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Tenses

The document outlines 48 rules for forming sentences in various tenses in English including present, present continuous, present perfect, past, past continuous, past perfect, future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous tenses. For each tense, it provides the structure for affirmative, negative, interrogative and question word forms.

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Tenses

The document outlines 48 rules for forming sentences in various tenses in English including present, present continuous, present perfect, past, past continuous, past perfect, future, future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous tenses. For each tense, it provides the structure for affirmative, negative, interrogative and question word forms.

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Tenses Rules

(1) Present Indefinite


sub+v1 (+e/es) +object (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)

(2) Present Indefinite


sub+do/does+not+v1+object (+) .
Tense (Negative)

(3) Present Indefinite


do/does+sub+v1+object (+) ?
Tense (Interrogative)

(4) Present Indefinite


Wh-Family+do/does+sub+v1+obj (+) ?
Tense (Question word)

(5) Present
Continues sub+is/am/are+v1 (+ing)+obj (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)

(6) Present Continues


sub+is/am/are+not+v1(+ing)+obj (+) .
Tense (Negative)

(7) Present Continues


Is/am/are+sub+not+v1(+ing) +obj (+) ?
Tense (Interrogative)

(8) Present Continues Wh-Family+is/am/are+sub+v1 (+ing)


Tense (Question word) +obj (+) ?

(9) Present Perfect


sub+has/have+v3+obj (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)

(10) Present Perfect


sub+has/have+not+v3+obj (+) .
Tense (Negative)

(11) Present Perfect


Has/Have+sub+v3+obj (+) ?
Tense (Interrogative)

(12) Present Perfect Wh-Family+has/have+Sub+v3+ obj


Tense (Question word) (+) ?

(13) Present Perfect


sub+has/have+been+v1 (+ing)
Continues
+object+since/for+time.
Tense (Affirmative)
Tenses Rules

(14) Present Perfect


sub+has/have+not+been+v1 (+ing)
Continues Tense
+object+since/for+time.
(Negative)

(15) Present Perfect


Has/Have+sub+been+v1 (+ing)
Continues Tense
+obj+since/for+time ?
(Interrogative)

(16) Present Perfect


Wh_Family+has/have+sub+been+v1
Continues Tense
(+ing)+obj+since/for+time ?
(Question word)

(17) Past Indefinite


sub+V2+obj (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)

(18) Past Indefinite


sub+did+not+v1+obj (+) .
Tense (Negative)

(19) Past Indefinite


did+sub+v1+obj (+) ?
Tense (Interrogative)

(20) Past Indefinite


Wh_family+did+sub+v1+obj (+) ?
Tense (Question word)

(21) Past Continues


Sub+was/were+v1 (+ing)+obj (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)

(22) Past Continues


sub+was/were+not+v1 (+ing) (+) .
Tense (Negative)

(23) Past Continues


was/were+sub+v1 (+ing) +obj (+) ?
Tense (Interrogative)

(24) Past Continues Wh-family+was/were+sub+v1 (+ing)


Tense (Question word) +obj (+) ?

(25) Past Perfect


sub+had+v3+obj (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)

(26) Past Perfect Tense sub+had+not+v3+obj (+) .


Tenses Rules

(Negative)

(27) Past Perfect Tense


Had+sub+v3+obj (+) ?
(Interrogative)

(28) Past Perfect Tense


Wh-Family+had+v3+obj (+) ?
(Question word)

(29) Past Perfect


sub+had+been+v1(+ing)+obj
Continues
+since/for+time.
Tense (Affirmative)

(30) Past Perfect


sub+had+not+been+v1 (+ing)+obj
Continues Tense
+since/for+time.
(Negative)

(31) Past Perfect


Had+sub+been+v1
Continues Tense
(+ing)+obj+since/for +time ?
(Interrogative)

(32) Past Perfect


Wh-Family+had+sub+been+v1 (+ing)
Continues Tense
+obj +since/for+time ?
(Question word)

(33) Future
Indefinite sub+shall/will+v1+obj (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)

(34) Future Indefinite


sub+shall/will+not+v1+obj (+) .
Tense (Negative)

(35) Future Indefinite


Shall/will+sub+v1+obj (+) ?
Tense (Interrogative)

(36) Future Indefinite


Wh-Family+will/shall+sub+v1+obj (+) ?
Tense (Question word)

(37) Future
Continues sub+will/shall (+be)+v1 (+ing)+obj (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)
Tenses Rules

(38) Future Continues sub+will/shall + not+be+v1 (+ing)+obj


Tense (Negative) (+) .

(39) Future Continues


Will/shall+sub+be+v1 (+ing)+obj (+) ?
Tense (Interrogative)

(40) Future Continues Wh-Family+will/shall +sub+(+be)


Tense (Question word) +v1(+ing)+obj (+) ?

(41) Future Perfect


sub+will+have+v3+obj (+) .
Tense (Affirmative)

(42) Future Perfect


sub+will+not+have+v3+obj (+) .
Tense (Negative)

(43) Future Perfect


Tense (Interrogative) will+sub+have+v3+obj (+) ?

(44) Future Perfect


Tense (Question Wh-Family+will+sub+have+v3+obj
Word) (+) ?

(45) Future Perfect


Continues sub+will+have+been+v1 (+ing)
Tense (Affirmative) +object+since/for+time .

(46) Future Perfect


Continues Tense sub+will+have+not+been+v1 (+ing)
(Negative) +object +since/for+time .

(47) Future Perfect


Continues Tense will+have+sub+been+v1 (+ing)
(Interrogative) +object+since/for+time ?

(48) Future Perfect


Wh-Family+ will+ sub+ have+been+v1
Continues Tense
(+ing)+object+since/for+time ?
(Question word)

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