0english Tenses

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 (don’t) understand him important right now.
very well.
She is not (isn’t) tidying her
He does not (doesn’t) practice room now.
every day.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
 Pron.+have/has+V3 (-ed)  Pron.+have/has+been+V+ing
I have already solved the problem. We have been reading for two
She has just left the room. hours.
 Have/has+pron.+V3(-ed)? He has been watching the match for
half an hour.
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
We have not (haven’t) made the night?
cake yet.  Pron.+have/
It has not (hasn’t) rained for a long
has+not+been+V+ING
time.
We haven’t been skiing since last
year.
She hasn’t 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 (didn’t) know where to
go. They were not (weren’t) working
when I entered the room.
You did not (didn’t) do anything to
help them. He was not (wasn’t) 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 (hadn’t) waited for  Pron.+had not+been+V-
them. ing
 You had not (hadn’t) forgotten about They had not (hadn’t) been
it.
listening to me.
He had not (hadn’t) been playing in
the courtyard with the others.
FUTURE SIMPLE & FUTURE CONTINUOUS
 Pron. +shall/will + V Pron.+shall/wil+be+V-ing

I shall (I’ll) follow you everywhere. We shall be telling jokes this time
tomorrow.
She will (she’ll) understand. They’ll 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 (shan’t) pay her a visit I shall not (shan’t) be listening to
at the weekend. music.
She will not (won’t ) make such a You will not (won’t) be skydiving.
mistake again.
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE & FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
 Pron.+shall/will+have +V3 (-ed) Pron.+shall/will+have+been+V-
She will have written her composition by ing
eleven o’clock. 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 (won’t) have finished the Pron.+shall/will not+ have
book by the end of February. been+V-ing
I shall not (shan’t) have come back They will not (won’t) have been
home by 12 o’clock. spending their leave here.
Nick will not (won’t) have been
driving.
GOOD LUCK
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ENGLISH TENSES

 Pronoun + V(-s)  Pronoun + to be + V+ing

 Pron.+ V2(-ed)  Pron.+was/were+V-ing

 Pron. +shall/will + V Pron.+shall/wil+be+V-ing

 Pron. + will/shall not + V Pron.+shall/will +be+V –ing

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