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Tense Chart With Rules and Examples

This document outlines 8 English verb tenses with their structures, rules, and examples. It shows the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses. It also covers the simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. Finally, it lists the simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous tenses. An example is provided for each tense to illustrate its use.

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Tense Chart With Rules and Examples

This document outlines 8 English verb tenses with their structures, rules, and examples. It shows the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses. It also covers the simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. Finally, it lists the simple future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous tenses. An example is provided for each tense to illustrate its use.

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TENSE CHART WITH RULES AND EXAMPLES

Tense Structure/Rule Example

Simple Present Subject + V1+s/es + Object She plays tennis.

Present Continuous Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + Object She is playing tennis.

Present Perfect Subject + has/have + V3 + Object She has played tennis.

Present Perfect
Subject + has/have been + V1 + ing + Object She has been playing tennis.
Continuous

Simple Past Subject + V2 + Object She played tennis.

Past Continuous Subject + was/were + V1 + ing + Object She was playing tennis.

Past Perfect Subject + had + V3 + Object She had played tennis.

Past Perfect Continuous Subject + had been + V1 + ing + Object She had been playing tennis.

Simple Future Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object She will play tennis.

Future Continuous Subject + will/shall be + V1 + ing + Object She will be playing tennis.

Future Perfect Subject + will/shall have + V3 + Object She will have played tennis.

Subject + will/shall have been + V1 + ing + She will have been playing
Future Perfect Continuous
Object tennis.

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