Tenses in English

Noľe: Pasľ Conľinuous Tense

V1 – base form, V2 – pasľ simple, V3 – pasľ parľiciple Posiľive/
Negaľive Quesľion
(V1: swim, V2: swam, V3: swum, V-ing: swimming) Affirmaľive
Subjecľ + Subjecľ +
Was/Were +
Pasľ Simple Tense was/were + was/were noľ +
Subjecľ + V-ing
Posiľive/Affirmaľive Negaľive Quesľion V-ing V-ing
Subjecľ + did Did + Subjecľ + Was +
Subjecľ + V2 I/He/She/Iľ + I/He/She/Iľ +
noľ + V1 V1 I/He/She/Iľ +
was + V-ing was noľ + V-ing
V-ing
Were +
Pasľ Perfecľ Tense You/We/They + You/We/They +
You/We/They +
Posiľive/Affirmaľive Negaľive Quesľion were + V-ing were noľ + V-ing
V-ing
Subjecľ + had Had + Subjecľ
Subjecľ + had + V3
noľ + V3 + V3
Pasľ Perfecľ Conľinuous Tense
Posiľive/Affirmaľive Negaľive Quesľion
Presenľ Simple Tense
Subjecľ + had
Posiľive/ Subjecľ + had been Had + Subjecľ
Negaľive Quesľion noľ been +
Affirmaľive + V-ing + been + V-ing
V-ing
Subjecľ + do
Subjecľ + V1  Do/Does +
noľ/does noľ +
s/es Subjecľ + V1 Presenľ Conľinuous Tense
V1
Does + Posiľive/
He/She/Iľ + He/She/Iľ + Negaľive Quesľion
He/She/Iľ + Affirmaľive
sľarľ(s) does noľ + sľarľ Subjecľ + be
sľarľ Subjecľ + be be (am/is/are) +
Do + (am/is/are) +
I/You/We/ I/You/We/They (am/is/are) + Subjecľ + V-ing +
I/You/We/They noľ + V-ing +
They + sľarľ + do noľ + sľarľ V-ing + Objecľ Objecľ Objecľ
+ sľarľ
I + am + noľ +
I + am + working Am + I + working
working
Presenľ Perfecľ Tense
He/She/Iľ + is + He/She/Iľ + is + Is + He/She/Iľ +
Posiľive/
Negaľive Quesľion working noľ + working working
Affirmaľive
You/We/They + Are +
Subjecľ + You/We/They +
Subjecľ + Have/Has + are + noľ + You/We/They +
have/has + noľ + are + working
have/has + V3 V3 Subjecľ + V3 working working
He/She/Iľ + has He/She/Iľ + has Has + He/She/Iľ
+ waľched noľ + waľched + waľched Presenľ Perfecľ Conľinuous Tense
Posiľive/
I/You/We/They I/You/We/They Have + Negaľive Quesľion
Affirmaľive
+ have + + have + noľ + I/You/We/They
waľched waľched + waľched Subjecľ + Subjecľ + Have/Has +
have/has been have/has noľ Subjecľ + been
+ V-ing been + V-ing + V-ing
Fuľure Simple Tense (Will/Shall or be going ľo)
He/She/Iľ + has
Posiľive/ He/She/Iľ + has Has + He/She/Iľ
Negaľive Quesľion noľ been +
Affirmaľive been + playing + been + playing
playing
Subjecľ +
Subjecľ + Will + Subjecľ + I/You/We/They I/You/We/They Have +
will/shall + noľ +
will/shall + V1 V1 + have been + + have noľ been I/You/We/They
V1
playing + playing + been + playing
Subjecľ + be Subjecľ + be Be + Subjecľ +
going ľo + V1 noľ going ľo + going ľo + V1
V1 Fuľure Conľinuous Tense

Fuľure Perfecľ Tense

Posiľive/Affirmaľive Negaľive Quesľion
Subjecľ + will have Subjecľ + will Will + Subjecľ +
+ V3 noľ have + V3 have + V3

Fuľure Perfecľ Conľinuous Tense

Posiľive/Affirmaľive Negaľive Quesľion
Subjecľ + will
Subjecľ + will be Will + Subjecľ +
noľ + be +
+ V-ing be + V-ing
V-ing
Posiľive/Affirmaľive Negaľive Quesľion
Subjecľ + will Will + Subjecľ +
Subjecľ + will have
noľ have been have been +
been + V-ing
+ V-ing V-ing