How many types of tense are there?

Are there 12 or 16 tenses in English? You might be surprised to know that in linguistic analysis, only two tenses are identified in English ◾The present tense. ◾The past tense. The future is not considered a tense because to form it, we need a helping verb, namely, the modal "will" or "shall". However, for pedagogical reasons, teachers prefer to focus on three major tenses in English: the present, past, and future. These three tenses may be used in combination with four different aspects: simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive. What are the 16 tenses in English? The following table summarizes the 16 tenses in English: Present Past Future Conditional Simple I walk I walked I will walk I would walk Progressive I am walking I was walking I will be walking I would be walking Perfect I have walked I had walked I will have walked I would have walked Perfect Progressive I have been walking I had been walking I will have been walking I would have been walking What is the formula of all tenses? Here are the 16 verb tenses in English. Verb forms and examples are provided: Tense Formula Examples 1. Present Simple VERB/ VERB +S I/you/we/they play He/she/it plays 2. Present Progressive (Continuous) AM/IS/ARE + VERB + ING I/you/we/they am playing He/she/it is playing 3. Present Perfect HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE I/you/we/they have played He/she/it has played 4. Present Perfect Progressive (Continuous) HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VERB + ING I have been playing He/she/it has been playing 5. Past Simple. VERB + ED (except irregular verbs) I played. I wrote (irregular) 6. Past Progressive (Continuous) WAS/WERE + VERB + ING I/he/she was playing you/we/they were playing 7. Past Perfect HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE I had played 8. Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) HAD + BEEN + VERB + ING I had been playing 9. Future Simple WILL + VERB I will play 10. Future Progressive (Continuous) WILL + BE + VERB +ING I will be playing 11. Future Perfect WILL + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE I will have played 12. Future Perfect Progressive (Continuous) WILL + HAVE + BEEN + VERB + ING I will have been playing 13. Conditional Simple WOULD + VERB I would play 14. Conditional Progressive (Continuous) WOULD BE + VERB + ING I would be playing 15. Conditional Perfect WOULD + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE I would have played 16. Conditional Perfect Progressive (Continuous) WOULD + HAVE + BEEN + VERB + ING I would have been playing