Tenses

Tense	Structure	Example
Simple Present	S + V¹ (s/es) + O	He drives the car.
Simple Past	S + V² + O	He drove the car.
Simple Future	S + will/shall + V¹ + O	He will drive the car.
Present Continuous	S + am/is/are + V⁴ + O	He is driving the car.
Past Continuous	S + was/were + V⁴ + O	He was driving the car.
Future Continuous	S + will be + V⁴ + O	He will be driving the car.
Present Perfect	S + has/have + V³ + O	He has driven the car.
Past Perfect	S + had + V³ + O	He had driven the car.
Future Perfect	S + will have + V³ + O	He will have driven the car.
Present Perfect Continuous	S + has/have + been + V⁴ + O	He has been driving the car.
Past Perfect Continuous	S + had + been + V⁴ + O	He had been driving the car.
Future Perfect Continuous	S + will have been + V⁴ + O	He will have been driving the car.