English Tenses Made Easy Class 8th | With Charts & Examples
What are Tenses? Tenses tell us the TIME of an action. They are mainly of 3 types: 🟢 Present 🟡 Past 🔵 Future
3 Main Tenses
Present Tense ✅ Simple: I play cricket. ✅ Continuous: I am playing cricket. ✅ Perfect: I have played cricket. ✅ Perfect Continuous: I have been playing cricket.
Past Tense ✅ Simple: I played cricket. ✅ Continuous: I was playing cricket. ✅ Perfect: I had played cricket. ✅ Perfect Continuous: I had been playing cricket.
Future Tense ✅ Simple: I will play cricket. ✅ Continuous: I will be playing cricket. ✅ Perfect: I will have played cricket. ✅ Perfect Continuous: I will have been playing cricket.
Quick Comparison of Tenses Tense Type Simple Continuous Perfect Present I play I am playing I have played Past I played I was playing I had played Future I will play I will be playing I will have played
Summary 🟢 Present → Now 🟡 Past → Yesterday 🔵 Future → Tomorrow Each has 4 forms: Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous.