Tenses Rules Chart with Examples in English

The tense with rules and exam is fully explained in the tense table given below:

Tenses Rules and Formula Examples

Simple Present Subject + Verb in the base form/third person Keerthi eats bread and butter before
Tense plural form + the rest of the sentence going to school.

Present Subject + Helping Verb(am/is/are) + Main verb

Students are going to school.
Continuous Tense + ing + the rest of the sentence

Subject + Helping Verb (have/has) + Past

Present Perfect
participle of the main verb + the rest of the She has lived here all her life.
Tense
sentence along with the time frame

Present Perfect Subject + Have/Has + Been + Verb+ ing + the I have been working on this project
Continuous Tense rest of the sentence for a week.

Simple Past Subject + Verb + ed / verb in the past tense + Nupur went to the supermarket
Tense the 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

Subject + Helping Verb (had) + Past participle

Past Perfect
of the main verb + the rest of the sentence along She had met him before the party.
Tense
with the time frame.

He had been drinking milk out the

Past Perfect Subject + Had + Been + Verb + ing + the rest of
carton when Mom walked into the
Continuous Tense the sentence
kitchen.

Simple Future I will write articles on different

Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object
Tense topics.

Future I will have been waiting here for

Subject + will be/shall be + V1 + ing + Object
Continuous Tense three hours by six o’clock.

Future Perfect I will have dressed up by the time

Subject + will have/shall have + V3 + Object
Tense you reach home.

Future Perfect I will have been waiting here for

Subject + will have been + V1 + ing + Object
Continuous Tense three hours by six o’clock