Example
Example Sentence Present Simple S+V1+O+A I play basketball every week. Present Cont. S+am/is/are+V+ing +O+A I am playing basketball now. Present Perfect S+have/has+V3+O I have just played basketball Present Perfect Cont. S+have/has been+V+ing+O+A I have been playing basketball for hours. Past Simple S+V2+O+A I played basketball yesterday. Past Cont. S+was/were+V+ing+O+A I was playing basketball the whole evening. Past Perfect S+had+V3+O+A I had played basketball before he came. Past Perfect Cont. S+had been+V+ing+O+A I had been playing basketball when he came. Future Simple S+will+V+O+A I will play basketball tomorrow. Future Cont. S+will be+V+ing+O+A I will be playing basketball tomorrow by this time.