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
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
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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