This document provides definitions and examples for the 16 tenses in English. It begins by defining the key aspects used to form tenses, including verb forms (V1, V2, V3, Ving). It then covers each individual tense, providing the formula, examples in positive, negative and question form of how to use that tense. The tenses covered are: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous, future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, past future, past future continuous, past future perfect, and past future perfect continuous.