Structure of Tenses in English Grammar with Examples

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:

1. Present Simple
2. Present Past
3. Present Perfect
4. Present Perfect cont.
5. Past Simple
6. Past Past
7. Past Perfect
8. Past Perfect cont.
9. Future Simple
10. Future Past
11. Future Perfect
12. 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..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + (Is, are, am) Not + V(ing) + Object.
• (?)——— is/are/am + Subject. + V(ing) + Object.. + ?

Present Perfect Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + Has/Have + V3 + Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + (Has/Have) not + V3 + Object.
• (?)——— Has/Have + Subject. + V3 + Object.. + ?

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + (Has/Have) been + V(ing) + Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + (Has been/Have been) not + V(ing) + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— Has/Have + Subject. + been + V(ing) + Object.. + ?

PAST TENSES IN ENGLISH
Simple Past Tense

• Structure:
• Affirmative: —— Subject. + V2 + Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + Did not + V1 + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— Did + Subject. + V1 + Object.. + ?

Past Continuous Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + was/were + V(ing) + Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + (was/were) Not + V(ing) + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— was/were + Subject. + V(ing) + Object.. + ?

Past Perfect Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + had + V3 + Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + had not + V3 + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— had + Subject. + V3 + Object.. + ?

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Past perfect continuous Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + had been + Verb(ing) + Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + had not + Verb(ing) + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— had + Subject. + been + Verb(ing) + Object.. + ?

FUTURE TENSES IN ENGLISH

Future Simple Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + will/shall + V1+ Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + (will/shall) not + V1 + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— will/shall + Subject. + V1 + Object.. + ?

Future Continuous Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + (will/shall) be + V(ing)+ Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + (will/shall) not + be + V(ing) + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— will/shall + Subject. + be + V(ing) + Object.. + ?

Future Perfect Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + (will/shall) have + V(3) + Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + (will/shall) + not + have + V(3) + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— will/shall + Subject. + have + V(3) + Object.. + ?

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Structure:

• Affirmative: —— Subject. + (will/shall) have been + V(ing) + Object..
• Negative: ——– Subject. + (will/shall) + not + have been + V(ing) + Object.
• Interrogative: ——— will/shall + Subject. + have been + V(ing) + Object.. + ?

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