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Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Active
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Active
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Simple Past Tense S + V2 + O + Time O + was/ were + V3 + S+ Time
Ali scolded John last night John was scolded by Ali last night
Future Perfect Continuous S + will + have + been + V1 + ing + O O + will + have + been + being + V3 + S
I will have been writing this workbook for 2 days by 10 o’clock This workbook have been being written by
me for 2 days by 10 o’clock
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Name Of Tenses Function
Simple Present • A regular habitual action.
Simple Past • A completed action sometime in the past.
Simple Future • A decision at the time of speaking.
• Something that is expected or predicted to happen in the future.
Present Perfect • Past event with relevance in the present.
• Event begun in the past continuing to present.
Past Perfect • An action completed before a given point in the past.
Future Perfect • An action that will be completed at given point of time in the
future.
Present Continuous • Describing a current temporary situation.
• Future action resulting from present plans.
• Talking about the future (an arrangement).
Past Continuous • An ongoing action that took place at a given point in the past.
• An ongoing action in the past, which was interrupted.
Future Continuous • To describe an action that will be in progress at a particular
time in the future.
Present Perfect Continuous • Repeated or continuous action that continues up to the present.
Past Perfect Continuous • An extended action that was complete at given point of time in
the past.
Future Perfect Continuous • A present or future action that will have been in progress up to
a given point in the future.
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V1 V2 V3
Act Acted Acted
Add Added Added
Answer Answered Answered
Arrange Arranged Arranged
Asked Asked Asked
Beat Beat Beaten
Bend Bent Bent
Bleed Bled Bled
Bite Bit Bit/bitten
Blow Blew Blown
Borrow Borrowed Borrowed
Break Broke Broken
Bring Brought Brought
Broadcast Broadcasted Broadcasted
Build Built Built
Burn Burnt/burned Burnt/burned
Buy Brought Brought
Carry Carried Carried
Catch Caught Caught
Change Changed Changed
Choose Chose Chosen
Close Closed Closed
Come Came Came
Cost Cost Cost
Creep Crept Crept
Cry Cried Cried
Cut Cut Cut
Dance Danced Danced
Dig Dug Dug
Dive Dived/dove Dived/dove
Divide Divided Divided
Do Did Done
Draw Drew Drawn
Dream Dreamt/dreamed Dreamt/dreamed
Drink Drank Drunk
Drive Drove Driven
Drop Dropped Dropped
Eat Ate Eaten
Fall Fell Fallen
Feed Fed Fed
Feel Felt Felt
Fight Fought Fought
Find Found Found
Fly Flew Flown
Find Found Found
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Fly Fought Fought
Forget Forgot Forgotten
Forgive Forgave Forgiven
Freeze Froze Frozen
Get Got Gotten/got
Give Gave Given
Go Went Gone
Grind Ground Ground
Grow Grew Grown
Hang Hanged/hung Hanged/hung
Hear Heard Heard
Hide Hid Hid/hidden
Hit Hit Hit
Hurry Hurried Hurried
Hold Held Held
Hurt Hurt Hurt
Have Had Had
Has Had Had
Join Joined Joined
Jump Jumped Jumped
Keep Kept Kept
Kneel Knelt Knelt/kneeled
Knit Knitted/knit Knitted/knit
Know Knew Known
Laugh Laughed Laughed
Lay Laid Laid
Lead Led Led
Lean Leant/leaned Leant/leaned
Learn Learnt Learnt
Leave Left Left
Lend Lent Lent
Let Let Let
Lie Lay Lain
Light Lit Lit
Live Lived Lived
Lose Lost Lost
Make Made Made
Meet Met Met
Misunderstanding Misunderstood Misunderstood
Mistake Mistook Mistaken
Overcome Overcome Overcome
Pay Paid Paid
Prove Proved Proved
Put Put Put
Quit Quit/quitted Quit/quitted
Read Read Read
Rent Rent Rent
Repair Repaired Repaired
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Reply Replied Replied
Rewind Rewound Rewound
Ride Rode Ridden
Ring Rang Rung
Rise Rose Risen
Run Ran Run
Row Rowed Rowed
Say Said Said
See Saw Seen
Sell Sold Sold
Send Sent Sent
Set Set Set
Sew Sewed Sewn/sewed
Shake Shoke Shaken
Shave Shaved Shaven
Shine Shone/shined Shone/shined
Shoot Shot Shot
Show Showed Shown
Shut Shut Shut
Sing Sang Sung
Sink Sank Sunk
Sit Sat Sat
Skip Skipped Skipped
Sleep Slept Slept
Speak Spoke Spoken
Stand Stood Stood
Swear Swore Sworn
Sweat Sweat/sweated Sweat/sweated
Sweep Swept Swept
Steal Stole Stolen
Swim Swam Swum
Take Took Taken
Teach Taught Taught
Tear Tore Torn
Tell Told Told
Tie Tied Tied
Think Thought Thought
Throw Threw Thrown
Undergo Underwent Undergone
Uplift Uplifted Uplifted
Use Used Used
Vomit Vomited Vomited
Wait Waited Waited
Wash Washed Washed
Watch Watched Watched
Wear Wore Worn
Weep Wept Wept
Work Worked Worked
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Write Wrote Written
Win Won Won
Yell Yelled Yelled
Become Became Become