Tenses in English Basic Structure of Tense in English

Structure of Tenses in English

There are 3 Major categories of Tenses in English..

1. Present Tense
2. Past Tense
3. Future Tense

And they are further classified into 4 sub categories of each one.

1. Indefinite
2. Continuous
3. Perfect
4. Perfect Continuous

So their basic structure should be..

• Present

1. Present Indefinite
2. Present Continuous
3. Present Perfect
4. Present Perfect Continuous

• Past

1. Past Indefinite
2. Past Continuous
3. Past Perfect
4. Past Perfect Continuous

• Future

1. Future Indefinite
2. Future Continuous
3. Future Perfect
4. Future Perfect Continuous