English Tense Tables, 12 Tenses in English;
Tense | Example |
Simple Present | I play basketball every week. |
Present Progressive | I’m playing basketball now. |
Simple Past | I played basketball yesterday. |
Past Progressive | I was playing basketball the whole evening. |
Present Perfect | I have just played basketball. |
Present Perfect Progressive | I have been playing basketball for 3 hours. |
Past Perfect | I had played basketball before mary came. |
Past Perfect Progressive | I had been playing basketball when Mary came. |
Future – will | I will play basketball next week. |
Future – going to | I’m going to play basketball this afternoon. |
Future Progressive | I will be playing basketball next Sunday. |
Future Perfect | I will have played basketball by tomorrow. |
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