English Tenses

* * In Short **

There are  12 Tenses in English...

(A) Simple Tenses:

1. Simple present: I write homework.

2. Simple past: I wrote homework.

3. Simple future: I will write homework.

(B) Progressive (Continuous) Tenses:

4. Present progressive: I am writing homework.

5. Past progressive: I was writing homework.

6. Future progressive: I will be writing homework.

(C) Perfect Tenses:

7. Present perfect: I have written homework.

8. Past perfect: I had written homework.

9. Future perfect: I will have written homework.

(D) Perfect Progressive Tenses:

10. Present perfect progressive: I have been writing homework.

11. Past perfect progressive: I had been writing homework.

12. Future perfect progressive: I will have been writing homework.