Tense Chart

Tenses Rules and Formula Examples

Simple Present Subject + Verb in the base form/third person Rajesh eats bread and butter before
Tense plural form + the rest of the sentence going to school.
Present Continuous Subject + Helping Verb(am/is/are) + Main verb + Students are going to school.
Tense ing + the rest of the sentence
Present Perfect Subject + Helping Verb (have/has) + Past She has lived here all her life.
Tense participle of the main verb + the rest of the
sentence along with the time frame
Present Perfect Subject + Have/Has + Been + Verb+ ing + the rest I have been working on this project
Continuous Tense of the sentence for a week.
Simple Past Tense Subject + Verb + ed / verb in the past tense + the Nupur went to the supermarket
rest of the sentence yesterday.
Past Continuous Subject + Helping Verb(was/were) + Main verb + It was snowing today.
Tense ing + the rest of the sentence
Past Perfect Tense Subject + Helping Verb (had) + Past participle of She had met him before the party.
the main verb + the rest of the sentence along with
the time frame.
Past Perfect Subject + Had + Been + Verb + ing + the rest of He had been drinking milk out the
Continuous Tense the sentence carton when Mom walked into the
kitchen.
Simple Future Tense Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object I will write articles on different topics.
Future Continuous Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Object I will have been waiting here for three
Tense hours by six o'clock.
Future Perfect Tense Subject + will have/shall have + V3 + Object I will have dressed up by the time you
reach home.
Future Perfect Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object I will have been waiting here for three
Continuous Tense hours by six o'clock.