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    The document discusses the 16 verb tenses in English grammar, including their structures and examples. It covers the present, past, and future tenses and their simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms.

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    The document discusses the 16 verb tenses in English grammar, including their structures and examples. It covers the present, past, and future tenses and their simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms.

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    The passage discusses the different verb tenses in English grammar including 16 total tenses divided into present, past and future categories.

    The passage discusses that there are three main types of verb tenses - past, present and future. Present tense has 4 types, past tense has 4 types and future tense has 4 types.

    The passage states that there are 16 total verb tenses in English grammar.

    16 TENSES IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR

    (FORMULA AND EXAMPLES)


    Verb Tenses are different forms of verbs describing something
    happened in the past, happening at present or will happen in
    future. By expanding these three forms, you will learn 16 tenses in
    all.

    There are three main types of verb tenses past, present and future.

    PRESENT TENSE
    Present tense shows the current action that is going to be
    performed. It has further four types which are briefly described
    here.

    1. Simple Present Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + Verb (vI) + es/es

    Examples:

    1. I take exercise daily.


    2. She reads book in library.

    2. Present Continuous Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + is/am/are + Verb(+ing)

    Example:

    1. He is playing football.
    2. I am studying in a high school.
    3. Present Perfect Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + Has/have + Verb (v3)

    Example:

    1. He has made this colorful chart.


    2. I have completed my assignment.

    4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + Has/have + been + Verb(+ing)

    Example:

    1. I have been completing my assignment for the last three


    days.
    2. She has been working in this department since 2017.

    PAST TENSE
    Past tense expresses the actions that happened in the past. It has
    also four types.

    5. Simple Past Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + Verb (v2) or irregular verb:

    Example:

    1. He completed the assignment.


    2. I read the newspaper.
    6. Past Continuous Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + was/were + Verb(+ing)

    Example:

    1. He was reading the book.


    2. I was going to the park for morning walk.

    7. Past Perfect Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + had + Verb (v3)

    Example:

    1. I had finished my home work.


    2. He had completed his task.

    8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + had + been + Verb(+ing)

    Example:

    1. He had been completing his assignment for the last two


    hours.
    2. I had been playing football since morning.
    FUTURE TENSE
    Future tense shows the actions that have not happened yet OR "the
    actions that will likely to happen in future". Its four types are
    described here.

    9. Simple Future Tense

    Structure:

    Subject+ will/shall+ verb(v1)

    Example:

    1. I shall go to park for a walk.


    2. She will perform his duty.

    10. Future Continuous Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + will be/shall be + verb(+ing)

    Example:

    1. He will be playing football.


    2. We shall be eating meal.

    11. Future Perfect Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + will have + verb(v3)

    Example:

    1. He will have played football.


    2. I will have completed my assignment.

    12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense


    Structure:

    Subject + will have been + verb(+ing)

    Example:

    He will have been watching the football match for over fifty
    minutes.

    13. Past Future Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + would + verb (v1)

    Example:

    I told that I would leave in one hour.

    14. Past Future Continuous Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + should be/would be + Verb(+ing)

    Example:

    I told that I would be doing my homework all the day long.

    15. Past Future Perfect Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + should have/ would have + Verb(v3)

    Example:

    She said that she would have completed her assignment.


    16. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

    Structure:

    Subject + would have been + Verb(+ing)

    Example:

    He said that I should have been working here for two hours by
    that time.

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