Formulas of Main Tenses in English

Summary Formulas of Main Tenses in English

Tense                                   Active                                     Passive

Present simple	S+V1	S+ to be + V3
Present continuous	S + to be +Ving	S +  to be + being +V3
Present Perfect	S+ have/ has+ V3	S+ has/ have been+V3
P. perfect continuous	S+ has/have+ been +V (ing)	S+ has/have+been+being+V3
Past Continuous	S+ was /were +V (ing)	S+ was /were+ being +V3
Past perfect	S+ had + V3	S+ had been +V3
Past perfect continuous	S+ had been +V (ing)	S+ had+ been + being +V3
Future simple Future perfect Future Continuous Future perfect continuous	S+ will/shall +V1 S+ will/ shall+ have+ V3 S+ will/shall+ to be +V (ing) S+ will/shall+ been +V (ing)	S+ will/shall+have+been+V3 S+ will/shall +be+being+V3 S+ will/shall+be+being+V3 S+ will/shall+been+being+V3

v  Tenses

1.      Present Continuous Tense

An activity that is progress at the moment

A general activity that takes place this week, this month,

Future arrangement

2.      Simple present

A habitual action

A general fact

Future timetable

3.      Past simple

An action that began and ended at a specific time in the past

An action that occurred over a period of time and was completed in the past

An activity that took place regularly in the past

4.      Past continuous

An interrupt action

A repeated or continuous state in the past

5.      Future Tense (going to)

Expression a period plan

Predicating something that is likely to happen in the future

6.      Will

Predicting something that is likely to happen in the future

Expression willingness to do something

Making a decision at the time of speaking

7.      Future continuous

An action that will be continuing at a particular time in the future

An action that began in the past and continues in the present (since, for)

Repetition of an action before now

8.      Present perfect continuous

Expressing the duration of an action that began in the past and continues in the present (with for, since, all morning, all day).

A general action in progress recently for which no specific time is mentioned

An action that began in the past and has just recently ended

9.      Past Perfect

A past action that occurred before another action in the past

An action that was expected to occur in the past

10.  Past perfect continuous

Expressing the duration of an activity that occurred before another action in the past year

An action occurring recently before another action in the past

11.  Future perfect

An action that will be completed before a particular time in the future

12.  Future Perfect continuous

Expressing the duration of time that has occurred before a specific time in the future