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Beginner Tenses Chart

Table of a chart of tenses in English

TenseFormulaExample
Present SimpleSub + Verb (v1) + s/es + ObjI visit Paris every summer.
Past SimpleSub + Verb (v2) + ObjI visited Paris every summer.
Future SimpleSub + will/shall + verb (v1) + ObjI will visit Paris next summer.
Present ContinuousSub + is/am/are + Verb(+ing) + ObjI am visiting Paris next summer
Past Continuous Sub + was/were + Verb(+ing) + ObjI was visiting Paris last summer.
Future ContinuousSub + will be/shall be + verb(+ing) + ObjI will be visiting Paris next summer
Present PerfectSub + Has/have + Verb (v3) + ObjI have visited Paris every summer.
Past PerfectSub + had + Verb (v3) + ObjI had visited Paris every summer.
Future PerfectSub + will have + verb(v3) + ObjI will visit Paris next summer.
Present Perfect ContinuousSub + Has/have + been + Verb(+ing) + ObjI have been visiting Paris every summer.
Past Perfect ContinuousSub + had + been + Verb(+ing) + ObjI had been visiting Paris every summer.
Future Perfect ContinuousSub + will have been + verb(+ing) + ObjI will have been visiting Paris every summer.