Present Tenses Rules
Present Tense:
Simple Present: It describes actions or states that are ongoing, habitual, or general truths. For example, "I walk to work every day."
Present Continuous: It describes actions that are happening at the current moment or are in progress. For example, "She is eating dinner right now."
Present Perfect: It indicates actions that were completed in the past but have relevance to the present. For example, "I have finished my homework."
Present Perfect Continuous: It indicates actions that started in the past, continued until the present, and are still ongoing. For example, "They have been playing football for two hours."
Present Simple tense Subject + V1 + s/es + Object (Singular) Subject + V1 + Object (Plural)
Present Perfect tense Subject + has + V3 + Object (Singular) Subject + have + V3 + Object (Plural)
Present Continuous tense Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + object
Present perfect continuous tense Subject + has been + V1 + ing + Object (Singular)Subject + have been + V1 + ing + Object (Plural)
V1 = first form of the verb
V2 = second form of the verb
V3 = third form of the verb
Past Tenses Rules
Simple Past: It indicates actions or states that occurred and were completed in the past. For example, "He watched a movie last night."
Past Continuous: It describes actions that were ongoing in the past, often interrupted by another event. For example, "I was studying when the phone rang."
Past Perfect: It indicates actions that occurred and were completed before another past event. For example, "She had already left when I arrived."
Past Perfect Continuous: It indicates actions that started in the past, continued for a specific duration, and were eventually completed before another past event. For example, "They had been waiting for an hour before the train arrived."
Past simple tense Subject + V2 + Object
Past Perfect tense Subject + had + V3 + Object
Past Continuous tense Subject + was + V1 + ing + Object (Singular)
Subject + were + V1 + ing + Object (Plural)
Past perfect continuous tense Subject + had been + V1 + ing + Object
V1 = first form of the verb
V2 = second form of the verb
V3 = third form of the verb
Future Tenses Rules
Simple Future: It indicates actions that will occur in the future. For example, "We will go to the beach tomorrow."
Future Continuous: It describes actions that will be ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the future. For example, "I will be studying at 8 PM tomorrow."
Future Perfect: It indicates actions that will be completed before a specific future time or event. For example, "By this time next year, he will have graduated."
Future Perfect Continuous: It indicates actions that will have been ongoing for a specific duration before a future time or event. For example, "By the time they arrive, we will have been waiting for three hours."
Future Simple tense Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object
Future Perfect tense Subject + will have/shall have + V3 + Object
Future Continuous tense Subject + will be/shall be + ing + V1 + Object
Future Perfect Continuous tense Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object
V1 = first form of the verb
V2 = second form of the verb
V3 = third form of the verb