All the tenses

introduction

English has three main tenses, past, present and future.

twelve tenses in total.

We can divide them into four categories: Simple tenses, Continuous tenses, Perfect tenses and Perfect Continuous tenses. Here are some formulas.

Present Simple = Subject + infinitive verb (-s/-es for he/she/it)

Gap Analysis allows companies to determine how to achieve their goals.

Past Simple = Subject + past tense verb

Gap Analysis allowed our company to determine how to achieve our goals.

Future Simple = Subject + will/shall + infinitive verb

Gap Analysis will allow our company to determine how to achieve our goals.

Present Continuous = Subject + is/am/are + verb + -ing

Our company is determining how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.

Past Continuous = Subject + was/were + verb + -ing

Our company was determining how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.

Future Continuous = Subject + will be / shall be + verb + -ing

Our company will be determining how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.

Present Perfect = Subject + have/has + past participle

Our company has determined how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.

Past Perfect = Subject + had + past participle

Our company had determined how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.

Future Perfect = Subject + will have + past participle

Our company will have determined how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.

Present Perfect Continuous = Subject + have/has + been + verb + -ing

Our company has been determining how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.

Past Perfect Continuous = Subject + had + been + verb + -ing

Our company had been determining how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.

Future Perfect Continuous = Subject + will have + been + verb + -ing

Our company will have been determining how to achieve its goals using Gap Analysis.