Tenses

Present Tense

1

Name of tense: Simple Present Tense

Formula: No Formula (only the present form of the verb is used)

Question: What always happens?

2

Name of tense: Present Continuous Tense

Formula: is / am / are + present participle

Question: What is happening?

3

Name of tense: Present Perfect Tense

Formula: has / have + past participle

Question: What has happened?

4

Name of tense: Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Formula: has / have + been + present participle

Question: What has been happening?

Past Tense

5

Name of tense: Simple Past Tense

Formula: No Formula (only the past form of the verb is used)

Question: What happened?

6

Name of tense: Past Continuous Tense

Formula: was / were + present participle

Question: What was happening?

7

Name of tense: Past Perfect Tense

Formula: had + past participle

Question: What had happened?

8

Name of tense: Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Formula: had + been + present participle

Question: What had been happening?

Future Tense

9

Name of tense: Simple Future Tense

Formula: will / shall + root verb

Question: What will happen?

10

Name of tense: Future Continuous Tense

Formula: will / shall + be + present participle

Question: What will be happening?

11

Name of tense: Future Perfect Tense

Formula: will + have + past participle

Question: What will have happened?

12

Name of tense: Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Formula: will + have + been + present participle

Question: What will have been happening?