Structure of Tenses in English Grammar with Examples! Learning tenses is a obvious problem that beginners gonna face but keep in mind that the perfect way to learn tenses is to memorize tense structure and then practice it in examples. Below we have provided the structures of every class of tenses with detailed examples of affirmatives, negative and interrogative. What are the 12 types of tenses? Twelve types of tenses in English Grammar are: Present Simple Present Past Present Perfect Present Perfect cont. Past Simple Past Past Past Perfect Past Perfect cont. Future Simple Future Past Future Perfect Future Perfect cont. Structure of Tenses in English Grammar with Examples PRESENT TENSES IN ENGLISH Present Tense Simple Structure: Affirmative: —— Subject. + V1(s/es) + Object. Negative: ——– Subject. + Do not/Does not + V1 + Object. Interrogative: ——— Do/Does + Subject. + V1 + Object. + ? Present Continuous Tense Structure: Affirmative: —— Subject. + is/are/am + V(ing) + Object.. Negat