, PREFECT-CONTINUOUS
3) FUTURE: 4
TENSE/SIMPLE, CONTINUOUS,
PERFECT, PREFECT-CONTINUOUS
TENSES = TIMES /
VERB TENSES.
PRESENT (4)
PAST (4)
FUTURE (4)
+ 12 TENSES
Past Future Tense
Past Future continuous tense
Past Future Perfect Tense
Past Future Perfect continuous
(4) Tense + 12 tenses
= 16 tenses
Overview System tenses
Verb Tenses are different forms of verbs describing something happened in the past,
happening at present or will happen in the future. By expanding these three forms, you
will learn 16 tenses in all.
MAIN FRAMES
PRESENT TENSE
Present tense shows the current action that is going to be performed. It has four types
which are briefly described here.
1. Simple Present Tense
Structure:
Subject + Verb (vI) + es/es
Examples:
1. I take exercise daily.
2. She reads a book in the library.
2. Present Continuous Tense
Structure:
Subject + is/am/are + Verb(+ing)
Example:
1. He is playing football.
2. I am studying in a high school.
we buy we bought
we / buy we are buying
we will buy
3. Present Perfect Tense we are going to buy
I = v1 Simple present
Structure:
Subject + Has/have + Verb (v3) be (am, is, are)
Example: II = v2 Past tense
was/were
1. He has made this colorful chart.
2. I have completed my assignment. III = v3 Past participle
been (Perfect)
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
I go I = make I = swim
Structure: II went II = made II = swam
Subject + Has/have + been + Verb(+ing)
III gone III = made III = swum
Example:
1. I have been completing my assignment for the last three days.
2. She has been working in this department since 2017.
PAST TENSE
Past tense expresses the actions that happened in the past. It has also four types.
5. Simple Past Tense
Structure:
Subject + Verb (v2) or irregular verb:
Example:
1. He completed the assignment.
2. I read the newspaper.
6. Past Continuous Tense
Structure:
Subject + was/were + Verb(+ing)
Example:
1. He was reading the book.
2. I was going to the park for a morning walk.
7. Past Perfect Tense
Structure:
Subject + had + Verb (v3)
Example:
1. I had finished my homework.
2. He had completed his task.
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Structure:
Subject + had + been + Verb(+ing)
Example:
1. He had been completing his assignment for the last two hours.
2. I had been playing football since morning.
FUTURE TENSE
Future tense expresses the actions that have not happened yet OR “the actions that
will likely to happen in future”. Its four types are described here.
9. Simple Future Tense
Structure:
Subject+ will/shall+ verb(v1)
Example:
1. I shall go to the park for a walk.
2. She will perform his duty.
10. Future Continuous Tense
Structure:
Subject + will be/shall be + verb(+ing)
Example:
1. He will be playing football.
2. We shall be eating the meal.
11. Future Perfect Tense
Structure:
Subject + will have + verb(v3)
Example:
1. He will have played football.
2. I will have completed my assignment.
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Structure:
Subject + will have been + verb(+ing)
Example:
He will have been watching the football match for over fifty minutes.
PAST FUTURE TENSE
13. Past Future Tense
Structure:
Subject + would + verb (v1)
Example:
I told that I would leave in one hour.
14. Past Future Continuous Tense
Structure:
Subject + should be/would be + Verb(+ing)
Example:
I told that I would be doing my homework all day long.
15. Past Future Perfect Tense
Structure:
Subject + should have/ would have + Verb(v3)
Example:
She said that she would have completed her assignment.
16. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Structure:
Subject + would have been + Verb(+ing)
Example:
He said that I should have been working here for two hours by that time.
