英语时态分为16种：一般现在、一般过去、一般将来、过去将来时，以及这四者的进行时、完成时和完成进行时。

一般现在时he plays.

一般过去时he played.

一般将来时 he will play.

现在进行时 he is playing.

过去进行时 he was playing.

将来进行时 he will be playing.

现在完成时 he has played.

过去完成时 he had played.

将来完成时 he will have played.

现在完成进行时 he has been playing.

过去完成进行时 he had been playing.

将来完成进行时 he will have been playing.

过去将来时 he would play.

过去将来进行时 he would be playing.

过去将来完成时 he would have played.

过去将来完成进行时 he would have been playing.