This document summarizes different tenses in English including:
1) Present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions happening now or recently.
2) Past simple and past continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that were happening in the past.
3) Past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that were completed before something else in the past happened.
4) Future simple and future continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that will happen or be ongoing in the future.
5) Future perfect simple and future perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that will be
This document summarizes different tenses in English including:
1) Present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions happening now or recently.
2) Past simple and past continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that were happening in the past.
3) Past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that were completed before something else in the past happened.
4) Future simple and future continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that will happen or be ongoing in the future.
5) Future perfect simple and future perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that will be
This document summarizes different tenses in English including:
1) Present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions happening now or recently.
2) Past simple and past continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that were happening in the past.
3) Past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that were completed before something else in the past happened.
4) Future simple and future continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that will happen or be ongoing in the future.
5) Future perfect simple and future perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that will be
This document summarizes different tenses in English including:
1) Present simple, present continuous, present perfect simple, and present perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions happening now or recently.
2) Past simple and past continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that were happening in the past.
3) Past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that were completed before something else in the past happened.
4) Future simple and future continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that will happen or be ongoing in the future.
5) Future perfect simple and future perfect continuous tenses which are used to describe actions that will be
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ENGLISH TENSES
STRUCTURES PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Pronoun + V(-s) Pronoun + to be + V+ing
I speak English very well. I am walking to school. He wants to speak English, too. She is writing a letter. To be + pronoun + V+ing? DO/DOES + pronoun + V? Are you watching something Do you know him? important now? Does she play the guitar? Is he helping you at the moment? Pronoun + to be + not +V+ing Pron. + DO/DOES+not+V I am not doing anything I do not (dont) understand him important right now. very well. She is not (isnt) tidying her He does not (doesnt) practice room now. every day. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS Pron.+have/has+been+V+ing Pron.+have/has+V3 (-ed) I have already solved the problem. We have been reading for two hours. She has just left the room. He has been watching the match for half an hour. Have/has+pron.+V3(-ed)? Have you ever listened to this CD? Have/Has+pron.+been+V+ing Has he learnt the poem? Have they been walking for long? Pron+have/has+not+V3(-ed) Has it been snowing the whole night? We have not (havent) made the cake yet. Pron. +have/has+not+been+V+ING It has not (hasnt) rained for a long time. We havent been skiing since last year. She hasnt been telling the whole story. PAST TENSE SIMPLE & PAST TENSE
CONTINUOUS Pron.+ V2(-ed) Pron.+was/were+V-ing I won an important competition She was running in the park when I two weeks ago. met her. She wanted to find out the truth. We were arguing when you came in. DID + Pron. + V? Was/Were+pron. +V-ing? Did you follow him yesterday? What were you doing when I phoned you the other day? What did he choose? Was he paying attention? Pron. + did + not + V Pron.+was/were+not+V-ing They did not (didnt) know where to go. They were not (werent) working when I entered the room. You did not (didnt) do anything to help them. He was not (wasnt) playing chess. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE &PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS Pron.+ had + V3 (-ed) Pron.+ had+been+V-ing They had found it in the kitchen. We had been jogging the whole She had liked it before the incident. morning. He had been playing the violin for Had + pronoun + V3 (-ed) ? an hour. Had he solved the exercise ? Had + pron.+been+ V- Had you helped him? ing? Had she been reading the Pronoun + had not + V 3 magazine? (-ed) Had you been knitting? We had not (hadnt) waited for Pron.+had not+been+V- them. ing You had not (hadnt) forgotten about They had not (hadnt) been it. listening to me. He had not (hadnt) been playing in the courtyard with the others. FUTURE SIMPLE & FUTURE CONTINUOUS Pron. +shall/will + V Pron.+shall/wil+be+V-ing We shall be telling jokes this time I shall (Ill) follow you everywhere. tomorrow. She will (shell) understand. Theyll be flying home this time next week. Will/Shall + pron. + V? Shall/Will+pron.+be+V-ing? Will you go to the market tomorrow? Shall we be making a snow man? Shall we visit the Science Museum? Will you be helping me?
Pron. + will/shall not + V Pron.+shall/will +be+V ing
We shall not (shant) pay her a visit I shall not (shant) be listening to at the weekend. music. She will not (wont ) make such a You will not (wont) be skydiving. mistake again. FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE & FUTURE PERFECT Pron.+shall/will+have +V3 (-ed) Pron.+shall/will+have+been+V- CONTINUOUS
She will have written her composition by ing
eleven oclock. She will have been singing for half an Tomorrow we shall have been on holiday for hour when her mother comes here. one month. I shall have been listening to music for a Shall/Will + pron. + have + V3 (- while by this time tomorrow. ed) Will he have arrived at the railway station in Shall/Will+pron+have+been+V-ing? time? Shall we have been sledging this time Shall we have found out the answer to his tomorrow? problem? Will you have been dancing this time next Pron+shall/will not+V3 (-ed) week? They will not (wont) have finished the Pron.+shall/will not+ have book by the end of February. been+V-ing I shall not (shant) have come back They will not (wont) have been home by 12 oclock. spending their leave here. Nick will not (wont) have been driving. GOOD LUCK
