MASTER TENSES – COMPLETE NOTES
WITH EXAMPLES & EXERCISES
Suitable for Classes 6–12 & Competitive Exams
Clean, simple, high-quality.
📘 1. INTRODUCTION TO TENSES
Tenses show the time of an action.
There are 3 main tenses, and each has 4 sub-tenses, making a total of 12 tenses.
📌 2. TENSES TABLE (12 FORMULA
TABLE)
Tense Structure Example
Present Simple V1 / V1+s/es She reads.
Present Continuous am/is/are + V-ing She is reading.
Present Perfect has/have + V3 She has read.
Present Perfect has/have been + She has been
Continuous V-ing reading.
| Past Simple | V2 | She read. |
| Past Continuous | was/were + V-ing | She was reading. |
| Past Perfect | had + V3 | She had read. |
| Past Perfect Continuous | had been + V-ing | She had been reading. |
| Future Simple | will + V1 | She will read. |
| Future Continuous | will be + V-ing | She will be reading. |
| Future Perfect | will have + V3 | She will have read. |
| Future Perfect Continuous | will have been + V-ing | She will have been reading. |
, 📘 3. PRESENT TENSE
A. Present Simple Tense
Use:
● Daily routines
● General truths
● Habits
Structure:
● Affirmative: Subject + V1 / V1+s/es
● Negative: Subject + do/does not + V1
● Question: Do/Does + subject + V1?
Examples:
● She writes every day.
● They do not play.
● Does he live here?
B. Present Continuous Tense
Use:
● Action happening now
WITH EXAMPLES & EXERCISES
Suitable for Classes 6–12 & Competitive Exams
Clean, simple, high-quality.
📘 1. INTRODUCTION TO TENSES
Tenses show the time of an action.
There are 3 main tenses, and each has 4 sub-tenses, making a total of 12 tenses.
📌 2. TENSES TABLE (12 FORMULA
TABLE)
Tense Structure Example
Present Simple V1 / V1+s/es She reads.
Present Continuous am/is/are + V-ing She is reading.
Present Perfect has/have + V3 She has read.
Present Perfect has/have been + She has been
Continuous V-ing reading.
| Past Simple | V2 | She read. |
| Past Continuous | was/were + V-ing | She was reading. |
| Past Perfect | had + V3 | She had read. |
| Past Perfect Continuous | had been + V-ing | She had been reading. |
| Future Simple | will + V1 | She will read. |
| Future Continuous | will be + V-ing | She will be reading. |
| Future Perfect | will have + V3 | She will have read. |
| Future Perfect Continuous | will have been + V-ing | She will have been reading. |
, 📘 3. PRESENT TENSE
A. Present Simple Tense
Use:
● Daily routines
● General truths
● Habits
Structure:
● Affirmative: Subject + V1 / V1+s/es
● Negative: Subject + do/does not + V1
● Question: Do/Does + subject + V1?
Examples:
● She writes every day.
● They do not play.
● Does he live here?
B. Present Continuous Tense
Use:
● Action happening now
