16 Tenses in English

1. PRESENT TENSE

a. Simple Present Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal ) S + V1 + O
(Nominal) S + be (is/am/are) + O

b. Present Continuous Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + be (is/am/are) + Ving + O         

(Nominal) S + be (is/am/are) + being + O   

c. Present Perfect Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + has/have + V3 + O
(Nominal) S + has/have + been + O

d. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + has/have + been + Ving + O

(Nominal) S + has/have + been + being + O

2. PAST TENSE

a. Simple Past Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + V2 + O

(Nominal) S + be (was/were) + O

b. Past Continuous Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + be (was/were) + Ving + O

(Nominal) S + be (was/were) + being + O

c. Past Perfect Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + had + V3 + O

(Nominal) S + had + been + O

d. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + had + been + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + had + been + being + O

3. FUTURE TENSE

a. Simple Future Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + modal (will/shall) + V1 + O
(Nominal) S + modal (will/shall) + be + O

b. Future Continuous Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + modal (will/shall) + be + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + modal (will/shall) + be + being + O

c. Future Perfect Tense

Pattern :
(Verbal) S + modal (will/shall) + have + V3 + O
(Nominal) S + modal (will/shall) + have + been + O

d. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Pattern :
(Verbal) S + modal (will/shall) + have + been + Ving + O
(Nominal) S + modal (will/shall) + have + been + being + O

4. PAST FUTURE TENSE

a. Past Future Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + would + V1 + O

(Nominal) S + would + be + O

b. Past Future Continuous Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + would + be + Ving + O

(Nominal) S + would + be + being + O

c. Past Future Perfect Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + would + have + V3 + O

(Nominal) S + would + have + been + O

d. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Pattern :

(Verbal) S + would + have + been + Ving + O

(Nominal) S + would + have + been + being + O