Which are the 12 tenses in English?

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Abhishek Mehra | Contributor-Level 8

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The 12 tenses in English are given in the table below.

12 Tenses in English
Types of Tenses	Simple Tense	Continuous Tense	Perfect Tense	Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Tense	Past Indefinite Tense	Past Continuous Tense	Past Perfect Tense	Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Present Tense	Present Indefinite Tense	Present Continuous Tense	Present Perfect Tense	Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Future Tense	Future Indefinite Tense	Future Continuous Tense	Future Perfect Tense	Future Perfect Continuous Tense

The 12 tenses in English are given in the table below. <table style="width: 1424px; height: 167px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><th style="width: 1406.22px; height: 21px;" colspan="5">12 Tenses in English</th></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><th style="width: 267.722px; height: 58px;">Types of Tenses  </th><th style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;">Simple Tense</th><th style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;">Continuous Tense</th><th style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;">Perfect Tense</th><th style="width: 267.778px; height: 29px;">Perfect Continuous Tense</th></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;">Past Tense</td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;"><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/exams/ielts/simple-past-tense-ecp">Past Indefinite Tense</a></td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;">Past Continuous Tense</td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;"><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/exams/ielts/past-perfect-tense-ecp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Past Perfect Tense</a></td><td style="width: 267.778px; height: 29px;">Past Perfect Continuous Tense</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;">Present Tense </td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;"><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/simple-present-tense-examples-rules-exercises-articlepage-161553">Present Indefinite Tense</a></td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;"><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/present-continuous-tense-definition-structure-rule-examples-exercises-articlepage-161391">Present Continuous Tense</a></td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 29px;"><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/present-perfect-tense-definition-structure-and-uses-articlepage-161229#What is present perfect tense">Present Perfect Tense</a></td><td style="width: 267.778px; height: 29px;"><a href="https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/present-perfect-continuous-tense-definition-structure-and-uses-articlepage-161407">Present Perfect Continuous Tense</a></td></tr><tr style="height: 30px;"><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 30px;">Future Tense</td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 30px;">Future Indefinite Tense </td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 30px;">Future Continuous Tense </td><td style="width: 267.722px; height: 30px;">Future Perfect Tense</td><td style="width: 267.778px; height: 30px;">Future Perfect Continuous Tense</td></tr></tbody></table>