The 12 basic tenses in the English language.
These are the 12 basic tenses in the English language.
1. Present Simple
I do, I do do
2. Present Continuous
I am doing
3. Present Perfect
I have done
4. Present Perfect Continuous
I have been doing
5. Past Simple
I did, I did do
6. Past Continuous
I was doing
7. Past Perfect
I had done
8. Past Perfect Continuous
I had been doing
9. Future Simple
I will do
10. Future Continuous
I will be doing
11. Future Perfect
I will have done
12. Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been doing
Test your knowledge by making a few example sentences with each of these.
28 de julio de 2020