Tenses

12 Tenses, Forms and Example Sentences

12 Tenses, Forms and Example Sentences;

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.