Tense Chart with Rules and Examples

Tense Chart with Rules and Examples

Tenses expresses time reference with reference to the moment of Speaking. In English Grammar, Tenses have 3 main forms, The Present Tense, The Past Tense, and Future Tense.  The students who are unable to read and write in English and also who are not able to speak English, those students may find our this article very useful.

Tense can be defined as a word form used to indicate the time of occurrence of an incident with reference to the moment of speaking. If you learn the rules of Tenses and also look at the example given in the PDF, then you must get an idea about making sentences in English and by regular practice of writing and speaking of sentences will help you to learn English quickly and effectively.

Tense Chart with Rules and Examples

Types of Tenses

There are 3 types of tense.

1. Present Tense
2. Past Tense
3. Future Tense

Each tense is further divided into 4 types:

Present Tense

1. Present Simple Tense
2. Present Continuous Tense
3. Present Prefect Tense
4. Present Prefect Continuous Tense

Past Tense

1. Past Simple Tense
2. Past Continuous Tense
3. Past Perfect Tense
4. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Future Tense

1. Future Indefinite Tense
2. Future Continuous Tense
3. Future Perfect Tense
4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Tenses Rules & Application

Tenses	Application	Example
Past simple tense	Past Events	She cooked dinner for everyone last month
Past Perfect tense	Prior events happened before past events	She cooked dinner for everyone last night before shifted to Mumbai
Past Continuous tense	Past Events related to the occurrence of other events	She was cooking dinner for everyone when she ran out of gas.
Past perfect continuous tense	Past events relating to a past moment	She was cooking for dinner & needed some rest.
Present Simple tense	Facts & truths	She hosts dinner for everyone a lot.
Present Perfect tense	Events of past & continuing or expected to continue in present.	She has hosted a lot of times & left with one more dinner
Present Continuous tense	Current Actions	She is cooking dinner for everyone
Present perfect continuous tense	Past events, continued & finished in the current moment	She cooked dinner for everyone & now needs some rest.
Future Simple tense	Events completed in future	She will cook dinner for everyone next month.
Future Perfect tense	Current events completed in the given time frame in future	She will be cooking dinner for everyone by 8:00 PM next Saturday
Future Continuous tense	Future events & expected to continue	She will be hosting a lot of dinner parties next year.
Future Perfect Continuous tense	Tasks continue in the future & highlighting the duration	The dinner she will be cooking will take 3 hours to finish.

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