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Tense Structure

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STRUCTURES OF TENSES:

Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect continuous

Sub+ V1 +Ext Sub+ have/has+been +vS+ing


(Do/does in negative & Sub+ am/is/are+VS+ing+Ext Sub+have/has+V3+Ext Example:
interrogative sentence) Example: Example: A: He has been playing football.
Example: A: Rubi is writing a letter. A: I have gone to school. N: He hasn’t been playing football.
A: She writes a letter. N: Rubi is not writing a letter. N: I have not gone to school. In: Has he been playing football?
Present N: She doesn’t write a letter. In: Is Rubi writing a letter? In: Have I gone to school?
In: Does she write a letter?

Sub+ V2+Ext Subject+ was/were+vS+ing Sub+had+V3+Ext Sub+ had+been +VS+ing


(Did in negative & interrogative Example: Example: Example:
sentence)
Past Example:
A: Rubi was writing a letter.
N: Rubi was not writing a letter.
A: I had decided.
N: I hadn't decided.
A: I had been buying.
N: I hadn't been buying.
A: She sang a song. In: Was Rubi writing a letter? In: Had I decided? In: Had I been buying?
N: She did not sing a song.
In: Did she sing a song?

Subject+ shall have/ will have


Subject+ shall/ will +
Subject+ shall/ will+ VS Sub+shall/will+be+VS+ing +been + VS+ing
have+ V3
Example: Example: Example:
Example:
Future A: I will become a doctor.
N: I will not become a doctor.
A: I will be reading a book.
N: I will not be reading a book.
A: I will have arrived.
A: I will have been living.
N: I won't have been living.
N: I won't have arrived.
In: Will I become a doctor? In: Will I be reading a book? In: Will I have been living?
In: Will I have arrived?

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