Tenses

Tense Cheat Sheet

Tense Cheat Sheet

Tense Structure Example
Simple Present Subject + base verb / s/es He plays football.
Present Continuous Subject + is/am/are + verb+ing He is playing football.
Present Perfect Subject + has/have + past participle He has played football.
Present Perfect Continuous Subject + has/have been + verb+ing He has been playing football.
Simple Past Subject + past verb He played football.
Past Continuous Subject + was/were + verb+ing He was playing football.
Past Perfect Subject + had + past participle He had played football.
Past Perfect Continuous Subject + had been + verb+ing He had been playing football.
Simple Future Subject + will + base verb He will play football.
Future Continuous Subject + will be + verb+ing He will be playing football.
Future Perfect Subject + will have + past participle He will have played football.
Future Perfect Continuous Subject + will have been + verb+ing He will have been playing football.