TENSES

TENSES.

Tenses is a form of a verb used to show when a events, phenomena or action occur (the past, now, which will come). Tenses is the most fundamental thing we need to learn to make the sentence English better.

Here’s a summary of 16 Tenses :

Simple Present Tense

The form of time used to declare an act or activity which took place/happened/ at the present time in the form of simple, activities or work that is done repeatedly, daily habits, events or deeds that have nothing to do with time, and to express general truth.

Formula :

(+) S + V1/(V1+es) + Object/Adverb

Ex. I speak English everyday

      She Speaks English everyday.

(-)  S + Don’t/Doesn’t + V1 + Object/Adverb

Ex. I don’t speak English

      She doesn’t speak English.

(?)  Do/Does + S + V1 + Object/Adverb ?

Ex. Do you speak English ?

      Does she speak English ?

Present Continuous Tense

The form of the vers used to express action that is taking place now (present).

Formula :

(+)  S + be (am/is/are) + Present Participle

Ex. The ships are sailing

       He is smiling

(-)  S + be (am/is/are) + not + Present Participle

Ex. The ships are not sailing

       He is not smiling

(?)  be (am/is/are) + S + Present Participle ?

Ex. Are the ships sailing ?

       Is he smiling ?

Present Perfect Tense

A verb form used to express an action or situation that has started in the past and still continues until now or have been completed at a given point in time in the past but the effect still continues.

Formula :

(+) S + have/has + V3 +Object/Adverb

Ex. I have read the book

       He has left

(-)  S + have/has + not + V3 + Object/Adverb

Ex. I have not read the book

       He hasn’t left

(?)  Have/has + S + V3 + Object/Adverb ?

Ex. Have I read the book ?

      Has he left ?

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

One form of a verb used to declare action has been completed, one point in the past or action has started in the past and continues until now.

Formula :

(+) S + have/has + been + V1-ing/Present Participle

Ex. She has been driving

       The toddlers have been sleeping

(-) S + have/has + not + been + V1-ing/Present Participle

Ex. She has not been driving

       The toddlers haven’t been sleeping

(?) Have/has + S + been + V1-ing/ Present Participle ?

Ex. Has she been driving ?

       Have the toddlers been sleeping ?

Simple Past Tense

One form of a verb simple to show that one of the incident happened in the past.

Etc. The time of events (yesterday, last two days, last year) or periode time (for two months, for a day, for an hour) can be mentioned in specific.

Formula :

(+) S + V2 + Object/Adverb

Ex. The teacher came

(-) S + did + not + V1 + Object/Adverb

Ex. The teacher didn’t came

(?) Did + S + V1 + Object/Adverb

Ex. Did the teacher come ?

Past Continuous Tense

One form a verb used to declare that an action was happened at that specific time in the past. The action has started but not finished at the time.

Formula :

(+) S + be (was/were) + Present Participle (V-ing)

Ex. The team was running

       The workers were queuing

(-) S + be (was/were) + not + Present Participle (V-ing)

Ex. The team was not running

       The workers weren’t queuing

(?) be (was/were) + S + Present Participle (V-ing) ?

Ex. Was the team running ?

       Were the workers queuing ?

Past Perfect Tense

One form a verb used to declare that an action has been completed at one point in the then before the action of the other happened.

Formula :

(+) S + had + V3/ Past Participle

Ex. My brother had slept

(-) S + had + not + V3/ Past Participle

Ex. My brother hadn’t slept

(?) Had + S + V3/ Past Participle ?

Ex. Had my brother slept ?

Past Perfect Continuous

One form of a verb used to express a action (with a duration of certain time) has been completed at one point certain time in the past.

Formula :

(+) S + had + been + V1-ing/Present Participle

Ex. Lia had been walking

(-) S + had + not +  been + V1-ing/Present Participle

Ex. Lia had not been walking

(?) Had + S + been + V1-ing/Present Participle ?

Ex. Had lia been walking ?

Simple Future Tense

One form a verb used to declare that an action happened in the future, spontaneously or palnned manner.

Formula :

(+) S + will + bare infinitive

Ex. You will win

(-) S + will + not +  bare infinitive

Ex. You won’t win

(?) Will + S + bare infinitive ?

Ex. Will you win ?

Future Continuous

The form a verb used to declare action would happened at that specific time in the future. The action has begun but not finished at the time.

Formula :

(+) S + will be + V1-ing/Present Participle

Ex. He will be sleeping

(-) S + will + not +  be + V1-ing/Present Participle

Ex. You and I won’t be walking

(?) Will + S + be + V1-ing/Present Participle ?

Ex. Will he be sleeping ?

Future Perfect Tense

A form of the verb used to express that an activity will have been completed at a point in time in the future.

Formula :

(+) S + will + have + V3/Past Participle

Ex. The students will have come

(-) S + will + not +  have + V3/Past Participle

Ex. The students will not have come

(?) Will + S + have + V3/Past Participle ?

Ex. Will the students have come ?

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

A form of the verb used to express that an action will have lasted for so long on a specific point in time in the future.

Formula :

(+) S + will + have been + V1-ing/Present Participle

Ex. They will have been playing

(-) S + will + not +  have been + V1-ing/Present Participle

Ex. The cat won’t have been sleeping

(?) Will + S + have been + V1-ing/Present Participle ?

Ex. Will they have been playing ?

Simple Past Future Tense

A form of the verb to talk about the future from the perspective of the past.

Formula :

(+) S + would + bare infinitive

Ex. He would forgive you

(-) S + would + not + bare infinitive

Ex. He wouldn’t forgive you

(?) would + S + bare infinitive ?

Ex. Would he forgive you ?

Past Future Continuous Tense

A form of the verb to express action or imaginary situations ongoing.

Formula :

(+) S + would be + V1-ing/ Present Participle

Ex. We would be studying

(-) S + would + not + be + V1-ing/ Present Participle

Ex. We wouldn’t be studying

(?) would + S + be + V1-ing/ Present Participle ?

Ex. Would we be studying ?

Past Future Perfect

A form of the verb to talk about activities that did not happen, might happen, or actually can be done but not successfully done in the past.

Formula :

(+) S + would/should/could/may/might/must + have + V3/ Past Participle

Ex. She would have worked

(-) S + would/should/could/may/might/must + not + have + V3/ Past Participle

Ex. She wouldn’t have worked

(?) Would/should/could/may/might/must + S +  have + V3/ Past Participle ?

Ex. Would she have worked ?

Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense

A form of the verb to express an action or imaginary situations ongoing at a certain point or during a certain period in the past.

Formula :

(+) S + would + have + been + V-ing/ Present Participle

Ex. They would have been working

(-) S + would + not + have + been + V-ing/ Present Participle

Ex. They would not have been working

(?) would + S + have + been + V-ing/ Present Participle ?

Ex. Would they have been working ?

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