12 Tenses, Forms and Example Sentences;
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Tense | Form | Example Sentence |
Present Simple | S + V1 + O | I play basketball every week. |
Present Cont. | S + am/is/are + V + ing + O | I’m playing basketball now. |
Present Perfect | S + have/has + V3 + O | I have just played basketball. |
Present Perfect Cont. | S + have/has been + V + ing + O | I have been playing basketball for 3 hours. |
Past Simple | S + V2 + O | I played basketball yesterday. |
Past Cont. | S + was/were + V + ing + O | I was playing basketball the whole evening. |
Past Perfect | S + had + V3 + O | I had played basketball before mary came. |
Past Perfect Cont. | S + had been + V + ing + O | I had been playing basketball when Mary came. |
Future Simple | S + will + V + O | I will play basketball next week. |
Future Cont. | S + will be + V + ing + O | I will be playing basketball next Sunday. |
Future Perfect | S + will have + V3 + O | I will have played basketball by tomorrow. |
Future perfect cont. | S + will have been + V + ing + O | We will have been playing basketball. |