English Grammar: Tenses Chart

PAST
TENSE

PRESENT
TENSE

FUTURE
TENSE

Simple
Tense

played
(verb+ ed)

plays
(verb + s)

will/shall play
(will/shall + verb)

Perfect
Tense

had played
( had+ verb+ past participle)

has/have played
(has/have+ verb+ past participle)

will/ shall have played
(will/shall have+ verb +past participle)

Continuous Tense

was/ were playing (was/ were+ verb+ing)

is/ am/ are playing (is/am/ are+ verb+ ing)

will/ shall be playing
(will/shall be + verb+ ing

Perfect Continuous
Tense

had been playing
(had+ been+ verb+ ing)

has/ have been playing (has/have been + verb + ing)

will/shall have been playing
(will/ shall have been+ verb + ing)

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