Different Tenses in English

In English grammar, there are three main tenses, and they are each further classified into four different forms, which sum up to twelve tenses in total. The three tenses in English are:

• Present Tense

• Past Tense

• Future Tense

The four different forms are:

• Simple Tense Form

• Continuous Tense Form

• Perfect Tense Form

• Perfect Continuous Tense Form

So, the twelve tenses in English are as follows:

• Simple Present Tense

• Present Continuous Tense

• Present Perfect Tense

• Present Perfect Continuous Tense

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Continuous Tense

• Past Perfect Tense

• Past Perfect Continuous Tense

• Simple Future Tense

• Future Continuous Tense

• Future Perfect Tense

• Future Perfect Continuous Tense