16 Tenses Grammar

16 English Tenses

Simple Present Tense

Describes actions happening now or habits.

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Present Continuous Tense

Actions happening at the moment.

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Present Perfect Tense

Describes actions completed in the past but relevant now.

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Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Ongoing actions that started in the past and continue now.

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Simple Past Tense

Describes completed actions in the past.

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Past Continuous Tense

Actions that were ongoing in the past.

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Past Perfect Tense

Actions completed before another past action.

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Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Ongoing past actions completed before another past event.

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Simple Future Tense

Describes actions that will happen in the future.

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Future Continuous Tense

Ongoing actions that will happen in the future.

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Future Perfect Tense

Actions that will be completed by a specific time in the future.

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Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Ongoing actions completed by a specific future time.

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Future-in-the-Past Tense

Describes future actions from a past perspective.

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Future-in-the-Past Continuous

Ongoing actions planned from a past perspective.

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Future-in-the-Past Perfect

Completed actions seen from a past perspective.

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Future-in-the-Past Perfect Continuous

Ongoing past actions completed before another event.

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