Verb Tenses Explained, With Examples

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Present Perfect Tense
Definition
The present perfect tense is used to emphasize the duration of an action that occurred in a time period before now. When using this tense, you should also provide an additional sentence that describes what happened before now.
Structure/Formula
Subject + has/have + past participle
Examples

1. 
   She has visited her grandma.
   
2. 
   I have lived here for twelve years.
   
3. 
   He has bought a new car last week.
   
4. 
   We have listened more than once to the concert.
   
5. 
   We have stopped using the term ‘early retirement’.
   

Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Definition
The present perfect continuous tense is used for actions that have been going on since the past and up until the present. It can also be used to refer to actions that are still in progress, but still haven’t been finished.
Structure/Formula
Subject + have been + present participle + time reference
Examples

1. 
   We have been staying there every day.
   
2. 
   My friend had been waiting for us since morning.
   
3. 
   We have been living in a new house for a month.
   
4. 
   How long has John been working here?
   
5. 
   I have been working hard for this job.
   

Future Tense
The future tense is used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet like “I will eat dinner tonight”. It four types are simple future tense, future continuous, future perfect and future perfect continuous.
Simple Future Tense
Definition
Simple future tense is a verb tense that is used to describe the things that have not happened yet.
Structure/Formula
Subject + will/shall + main verb
Subject + is/am/are + going to + main verb