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English Grammar: Tenses Chart

 English Grammar: Tenses Chart

 

PAST 
TENSE

 PRESENT
 TENSE

FUTURE 
TENSE

 Simple
 Tense

played
 (verb+ ed)

plays
 (verb + s)

will/shall play
(will/shall + verb)

 
Perfect
 Tense

had played
 ( had+ verb+ past participle)

has/have played
(has/have+ verb+ past participle)

will/ shall have played
(will/shall have+ verb +past participle)

 
Continuous Tense

was/ were playing (was/ were+ verb+ing)

 is/ am/ are playing (is/am/ are+ verb+ ing)

 will/ shall be playing
(will/shall be + verb+ ing

Perfect Continuous
Tense

had been playing
(had+ been+ verb+ ing)

has/ have been playing (has/have been + verb + ing)

will/shall have been playing
(will/ shall have been+ verb + ing)


 

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