The 12 English Tenses Explained (With Examples + Chart)
TL;DR: English has 12 main tenses: present, past and future, each used in simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous forms. Simple tenses show facts, habits or completed actions. Continuous tenses show actions in progress. Perfect tenses connect one time to another. Perfect continuous tenses show how long something has been happening. Most English learners start … Read more