THE GATE OF KNOWLEDGE(‫ )باب املعل‬EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX KPT

The basic forms of the English verb tenses:

positive negative question
present subject + verb (+ s ) subject + do / does + not + verb (question word +) do / does + subject +
simple I eat. I don’t eat toast. verb?
She eats toast. She doesn’t eat fish. Do you eat breakfast every day?
When does she eat lunch?
present subject + am / is / are subject + am / is / are + not (question word +) am / is / are +
simple I am hungry. I’m not hungry. subject…?
with ‘be’ She is in a She isn’t Is he at home?
cafe. happy. Why are you hungry?
present subject + am / is / are + verb-ing subject + am / is / are + not + verb- (question word +) am / is / are +
continuous She’s eating toast. ing subject + verb-ing?
They are eating lunch now. He isn’t eating. When are they
We are not eating at home. eating? Is he eating
present subject + have / has + past subject + have / has + not + past now?
(question word +) have / has + subject
perfect participle participle + past participle?
I’ve eaten We haven’t eaten yet. What have you eaten
breakfast. He has She hasn’t eaten the chocolate. today? Has she eaten
present eaten lunch.
subject + have / has + been + verb- subject + have / has + not + been + lunch? word +) have / has + subject
(question
perfect ing verb-ing + been + verb-ing?
continuous I’ve been eating. They haven’t been eating. What has she been eating?
She’s been eating biscuits all day. He has not been eating toast. Have they been eating breakfast?
past subject + past simple subject + did + not + verb (question word +) did + subject +
simple I ate an apple. She didn’t eat anything. verb?
She ate some rice. They did not eat Did you eat the chocolate?
past subject + was / were breakfast.
subject + was / were + not What did they
(question wordeat
+)for
was / were +
simple I was hungry. We weren’t hungry. lunch?
subject…?
with ‘be’ They were in a restaurant. She wasn’t at Why was she
home. hungry? Were you
past subject + was / were + verb-ing subject + was / were + not + verb- hungry?
(question word +) was / were + subject
continuous I was eating. ing + verb-ing?
They were eating lunch. You weren’t eating. Where were you eating?
She wasn’t eating a sandwich. Was she eating an
past subject + had + past participle subject + had + not + past apple? word +) had + subject + past
(question
perfect I had eaten. participle participle
She’d eaten lunch. We hadn’t eaten. Why had you eaten?
He had not eaten an apple. Had they eaten fish before?
past subject + had + been + verb-ing subject + had + not + been + verb- (question word +) had + subject +
perfect I had been eating chocolate all ing been
continuous day. She’d been eating breakfast. I hadn’t been eating. + verb-ing?
She hadn’t been eating an apple. Why had he been eating?
future subject + will + verb subject + will + not + verb Had they been
(question wordeating
+) willenough fruit?
+ subject +
simple I will eat later. We won’t eat anything verb?
She will eat at home. tonight. He will not eat fish. What will you eat for
lunch? Will she eat meat?
future subject + will + be + verb-ing subject + will + not + be + verb-ing (question word +) will + subject + be +
continuous I will be eating at 8pm. They won’t be eating. verb-ing?
She will be eating a sandwich. He will not be eating anything. What will you be eating?
Will they be eating at 6pm?
future subject + will + have + past subject + will + not + have + past (question word +) will + subject + have
perfect participle participle + past participle?
I will have eaten lunch by 3 He won’t have eaten lunch When will you have eaten?
o’clock. She’ll have eaten all the yet. They will not have eaten Will she have eaten dinner by nine?
chocolate. their sandwiches.
future subject + will + have + been + subject + will + not + have + been + (question word +) will + subject + have
perfect verb-ing verb-ing + been + verb-ing?
continuous They will have been eating I won’t have been eating fish. What will she have been eating?
fruit. We’ll have been eating all They will not have been Will you have been eating chocolate?
day. eating
lunch.