English Tenses – All 12 Tenses
English has 3 main tenses:
- Present – वर्तमान काल
- Past – भूतकाल
- Future – भविष्य काल
Each tense has 4 forms:
- Simple
- Continuous
- Perfect
- Perfect Continuous
1. Present Tense
| Tense | Structure | Example | Hindi Meaning |
|---|
| Simple Present | Subject + V1 | I work every day. | मैं हर दिन काम करता हूँ। |
| Present Continuous | Subject + is/am/are + V-ing | I am working now. | मैं अभी काम कर रहा हूँ। |
| Present Perfect | Subject + has/have + V3 | I have finished my work. | मैंने अपना काम पूरा कर लिया है। |
| Present Perfect Continuous | Subject + has/have been + V-ing | I have been working for two hours. | मैं दो घंटे से काम कर रहा हूँ। |
2. Past Tense
| Tense | Structure | Example | Hindi Meaning |
|---|
| Simple Past | Subject + V2 | I worked yesterday. | मैंने कल काम किया। |
| Past Continuous | Subject + was/were + V-ing | I was working. | मैं काम कर रहा था। |
| Past Perfect | Subject + had + V3 | I had finished my work. | मैंने अपना काम पूरा कर लिया था। |
| Past Perfect Continuous | Subject + had been + V-ing | I had been working for two hours. | मैं दो घंटे से काम कर रहा था। |
3. Future Tense
| Tense | Structure | Example | Hindi Meaning |
|---|
| Simple Future | Subject + will + V1 | I will work tomorrow. | मैं कल काम करूँगा। |
| Future Continuous | Subject + will be + V-ing | I will be working tomorrow. | मैं कल काम कर रहा होऊँगा। |
| Future Perfect | Subject + will have + V3 | I will have finished my work. | मैं अपना काम पूरा कर चुका होऊँगा। |
| Future Perfect Continuous | Subject + will have been + V-ing | I will have been working for two hours. | मैं दो घंटे से काम कर रहा होऊँगा। |
Verb Forms
- V1 – Base Form: go, eat, work
- V2 – Past Form: went, ate, worked
- V3 – Past Participle: gone, eaten, worked
- V-ing – Present Participle: going, eating, working