12 types of tenses with examples and formula Tense Affirmative Present Simple I have a car. Present Continuous You are playing football now. Present Perfect They have been there. Present Perfect Continuous I have been living here. Past Simple I lived in London. Past Continuous I was playing. Past perfect He had worked. Past Perfect Continuous I had been watching. Future Simple I will come. Future Continuous I will be playing basketball. Future Perfect He will have finished. Future Perfect Continuous We will have been starting. Tense Negative Present Simple I don’t have a car. Present Continuous You are not playing football now. Present Perfect They haven’t been there. Present Perfect Continuous I haven’t been living here. Past Simple I didn’t live in London. Past Continuous I wasn’t playing. Past perfect He had not worked. Past Perfect