Are there 12 or 16 tenses in English grammar ? What are they ? | |||||||||||
| How many tenses are there in English language grammar ? I know about 12, but now I've heared about 16 in total. What are the main tenses in English ? | |||||||||||
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| There are 12 basic tenses in English language grammar, but in total there are 16 tenses. Present tense, past tense, future tense and past future tense are splitted into simple tense, continuous tense, perfect tense and perfect continuous tense: Present tense Present simple tense — I do Present continuous tense — I am doing Present perfect tense — I have done Present perfect continuous tense — I have been doing Past tense Past simple tense — I did Past continuous tense — I was doing Past perfect tense — I had done Past perfect continuous tense — I had been doing Future tense Future simple tense — I will do Future continuous tense — I will be doing Future perfect tense — I will have done Future perfect continuous tense — I will have been doing Past future tense Past future simple tense — I would do Past future continuous tense — I would be doing Past future perfect tense — I would have done Past future perfect continuous tense — I would have been doing | |||||||||||
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| Past future tense is also known as Conditional tense, so examples look like: Conditional simple tense — I would do Conditional continuous tense — I would be doing Conditional perfect tense — I would have done Conditional perfect continuous tense — I would have been doing | |||||||||||
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