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Tense

Present tense
Present Simple

I/We/You/They + V1

He/She/It + V1(‘-s’, ‘-es’, ‘-ies’)

E.g.
 I work hard.
 He works hard.

Present Progressive
I + am + V1 + -ing

We/You/They + are + V1 + -ing

He/She/It + is + V1 + -ing

E.g.
 I am working hard.
 We are working hard.
 She is working hard.

Present Perfect

I/We/You/They + have + V3

He/She/It + has + V3

E.g.
 I have worked hard.
 She has worked hard.

Present Perfect Progressive


I/We/You/They + have + been + V1 + -ing

He/She/It + has + been + V1 + -ing

E.g.
 I have been working hard.
 She has been working hard.

Past Tense
Past Simple

S + V2

E.g.
 I worked hard.
 She worked hard.

Past Progressive
We/You/They + were + V1 + -ing

I/He/She/It + was + V1 + -ing

E.g.
 We were working hard.
 I was working hard.

Past Perfect

S + had + V3

E.g.
 I had worked hard.
 She had worked hard.

Past Perfect Progressive


S + had + been + V1 + -ing

E.g.
 I had been working hard.
 She had been working hard.

Future Tense
Future Simple

S + will/shall + V1

E.g.
 I will work hard.
 He will work hard.

Future Progressive
S + will/shall + be + V1 + -ing

E.g.
 I will be working hard.
 He will be working hard.

Future Perfect

S + will/shall + have + V3

E.g.
 I will have worked hard.
 He will have worked hard.

Future Perfect Progressive


S + will/shall + have + been + V1 + -ing

E.g.
 I will have been working hard.
 He will have been working hard.

Will be/ going to

E.g.
 I will arrange a party.

E.g.
 I am going to arrange a party.

Note: V1- BASE FORM OF THE VERB


V2- PAST FORM OF THE VERB
V3- PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB
S- SUBJECT (I/We/You/They/He/She/It)

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