To indicate what will be going on at some time in the future. To indicate planned future events. PERFECT I had eaten all of the pizza when you arrived. S + “had” + V3 + O I have eaten all of the pizza. S + “have/has” + V3 + O I wil have eaten all of the pizza by the time you arrive.
S + “will have” + V3 + O To indicate a completed action of the past that happened before another event took place. To indicate past action which is not defined by a time of occurrence. To indicate an action which started in the past and has continued up until now. To indicate an action that will be complete before another event takes place. PERFECT CONTINUOUS I had been eating pizza for two hours when you arrived.
S + “had been” + (V+ing) + O I have been eating pizza for two hours. S + “have/has been” + (V+ing) + O I will have been eating pizza for two hours when you arrive.
S + “will have been” + (V+ing) + O To indicate an action in the past that began before a certain point in the past and continued up until that time. To indicate an action which started at some point in the past and may or may not be complete. To indicate an action that will have happened for some time and will not complete yet at a certain point in the future. 12 verb tenses video This is a video of the picture above with audio The 12 tenses in English grammar rules List of the 12 tenses i n English grammar • Past simple • Present simple • Future simple • Past continuous • Present continuous • Future continuous • Past perfect • Present perfect • Future perfect • Past perfect continuous • Present perfect continuous • Future perfect continuous 12 verb tenses with examples English grammar in PDF List of the 12 verb tenses with examples 1.
Simple Present Tense I eat a pineapple. He eats a pineapple.
Simple Past Tense I ate a pineapple. He ate a pineapple.
Simple Future Tense I shall eat a pineapple. He will eat a pineapple.
Present Continuous Tense I am eating a pineapple. We are eating pineapple. He was eating a pineapple.
Past Continuous Tense I was eating a pineapple. We were eating pineapple. He was eating a pineapple. Future Continuous Tense I shall be eating a pineapple. He will be eating a pineapple. Present perfect tense I have eaten a pineapple.
He has eaten a pineapple. Past perfect tense I had eaten a pineapple.
He had eaten a pineapple. Future perfect tense I shall have eaten a pineapple. He will have eaten a pineapple.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense I have been eating a pineapple. Past Perfect Continuous Tense I had been eating a pineapple. Future Perfect Continuous Tense I shall have been eating a pineapple. To download the full lesson on the tenses in English grammar with examples in PDF, click on the logo Follow us on Facebook This page is based on the notebook page from out Facebook page. Please take the time to like our page. If the link is broken use this link to download the English grammar lesson on the 12 tenses.