Complete Tenses Notes with Examples & Exercises

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​