TENSES FORMULA EXAMPLE
S + Verb1 + O + Modifier The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
S + does/do + not + Verb1 + O + Modifier The sun does not rise in the west and does not set in the east.
Does/Do + S + Verb1 + O + Modifier? Does the sun rise in the east?
S + Verb2 + O + Modifier I went to Kuta beach a week ago
SIMPLE S + did + not + Verb1 + O + Modifier I did not go to Kuta beach yesterday.
PAST
Did + S + Verb1 + O + Modifier? Did you go to Kuta beach yesterday?
S + will + verb1+ O + modifier I will go to the shopping mall.
SIMPLE S + will + not + verb1 + O + modifier I will not go to the shopping mall.
FUTURE
Will + S + verb1+ O + modifier? Will you go to the shopping mall?
PRESENT S + is/am/are + Verb1+ing + O + Modifier We are studying English now.
CONTINUOU S + is/ am/are + not + Verb1+ing + O + Modifier We are not studying English now.
S
Is/Am/Are + S + Verb1+ ing + O + Modifier? Are we studying English at the moment?
S + Was/Were + Verb1+ing + O + Modifier I was being busy at 8 o’clock yesterday morning.
PAST
CONTINUOU S + was/were + not + verb1+ing + O + modifier I was not being busy at 8 o’clock yesterday morning.
S
Was/were + S + verb1+ing + O + modifier? Were you being busy at 8 o’clock yesterday morning?
S + will + be + verb1+ing + O + modifier My sister will be watching TV at eight thirty tonight.
FUTURE
CONTINUOU S + will + not + be + verb1+ing + O + modifier My sister will not be watching TV at eight thirty tonight.
S
Will + S + be + verb1+ing + O + modifier? Will your sister be watching TV at eight thirty tonight?
S + has/have + verb3 + O + modifier I have eaten.
PRESENT S + has/have + not + verb3 + O + modifier I have not eaten.
PERFECT
Has/have + S + verb3 + O + modifier? Have you eaten?
S + had + verb3 + O + modifier They had gone before we arrived.
PAST S + had + not + verb3 + O + modifier They had not gone before we arrived.
PERFECT
Had + S + verb3 + O + modifier Had they gone before you arrived?
S + will + have + verb3 + O + modifier I will have lived in this house for nine years.
FUTURE S + will + not + have + verb3 + O+ modifier I will not have lived in this house for nine years.
PERFECT
Will + S + have + verb3+ O+ modifier? Will you have lived in this house for nine years yet?
PRESENT S + has/have + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier She has waited for her boyfriend for an hour.
PERFECTS + has/have + not + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier
She has not been waiting for her boyfriend for an hour.
CONTINUOU
S Has/have + S+ not + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier?Has she been waiting for her boyfriend for an hour?
PAST S + had + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier I had been living in that house for nine years.
PERFECT S + had + not + been + verb1+ing + O+ modifier I had not been living in that house for nine years.
CONTINUOU
S Had + S + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier Had I been living in that house for nine years?
FUTURE S + will + have + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier he will have been working for fifty years.
PERFECTS + will + not + have + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier
he will not have been working for fifty years yet.
CONTINUOU
S Will + S + have + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier? Will he have been working for fifty years yet?
PAST S + would + be + verb1+ing + O+ modifier We would be watching a football game at 11 p.m. last night.
FUTURE
S + would + not + be + verb1+ing + O + modifier
We wouldn’t be watching a football game at 11 p.m. last night
CONTINUOU
S Would + S + be + verb1+ing + O + modifier? Would we be watching a football game at 11 p.m. last night?
S+ would + have + verb3 + O + modifier He would have got an accident, if he driven fast.
PAST
FUTURE S + would + not + have + verb3 + O + modifierHe wouldn’t have got an accident, if he had not driven fast.
PERFECT Would + S + have + verb3 + O + modifier? Would he have got an accident if he had not driven fast?
S+ would + have + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier
I would have been being at school only for 6 hours yesterday.
PAST FUTURE
S + would + not + have + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier
PERFECT I wouldn’t have been being at school for 7 hours yesterday.
CONTINUOUS
Would + S + have + been + verb1+ing + O + modifier?
Would you have been being at school for 7 hours yesterday?
