Answer :

English has 3 main tenses and 4 forms of each.

Answer: three... four

Explanation:

English language has three main tenses and four forms of each.

The main tenses in English are: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE.

Each of the tenses has four different forms: SIMPLE, PERFECT, PERFECT PROGRESSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE.

For example:

Simple past: He played.

Simple present: He plays.

Simple future: He will play.

Past Perfect: He had played.

Present Perfect: He has played.

Future Perfect: He will have played.

Past Perfect Progressive:  He had been playing.

Present Perfect Progressive: He has been playing

Future Perfect Progressive: He will have been playing.

Progressive past: He was playing

Progressive present: He is playing.

Future progressive: He will be playing.

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