English tenses:

here are the nine English tenses along with an example sentence for each:

Simple present tense: I eat breakfast every morning.

the grammatical structures

Simple present tense: Subject + base verb form (e.g. eat, drink, walk)

base form of a verb, also called the infinitive form

Present continuous tense: I am eating breakfast right now.

the grammatical structures

Present continuous tense: Subject + auxiliary verb "be" (conjugated to match the subject) + present participle (base verb form + -ing) (e.g. am eating, is walking, are drinking)

Auxiliary verbs, also called helping verbs