English Tense Chart with Rules and Examples
English Tense Chart with Rules and Examples
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A tense chart is a quick grammar table that shows tense structure, rules and examples together.
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Past Continuous: I was studying English.
Future Continuous: I will be studying English.
4 Main Tense Forms You Must Understand
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Simple
Habit, fact, completed action āĻŦāĻž general future action āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Example: I study, I studied, I will study.
Continuous
Action āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Example: I am studying, I was studying, I will be studying.
Perfect
Completion āĻŦāĻž result āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Example: I have finished, I had finished, I will have finished.
Perfect Continuous
Duration āĻŦāĻž āĻāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖ āϧāϰ⧠action āĻāϞāĻā§/āĻāϞāĻāĻŋāϞ/āĻāϞāĻŦā§ āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Example: I have been studying for two hours.
Positive Sentence
Normal statement. Example: She studies English. They played football. I will call you.
Negative and Question
Negative āĻāϰāϤ⧠helping verb + not āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ Question āĻāϰāϤ⧠helping verb āĻāĻā§ āĻāϏā§āĨ¤
English Tense Chart with Rules and Examples
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| Tense | Use | Positive Structure | Negative Structure | Question Structure | Example with Bangla Meaning | Full Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present Simple Present |
Habit, routine, general truth | Subject + V1/V5 + Object | Subject + do/does not + V1 | Do/Does + Subject + V1? | I study English every day. = āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ English āĻĒā§āĻŋāĨ¤ | Open |
| Present Present Continuous |
Action happening now | Subject + am/is/are + V-ing | Subject + am/is/are not + V-ing | Am/Is/Are + Subject + V-ing? | I am studying English now. = āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ English āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ | Open |
| Present Present Perfect |
Present result, experience, completed action | Subject + has/have + V3 | Subject + has/have not + V3 | Has/Have + Subject + V3? | I have finished my work. = āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ | Open |
| Present Present Perfect Continuous |
Action continuing from past to present | Subject + has/have been + V-ing | Subject + has/have not been + V-ing | Has/Have + Subject + been + V-ing? | I have been studying for two hours. = āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ | Open |
| Past Simple Past |
Completed past action | Subject + V2 + Object | Subject + did not + V1 | Did + Subject + V1? | I visited Dhaka yesterday. = āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ | Open |
| Past Past Continuous |
Action happening at a past time | Subject + was/were + V-ing | Subject + was/were not + V-ing | Was/Were + Subject + V-ing? | I was studying at 8 pm. = āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤ ā§ŽāĻāĻžā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ | Open |
| Past Past Perfect |
Earlier past action | Subject + had + V3 | Subject + had not + V3 | Had + Subject + V3? | She had left before I arrived. = āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āϏ⧠āĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ | Open |
| Past Past Perfect Continuous |
Duration before another past action | Subject + had been + V-ing | Subject + had not been + V-ing | Had + Subject + been + V-ing? | I had been studying for two hours before he came. = āϏ⧠āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ | Open |
| Future Simple Future |
Future action, promise, prediction | Subject + will + V1 | Subject + will not + V1 | Will + Subject + V1? | I will study tomorrow. = āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āĻŦāĨ¤ | Open |
| Future Future Continuous |
Action happening at a future time | Subject + will be + V-ing | Subject + will not be + V-ing | Will + Subject + be + V-ing? | I will be studying at 8 pm tomorrow. = āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāϤ ā§ŽāĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ | Open |
| Future Future Perfect |
Completed before a future time | Subject + will have + V3 | Subject + will not have + V3 | Will + Subject + have + V3? | I will have finished by tomorrow. = āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāĻŦāĨ¤ | Open |
| Future Future Perfect Continuous |
Duration before a future time | Subject + will have been + V-ing | Subject + will not have been + V-ing | Will + Subject + have been + V-ing? | I will have been studying for two hours by 8 pm. = āϰāĻžāϤ ā§ŽāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ | Open |
Present, Past and Future Tense Chart Separately
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| Present Tense | Structure | Example | Bangla Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Present | Subject + V1/V5 | He plays football. | āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞā§āĨ¤ |
| Present Continuous | Subject + am/is/are + V-ing | He is playing football. | āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞāĻā§āĨ¤ |
| Present Perfect | Subject + has/have + V3 | He has played football. | āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§āĨ¤ |
| Present Perfect Continuous | Subject + has/have been + V-ing | He has been playing football for an hour. | āϏ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠football āĻā§āϞāĻā§āĨ¤ |
| Past Tense | Structure | Example | Bangla Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Past | Subject + V2 | He played football. | āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ |
| Past Continuous | Subject + was/were + V-ing | He was playing football. | āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ |
| Past Perfect | Subject + had + V3 | He had played football before I came. | āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ |
| Past Perfect Continuous | Subject + had been + V-ing | He had been playing football for an hour. | āϏ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠football āĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ |
| Future Tense | Structure | Example | Bangla Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Future | Subject + will + V1 | He will play football. | āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| Future Continuous | Subject + will be + V-ing | He will be playing football. | āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| Future Perfect | Subject + will have + V3 | He will have played football by 5 pm. | āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞ ā§ĢāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏ⧠football āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĢā§āϞāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
| Future Perfect Continuous | Subject + will have been + V-ing | He will have been playing football for an hour by 5 pm. | āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞ ā§ĢāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠football āĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ |
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She do not like tea. â
She does not like tea. â
He/she/it-āĻāϰ negative simple present-āĻ does not āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĨ¤
I am go to school. â
I am going to school. â
Continuous tense-āĻ am/is/are + V-ing āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Did you went there? â
Did you go there? â
Did-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠verb-āĻāϰ base form āĻšā§āĨ¤
He has ate rice. â
He has eaten rice. â
Perfect tense-āĻ V3 āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ Eat-āĻāϰ V3 āĻšāϞ⧠eatenāĨ¤
I will be study tomorrow. â
I will be studying tomorrow. â
Future continuous-āĻ will be + V-ing āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
I will have finish it. â
I will have finished it. â
Future perfect-āĻ will have + V3 āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
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