ENGLISH GRAMMAR – BASIC TENSES – SUMMARY OF VERB TENSES(POSITIVE STATEMENT)
In English, there are three basic tenses: present, past, and future. Each has a perfect form, indicating completed action; each has a progressive form, indicating ongoing action; and each has a perfect progressive form, indicating ongoing action that will be completed at some definite time.
Tenses Simple Forms Progressive Forms Perfect Forms Present arrive/s Past arrived am/is/are arriving was/were arriving
Perfect Progressive Forms
have/has arrived have/has been arriving had arrived had been arriving
Future will/shall arrive will be arriving
will have arrived will have been arriving
Present /Pronoun I
Simple Forms arrive
Progressive Forms am arriving are arriving is arriving Progressive Forms were arriving were arriving was arriving
Perfect Forms have arrived have arrived has arrived Perfect Forms had arrived had arrived had arrived
Perfect Progressive Forms have been arriving have been arriving has been arriving Perfect Progressive Forms had been arriving had been arriving had been arriving
You/We/They arrive He/She/It Past /Pronoun I He/She/It Future /Pronoun I You/We/They He/She/It
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arrives Simple Forms arrived arrived
You/We/They arrived
Simple Forms will arrive will arrive will arrive
Progressive Forms will be arriving will be arriving will be arriving
Perfect Forms will have arrived will have arrived will have arrived
Perfect Progressive Forms will have been arriving will have been arriving will have been arriving
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