BASIC TENSES

Verbs have twelve tenses which show differences in the time of action or the time of the state of being. Simple Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future Continuous Present Continuous Past Continuous Future Continuous Perfect Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect Perfect Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous

Present Past Future

The following tables show examples of the different verb tenses.

The Simple Tenses

Simple Present Tense I see You see We see He/she/it sees Simple Past Tense I saw You saw We saw He/she/it saw Simple Future Tense I will see You will see We will see He/she/it will see

The Continuous/Progressive Tenses

The Present Continuous Tense I am seeing You are seeing We are seeing He/she/it is seeing The Past Continuous Tense I was seeing You were seeing We were seeing He/she/it was seeing The Future Continuous Tense I will be seeing You will be seeing We will be seeing He/she/it be seeing

The Perfect Tenses

The Present Perfect Tense I have seen You have seen We have seen The Past Perfect Tense I had seen You had seen We had seen The Future Perfect Tense I will see You will see We will see

He/she/it has seen

He/she/it had seen

He/she/it will see

The Perfect Continuous/Progressive Tenses

The Present Perfect Continuous Tense I have been seeing You have been seeing We have been seeing He/she/it has been seeing The Past Perfect Continuous Tense I had been seeing You had been seeing We had been seeing He/she/it had been seeing The Future Perfect Continuous Tense I will be seeing You will be seeing We will be seeing He/she/it will be seeing