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Tenses
There are 3 major Tenses
Present
Past
Future
They are divided into 4 major forms –
Simple The action done in this is simple without anything being said about the completeness or incompleteness of the action
Perfect The action mentioned is finished ,complete, or perfect at the time of speaking
Perfect Continuous The action is going on continuously and is not completed at this present moment
Simple Present I love Simple Past I loved Simple Future I shall / will love
Present Continuous I am loving Past Continuous I was loving Future Continuous I shall / will be loving
Present Perfect I have loved Past Perfect I had loved Future Perfect I shall / will have loved
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous I had been loving Future Perfect continuous I shall have been loving
I have been loving
Present Tense
Simple Present Present continuous Present Perfect Present Perfect continuous
I speak I am speaking I have spoken I have been speaking
You speak You are speaking You have spoken You have been speaking
He speaks He is speaking He has spoken He has been speaking
We speak We are speaking We have spoken We have been speaking
They speak They are speaking They have spoken They have been speaking
Past Tense
Simple Past Past continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect continuous
I spoke I was speaking I had spoken I had been speaking
You spoke You were speaking You had spoken You had been speaking
He spoke He was speaking He had spoken He had been speaking
We spoke We were speaking We had Spoken We had been speaking
They Spoke They were speaking They had spoken They had been speaking
Future Tense
Simple Future Future continuous Future Perfect Future Perfect continuous
I will/shall speak I shall/will be speaking I shall/will have spoken I shall / will have been speaking
You will speak You will be speaking You will have spoken You will have been speaking
He will speak He will be speaking He will have spoken He will have been speaking
We will speak We will be speaking We will have spoken We will have been speaking
They will speak They will be speaking They will have spoken They will have been speaking