Categories
12 Tenses – 3×4 Skeleton
Present
- Simple: do/does + V (facts, habits)
- Continuous: am/is/are + V‑ing (in progress)
- Perfect: have/has + V3 (result now)
- Perfect Cont.: have/has been + V‑ing (duration to now)
Past
- Simple: did + V (finished past)
- Continuous: was/were + V‑ing (background)
- Perfect: had + V3 (earlier past)
- Perfect Cont.: had been + V‑ing (duration before past)
Future
- Simple: will + V (decisions, predictions)
- Continuous: will be + V‑ing (in progress at a time)
- Perfect: will have + V3 (completed by time)
- Perfect Cont.: will have been + V‑ing (duration to a time)
Quick Tips
- Simple = point; Continuous = in‑progress
- Perfect = before another time; Perf. Cont. = how long
- Practice rows (Present/Past/Future), then columns (aspects)
All Tenses
Present Tenses
🕒Simple
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▶️Continuous
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✅Perfect
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🔁Perfect Continuous
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Past Tenses
🕒Simple
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▶️Continuous
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✅Perfect
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🔁Perfect Continuous
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Future Tenses
🕒Simple
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▶️Continuous
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✅Perfect
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🔁Perfect Continuous