Once
there was a man whose name was Tense, he had three children and their name was
Present, Past & Future. So, the man, Tense decided that he should name his
grandchildren in a way that….. wo wo wo ….wait a while, a long story about
Tense..…This part is quite known to all & everyone is handsomely habituated
with this. How about in chart wise or table wise, at least by this we can grab
anything under 1 table. Some points here I added such as, Verb conjugation, modal’s
effect, etc which I think is very much important and they all should be learnt & do we need to arise question, I ‘ll
always entertain such.. So here we go;
Tense Tables
Positive
/ Negative / Question Forms in All Tenses
Go for it Fellas!!!
Positive
Forms
The first
table shows positive forms in all tenses.
Tense
|
Subject
|
Helping
Verb
|
Main
Verb (String)
|
Objects
/ Time / Place
|
Present
Simple
|
I
|
-
|
eat
|
breakfast
at 8 in the morning.
|
Use the
present simple to talk about activities or routines which take place on a
regular basis.
|
You
|
-
|
eat
|
breakfast
at 8 in the morning.
|
He
|
-
|
eats
|
breakfast
at 8 in the morning.
|
|
She
|
-
|
eats
|
breakfast
at 8 in the morning.
|
|
It
|
-
|
eats
|
breakfast
at 8 in the morning.
|
|
We
|
-
|
eat
|
breakfast
at 8 in the morning.
|
|
You
|
-
|
eat
|
breakfast
at 8 in the morning.
|
|
They
|
-
|
eat
|
breakfast
at 8 in the morning.
|
|
Present
Continuous
|
I
|
am
|
learning
|
English
online right now.
|
The present continuous tense, also known as the present progressive tense in some grammar books, is one of the most often used tenses in English. It is also one of the tenses that English learners use incorrectly. It is important to remember that the present continuous tense is generally used to express something happening at the moment of speaking. It is not used to express everyday habits and routines. Everyday habits and routines are expressed using the present simple tense. It is also important to remember that the present continuous is only used with action verbs and not stative verbs. |
You
|
are
|
learning
|
English
online right now.
|
He
|
is
|
learning
|
English
online right now.
|
|
She
|
is
|
learning
|
English
online right now.
|
|
It
|
is
|
learning
|
English
online right now.
|
|
We
|
are
|
learning
|
English
online right now.
|
|
You
|
are
|
learning
|
English
online right now.
|
|
They
|
are
|
learning
|
English
online right now.
|
|
Past
Simple
|
I
|
-
|
went
|
to the
store yesterday.
|
Use the
past simple to talk about activities or routines which take place at a
specified time in the past. Notice that all subjects take the same
conjugation of the verb. Regular verbs end in '-ed'.
visit -
visited
enjoy - enjoyed
Irregular
verbs have various forms and each verb needs to be learned.
see -
saw
think - thought
The
past simple is used to express a finished past action which occurs at a
specific moment in the past.
|
You
|
-
|
went
|
to the
store yesterday.
|
He
|
-
|
went
|
to the
store yesterday.
|
|
She
|
-
|
went
|
to the
store yesterday.
|
|
It
|
-
|
went
|
to the
store yesterday.
|
|
We
|
-
|
went
|
to the
store yesterday.
|
|
You
|
-
|
went
|
to the
store yesterday.
|
|
They
|
-
|
went
|
to the
store yesterday.
|
|
Past
Continuous
|
I
|
was
|
cooking
|
dinner
when you came home yesterday.
|
The main concept to introduce when teaching the past continuous is
the idea that the past continuous expresses an interrupted action. In other
words, the past continuous speaks about what was going on when something
important happened. The past continuous can be used by itself to express what
happened at a precise moment in the past. However, the most common use is
together with the past simple
Something happening at a specific point of time in the past.
Something that was happening during a period of time in the
past.
Something
that was happening when something important took place.
Something that was happening while something
else was happening.
|
You
|
were
|
cooking
|
dinner
when you came home yesterday.
|
He
|
was
|
cooking
|
dinner
when you came home yesterday.
|
|
She
|
was
|
cooking
|
dinner
when you came home yesterday.
|
|
It
|
was
|
cooking
|
dinner
when you came home yesterday.
|
|
We
|
were
|
cooking
|
dinner
when you came home yesterday.
|
|
You
|
were
|
cooking
|
dinner
when you came home yesterday.
|
|
They
|
were
|
cooking
|
dinner
when you came home yesterday.
|
|
Future
with Will
|
I
|
will
|
come
|
to
class tomorrow
|
The
future with 'will' is used to make future predictions and promises. Often the
precise moment the action will occur is unknown or not defined.
|
You
|
will
|
come
|
to
class tomorrow
|
He
|
will
|
come
|
to
class tomorrow
|
|
She
|
will
|
come
|
to
class tomorrow
|
|
It
|
will
|
come
|
to
class tomorrow
|
|
We
|
will
|
come
|
to
class tomorrow
|
|
You
|
will
|
come
|
to
class tomorrow
|
|
They
|
will
|
come
|
to class
tomorrow
|
|
Future
with Going to
|
I
|
am
going to
|
fly
|
to New
York next week.
|
The
future with 'going to' is used to express events you have already planned in
the future and your intentions for the future. We sometimes also use the
present continuous for planned events in the near future.
|
You
|
are
going to
|
fly
|
to New
York next week.
|
He
|
is
going to
|
fly
|
to New
York next week.
|
|
She
|
is
going to
|
fly
|
to New
York next week.
|
|
It
|
is
going to
|
fly
|
to New
York next week.
|
|
We
|
are
going to
|
fly
|
to New
York next week.
|
|
You
|
are
going to
|
fly
|
to New
York next week.
|
|
They
|
are
going to
|
fly
|
to New
York next week.
|
|
Future
Continuous
|
I
|
will be
|
working
|
at 5 pm
tomorrow evening.
|
In general, the future continuous tense is used to express what will
be happening at a specific moment in the future. The tense is often used to
contrast the difference between what is happening at the present moment and
how things will be different at a future moment.
Something that will be happening at a
specific future point in time.
Something that will be happening while
something else happens in the future.
|
You
|
will be
|
working
|
at 5 pm
tomorrow evening.
|
He
|
will be
|
working
|
at 5 pm
tomorrow evening.
|
|
She
|
will be
|
working
|
at 5 pm
tomorrow evening.
|
|
It
|
will be
|
working
|
at 5 pm
tomorrow evening.
|
|
We
|
will be
|
working
|
at 5 pm
tomorrow evening.
|
|
You
|
will be
|
working
|
at 5 pm
tomorrow evening.
|
|
They
|
will be
|
working
|
at 5 pm
tomorrow evening.
|
|
Present
Perfect
|
I
|
have
|
taught
|
English
for many years.
|
The
present perfect is used to say what has happened recently and has an effect
on the present moment. We often use 'just', 'yet' and 'already' to express
the relationship to the present moment.
The
present perfect is also used to express something which has happened up to
the present moment of time.
|
You
|
have
|
taught
|
English
for many years.
|
He
|
has
|
taught
|
English
for many years.
|
|
She
|
has
|
taught
|
English
for many years.
|
|
It
|
has
|
taught
|
English
for many years.
|
|
We
|
have
|
taught
|
English
for many years.
|
|
You
|
have
|
taught
|
English
for many years.
|
|
They
|
have
|
taught
|
English
for many years.
|
|
Present
Perfect Continuous
|
I
|
have
been
|
watching
|
TV for
three hours.
|
The
present perfect continuous is used to express how long a current activity has
been going on. It is often used in context to provide a reason for a present
result. Remember that continuous forms can only be used with action verbs.
This
tense is often used with the following time expressions:
...since
+ specific point in time
... for + amount of time |
You
|
have
been
|
watching
|
TV for
three hours.
|
He
|
has
been
|
watching
|
TV for
three hours.
|
|
She
|
has
been
|
watching
|
TV for
three hours.
|
|
It
|
has
been
|
watching
|
TV for
three hours.
|
|
We
|
have
been
|
watching
|
TV for
three hours.
|
|
You
|
have
been
|
watching
|
TV for
three hours.
|
|
They
|
have
been
|
watching
|
TV for
three hours.
|
|
Past
Perfect
|
I
|
had
|
eaten
|
lunch
before you came home yesterday.
|
The past perfect tense is used to speak about an action that occurs
before another action in the past.
Something that had happened before something
else took place,
Something that had happened over a period of
time in the past before another point in the of past.
Something that had happened as a precondition
to something else.
|
You
|
had
|
eaten
|
lunch
before you came home yesterday.
|
He
|
had
|
eaten
|
lunch
before you came home yesterday.
|
|
She
|
had
|
eaten
|
lunch
before you came home yesterday.
|
|
It
|
had
|
eaten
|
lunch
before you came home yesterday.
|
|
We
|
had
|
eaten
|
lunch
before you came home yesterday.
|
|
You
|
had
|
eaten
|
lunch
before you came home yesterday.
|
|
They
|
had
|
eaten
|
lunch
before you came home yesterday.
|
|
Past
Perfect Continuous
|
I
|
had
been
|
working
|
for
three hours before he arrived.
|
In general, the pat perfect continuous describes how long one action
had been taking place before something else happened. As with other
continuous tenses, the past perfect continuous tense is not used with stative
verbs.
Something that had been happening before
something else took place.
Something that had been happening over a
period of time in the past up until another point in the past.
Something that had been happening in
preparation for something else.
|
You
|
had
been
|
working
|
for
three hours before he arrived.
|
He
|
had
been
|
working
|
for
three hours before he arrived.
|
|
She
|
had
been
|
working
|
for
three hours before he arrived.
|
|
It
|
had
been
|
working
|
for
three hours before he arrived.
|
|
We
|
had
been
|
working
|
for
three hours before he arrived.
|
|
You
|
had
been
|
working
|
for
three hours before he arrived.
|
|
They
|
had
been
|
working
|
for
three hours before he arrived.
|
|
Future
Perfect
|
I
|
will
have
|
finished
|
the
report by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
|
The future perfect is used to speak about what will have happened
before a future point in time. This tense is not commonly used in everyday
English, and many English speakers often use the future simple (with will)
instead of the future perfect. Still, the use of the future perfect allows
you to express what you expect to have finished by a certain point in time.
|
You
|
will
have
|
finished
|
the
report by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
|
He
|
will
have
|
finished
|
the
report by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
|
|
She
|
will
have
|
finished
|
the
report by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
|
|
It
|
will
have
|
finished
|
the
report by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
|
|
We
|
will
have
|
finished
|
the
report by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
|
|
You
|
will
have
|
finished
|
the
report by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
|
|
They
|
will
have
|
finished
|
the
report by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
|
|
Future
Perfect Continuous
|
I
|
will
have been
|
studying
|
English
for five hours by four o'clock this afternoon.
|
Use the
future perfect continuous to speak about how long something will have been
going on up to a future point in time. The future perfect continuous is not
commonly used in everyday English, but is quite common in the workplace to
discuss and give updates about how work is progressing. Be careful to not
confuse the future perfect continuous with the future perfect tense.
|
You
|
will
have been
|
studying
|
English
for five hours by four o'clock this afternoon.
|
He
|
will
have been
|
studying
|
English
for five hours by four o'clock this afternoon.
|
|
She
|
will
have been
|
studying
|
English
for five hours by four o'clock this afternoon.
|
|
It
|
will
have been
|
studying
|
English
for five hours by four o'clock this afternoon.
|
|
We
|
will
have been
|
studying
|
English
for five hours by four o'clock this afternoon.
|
|
You
|
will have
been
|
studying
|
English
for five hours by four o'clock this afternoon.
|
|
They
|
will
have been
|
studying
|
English
for five hours by four o'clock this afternoon.
|
There are few other points which we need to take under
consideration, those are;
Conditional Forms
If questions - What would you do if you had enough time? / If she is in
town, she'll come to the meeting.
Alternate Conditional Forms Going to 'Going to' is often used
to replace 'will' in the first conditional. This is often done to emphasize a
certain result. Example
If you
apply to that school with your excellent marks, you're going to be accepted!
'Going
to' is also used to mean 'intend to' after 'if'.
Example
If you're
going to skip school, you certainly won't pass your exams.
Etc.
Modal Forms
Asking Permission, Giving Advice, etc. - May I help you? / He should see
a doctor.
Modal Verbs of
Probability Stating guesses - He must have stayed at home today.
/ She might be downstairs.
Negative
Forms
The
second table shows negative forms in all tenses.
Tense
|
Subject
|
Helping
Verb + Not
|
Main
Verb (String)
|
Objects
/ Time / Place
|
Present
Simple
|
I
|
don't
|
visit
|
my
friends every day.
|
You
|
don't
|
visit
|
my
friends every day.
|
|
He
|
doesn't
|
visit
|
my
friends every day.
|
|
She
|
doesn't
|
visit
|
my
friends every day.
|
|
It
|
doesn't
|
visit
|
my
friends every day.
|
|
We
|
don't
|
visit
|
my
friends every day.
|
|
You
|
don't
|
visit
|
my
friends every day.
|
|
They
|
don't
|
visit
|
my
friends every day.
|
|
Present
Continuous
|
I
|
am not
|
studying
|
math at
the moment.
|
You
|
aren't
|
studying
|
math at
the moment.
|
|
He
|
isn't
|
studying
|
math at
the moment.
|
|
She
|
isn't
|
studying
|
math at
the moment.
|
|
It
|
isn't
|
studying
|
math at
the moment.
|
|
We
|
aren't
|
studying
|
math at
the moment.
|
|
You
|
aren't
|
studying
|
math at
the moment.
|
|
They
|
aren't
|
studying
|
math at
the moment.
|
|
Past Simple
|
I
|
didn't
|
play
|
soccer
last week.
|
You
|
didn't
|
play
|
soccer
last week.
|
|
He
|
didn't
|
play
|
soccer
last week.
|
|
She
|
didn't
|
play
|
soccer
last week.
|
|
It
|
didn't
|
play
|
soccer
last week.
|
|
We
|
didn't
|
play
|
soccer
last week.
|
|
You
|
didn't
|
play
|
soccer
last week.
|
|
They
|
didn't
|
play
|
soccer
last week.
|
|
Future
with Will
|
I
|
won't
|
cook
|
dinner
tomorrow.
|
You
|
won't
|
cook
|
dinner
tomorrow.
|
|
He
|
won't
|
cook
|
dinner
tomorrow.
|
|
She
|
won't
|
cook
|
dinner
tomorrow.
|
|
It
|
won't
|
cook
|
dinner
tomorrow.
|
|
We
|
won't
|
cook
|
dinner
tomorrow.
|
|
You
|
won't
|
cook
|
dinner
tomorrow.
|
|
They
|
won't
|
cook
|
dinner
tomorrow.
|
|
Future
with Going to
|
I
|
am not
going to
|
fly
|
to
Chicago next week.
|
You
|
aren't
going to
|
fly
|
to
Chicago next week.
|
|
He
|
isn't
going to
|
fly
|
to
Chicago next week.
|
|
She
|
isn't
going to
|
fly
|
to
Chicago next week.
|
|
It
|
isn't
going to
|
fly
|
to
Chicago next week.
|
|
We
|
aren't
going to
|
fly
|
to
Chicago next week.
|
|
You
|
aren't
going to
|
fly
|
to
Chicago next week.
|
|
They
|
aren't
going to
|
fly
|
to
Chicago next week.
|
|
Future
Continuous
|
I
|
won't
be
|
sitting
|
at a
computer next week at this time.
|
You
|
won't
be
|
sitting
|
at a
computer next week at this time.
|
|
He
|
won't
be
|
sitting
|
at a
computer next week at this time.
|
|
She
|
won't
be
|
sitting
|
at a
computer next week at this time.
|
|
It
|
won't
be
|
sitting
|
at a
computer next week at this time.
|
|
We
|
won't
be
|
sitting
|
at a
computer next week at this time.
|
|
You
|
won't
be
|
sitting
|
at a
computer next week at this time.
|
|
They
|
won't
be
|
sitting
|
at a
computer next week at this time.
|
|
Present
Perfect
|
I
|
haven't
|
seen
|
Tom
since 2008.
|
You
|
haven't
|
seen
|
Tom
since 2008.
|
|
He
|
hasn't
|
seen
|
Tom
since 2008.
|
|
She
|
hasn't
|
seen
|
Tom
since 2008.
|
|
It
|
hasn't
|
seen
|
Tom
since 2008.
|
|
We
|
haven't
|
seen
|
Tom
since 2008.
|
|
You
|
haven't
|
seen
|
Tom
since 2008.
|
|
They
|
haven't
|
seen
|
Tom
since 2008.
|
|
Present
Perfect Continuous
|
I
|
haven't
been
|
studying
|
for
very long.
|
You
|
haven't
been
|
studying
|
for
very long.
|
|
He
|
hasn't
been
|
studying
|
for
very long.
|
|
She
|
hasn't
been
|
studying
|
for
very long.
|
|
It
|
hasn't
been
|
studying
|
for
very long.
|
|
We
|
haven't
been
|
studying
|
for
very long.
|
|
You
|
haven't
been
|
studying
|
for
very long.
|
|
They
|
haven't
been
|
studying
|
for
very long.
|
|
Past
Perfect
|
I
|
hadn't
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived.
|
You
|
hadn't
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived.
|
|
He
|
hadn't
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived.
|
|
She
|
hadn't
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived.
|
|
It
|
hadn't
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived.
|
|
We
|
hadn't
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived.
|
|
You
|
hadn't
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived.
|
|
They
|
hadn't
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived.
|
|
Past
Perfect Continuous
|
I
|
hadn't
been
|
sleeping
|
very
long when I woke him.
|
You
|
hadn't
been
|
sleeping
|
very
long when I woke him.
|
|
He
|
hadn't
been
|
sleeping
|
very
long when I woke him.
|
|
She
|
hadn't
been
|
sleeping
|
very
long when I woke him.
|
|
It
|
hadn't
been
|
sleeping
|
very
long when I woke him.
|
|
We
|
hadn't
been
|
sleeping
|
very
long when I woke him.
|
|
You
|
hadn't
been
|
sleeping
|
very
long when I woke him.
|
|
They
|
hadn't
been
|
sleeping
|
very
long when I woke him.
|
|
Future
Perfect
|
I
|
won't
have
|
prepared
|
the
report by Friday.
|
You
|
won't
have
|
prepared
|
the
report by Friday.
|
|
He
|
won't
have
|
prepared
|
the
report by Friday.
|
|
She
|
won't
have
|
prepared
|
the
report by Friday.
|
|
It
|
won't
have
|
prepared
|
the
report by Friday.
|
|
We
|
won't
have
|
prepared
|
the
report by Friday.
|
|
You
|
won't
have
|
prepared
|
the
report by Friday.
|
|
They
|
won't
have
|
prepared
|
the
report by Friday.
|
|
Future
Perfect Continuous
|
I
|
won't
have been
|
driving
|
for
very long this time tomorrow.
|
You
|
won't
have been
|
driving
|
for
very long this time tomorrow.
|
|
He
|
won't
have been
|
driving
|
for
very long this time tomorrow.
|
|
She
|
won't
have been
|
driving
|
for
very long this time tomorrow.
|
|
It
|
won't
have been
|
driving
|
for
very long this time tomorrow.
|
|
We
|
won't
have been
|
driving
|
for
very long this time tomorrow.
|
|
You
|
won't
have been
|
driving
|
for
very long this time tomorrow.
|
|
They
|
won't
have been
|
driving
|
for
very long this time tomorrow.
|
Question
Forms
The third
table shows question forms in all tenses.
Tense
|
Question
Word
|
Helping
Verb
|
Subject
|
Main
Verb (String)
|
Objects
/ Time / Place?
|
Present
Simple
|
How
often
|
do
|
I
|
eat
|
dinner
in a restaurant?
|
How
often
|
do
|
You
|
eat
|
dinner
in a restaurant?
|
|
How
often
|
does
|
He
|
eat
|
dinner
in a restaurant?
|
|
How
often
|
does
|
She
|
eat
|
dinner
in a restaurant?
|
|
How
often
|
does
|
It
|
eat
|
dinner
in a restaurant?
|
|
How
often
|
do
|
We
|
eat
|
dinner
in a restaurant?
|
|
How
often
|
do
|
You
|
eat
|
dinner
in a restaurant?
|
|
How
often
|
do
|
They
|
eat
|
dinner
in a restaurant?
|
|
Present
Continuous
|
What
|
am
|
I
|
doing
|
right
now?
|
What
|
are
|
You
|
doing
|
right
now?
|
|
What
|
is
|
He
|
doing
|
right
now?
|
|
What
|
is
|
She
|
doing
|
right
now?
|
|
What
|
is
|
It
|
doing
|
right
now?
|
|
What
|
are
|
We
|
doing
|
right
now?
|
|
What
|
are
|
You
|
doing
|
right
now?
|
|
What
|
are
|
They
|
doing
|
right
now?
|
|
Past
Simple
|
Where
|
did
|
I
|
go
|
last
week?
|
Where
|
did
|
You
|
go
|
last
week?
|
|
Where
|
did
|
He
|
go
|
last
week?
|
|
Where
|
did
|
She
|
go
|
last
week?
|
|
Where
|
did
|
It
|
go
|
last
week?
|
|
Where
|
did
|
We
|
go
|
last
week?
|
|
Where
|
did
|
You
|
go
|
last
week?
|
|
Where
|
did
|
They
|
go
|
last
week?
|
|
Future
with Will
|
When
|
will
|
I
|
help
|
me with
my homework tomorrow?
|
When
|
will
|
You
|
help
|
me with
my homework tomorrow?
|
|
When
|
will
|
He
|
help
|
me with
my homework tomorrow?
|
|
When
|
will
|
She
|
help
|
me with
my homework tomorrow?
|
|
When
|
will
|
It
|
help
|
me with
my homework tomorrow?
|
|
When
|
will
|
We
|
help
|
me with
my homework tomorrow?
|
|
When
|
will
|
You
|
help
|
me with
my homework tomorrow?
|
|
When
|
will
|
They
|
help
|
me with
my homework tomorrow?
|
|
Future
with Going to
|
Where
|
am
|
I
|
going
to stay
|
in New
York next week?
|
Where
|
are
|
You
|
going
to stay
|
in New
York next week?
|
|
Where
|
is
|
He
|
going
to stay
|
in New
York next week?
|
|
Where
|
is
|
She
|
going
to stay
|
in New
York next week?
|
|
Where
|
is
|
It
|
going
to stay
|
in New
York next week?
|
|
Where
|
are
|
We
|
going
to stay
|
in New
York next week?
|
|
Where
|
are
|
You
|
going
to stay
|
in New
York next week?
|
|
Where
|
are
|
They
|
going
to stay
|
in New
York next week?
|
|
Future
Continuous
|
Where
|
will
|
I
|
be
staying
|
tomorrow
night?
|
Where
|
will
|
You
|
be
staying
|
tomorrow
night?
|
|
Where
|
will
|
He
|
be staying
|
tomorrow
night?
|
|
Where
|
will
|
She
|
be
staying
|
tomorrow
night?
|
|
Where
|
will
|
It
|
be
staying
|
tomorrow
night?
|
|
Where
|
will
|
We
|
be
staying
|
tomorrow
night?
|
|
Where
|
will
|
You
|
be
staying
|
tomorrow
night?
|
|
Where
|
will
|
They
|
be
staying
|
tomorrow
night?
|
|
Present
Perfect
|
How
long
|
have
|
I
|
lived
|
in your
current house?
|
How
long
|
have
|
You
|
lived
|
in your
current house?
|
|
How
long
|
has
|
He
|
lived
|
in your
current house?
|
|
How
long
|
has
|
She
|
lived
|
in your
current house?
|
|
How
long
|
has
|
It
|
lived
|
in your
current house?
|
|
How
long
|
have
|
We
|
lived
|
in your
current house?
|
|
How
long
|
have
|
You
|
lived
|
in your
current house?
|
|
How
long
|
have
|
They
|
lived
|
in your
current house?
|
|
Present
Perfect Continuous
|
How
long
|
have
|
I
|
been
studying
|
today?
|
How
long
|
have
|
You
|
been
studying
|
today?
|
|
How
long
|
has
|
He
|
been
studying
|
today?
|
|
How
long
|
has
|
She
|
been
studying
|
today?
|
|
How
long
|
has
|
It
|
been
studying
|
today?
|
|
How
long
|
have
|
We
|
been
studying
|
today?
|
|
How
long
|
have
|
You
|
been
studying
|
today?
|
|
How
long
|
have
|
They
|
been
studying
|
today?
|
|
Past
Perfect
|
Where
|
had
|
I
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived this afternoon?
|
Where
|
had
|
You
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived this afternoon?
|
|
Where
|
had
|
He
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived this afternoon?
|
|
Where
|
had
|
She
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived this afternoon?
|
|
Where
|
had
|
It
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived this afternoon?
|
|
Where
|
had
|
We
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived this afternoon?
|
|
Where
|
had
|
You
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived this afternoon?
|
|
Where
|
had
|
They
|
eaten
|
lunch
before I arrived this afternoon?
|
|
Past
Perfect Continuous
|
How
long
|
had
|
I
|
been
working
|
before
Tom telephoned yesterday?
|
How
long
|
had
|
You
|
been
working
|
before
Tom telephoned yesterday?
|
|
How
long
|
had
|
He
|
been
working
|
before
Tom telephoned yesterday?
|
|
How
long
|
had
|
She
|
been
working
|
before
Tom telephoned yesterday?
|
|
How
long
|
had
|
It
|
been
working
|
before
Tom telephoned yesterday?
|
|
How
long
|
had
|
We
|
been
working
|
before
Tom telephoned yesterday?
|
|
How
long
|
had
|
You
|
been
working
|
before
Tom telephoned yesterday?
|
|
How
long
|
had
|
They
|
been
working
|
before
Tom telephoned yesterday?
|
|
Future
Perfect
|
How
many books
|
will
|
I
|
have
finished
|
by the
end of next year?
|
How
many books
|
will
|
You
|
have
finished
|
by the
end of next year?
|
|
How
many books
|
will
|
He
|
have
finished
|
by the
end of next year?
|
|
How
many books
|
will
|
She
|
have
finished
|
by the
end of next year?
|
|
How
many books
|
will
|
It
|
have
finished
|
by the
end of next year?
|
|
How
many books
|
will
|
We
|
have
finished
|
by the
end of next year?
|
|
How
many books
|
will
|
You
|
have
finished
|
by the
end of next year?
|
|
How
many books
|
will
|
They
|
have
finished
|
by the
end of next year?
|
|
Future
Perfect Continuous
|
How
long
|
will
|
I
|
have
been working
|
by the
end of the day?
|
How
long
|
will
|
You
|
have
been working
|
by the
end of the day?
|
|
How
long
|
will
|
He
|
have
been working
|
by the
end of the day?
|
|
How
long
|
will
|
She
|
have
been working
|
by the
end of the day?
|
|
How
long
|
will
|
It
|
have
been working
|
by the
end of the day?
|
|
How
long
|
will
|
We
|
have
been working
|
by the
end of the day?
|
|
How
long
|
will
|
You
|
have
been working
|
by the
end of the day?
|
|
How
long
|
will
|
They
|
have
been working
|
by the
end of the day?
|
- Here is a completed table that you can also use as an example during the lesson.
Time
|
Simple
|
Continuous
|
Perfect
|
Perfect
Continuous
|
Past
|
We went
to school last week.
|
We were
watching TV at 8 o'clock yesterday.
|
We had
eaten before he came.
|
She had
been waiting for two hours when he arrived.
|
Present
|
They
usually come to class on time.
|
We are
doing a grammar exercise now.
|
Mary
has lived in Portland for ten years.
|
I have
been working since 7 o'clock this morning.
|
Future
|
Tom
will visit tomorrow.
|
Jane
will be eating lunch at 1 o'clock tomorrow.
|
Jack
will have finished the report by 5 o'clock.
|
They
will have been studying for six hours by the end of class.
|
Verb Conjugation
Understanding Basic Verb Conjugation Patterns in English
Learning
English tenses over time becomes easier because of the patterns that carry over
from each tense. This tense learning grid helps English learners identify the
patterns that a verb form will have whether in the past, present or future
form. Of course, these patterns are not the only use for each of these tenses.
However, understanding these verb conjugation patterns will help students
identify at a more abstract level when forms are used.
There are
four basic verb conjugation forms in English.
- Simple Tenses
- Progressive Tenses
- Perfect Tenses
- Perfect Progressive Tenses
Simple
Tenses
Use
simple tenses to speak about something that happens repeatedly in the present.
Simple tenses are used in the past and future to speak about something that
occurs once.
- Mary often plays tennis on weekends.
- Peter visited his parents in New York last month.
- Tom will come to the event next week.
Progressive
Tenses
Use
progressive tenses to express actions that are in progress at a specific moment
in time.
Do not
use stative verbs with progressive tenses (i.e. love, like, hate, taste, feel,
etc.)
- The children are doing their homework at the moment.
- Doug was cooking dinner when she arrived.
- Christian will be enjoying his vacation this time next week.
Perfect
Tenses
Use
perfect tenses to express something that what has been completed from one point
in time to another. Perfect tenses express what happens over time.
- Susan has read four books by Hemingway.
- They had already eaten before he arrived.
- William will have finished the report by six o'clock.
Perfect
Progressive Tenses
Perfect
progressive tenses are a combination used to express the duration of a specific
activity from one point in time to another. As with all progressive tenses,
perfect progressive tenses do not take stative verbs (feel, think, hear, etc.)
- We've been playing tennis since five o'clock.
- They had been waiting at the bus stop for thirty minutes by the time it arrived.
- Henry will have been studying for six hours by the end of this hour.
Notice
how most tenses use time expressions to define a point in time as
reference. These time expressions can also be time clauses which express
an action as reference reference for the conjugation of the main clause. These
time expressions can be thought of in the following ways based on the basic
verb conjugation form.
- Simple Tenses - time expressions or time clauses that define in a general way when something happened.
- Progressive Tenses - time expressions or time clauses that define the specific moment in time when something happens.
- Perfect Tenses - time expressions or time clauses that define the moment up to which something is completed.
- Perfect Progressive Tenses - time expressions that indicate the duration of an action from one point in time to another.
Using
this approach, you can see that there are twelve tenses in English. One
tense for each verb conjugation form in the present (4 tenses), past (4
tenses), and future (4 tenses). Here is a chart that you can use to quickly
review the twelve tenses of English:
Verb
Conjugation Grid
Simple
Tenses
|
Simple
Tense Example
|
Progressive
Tenses
|
Progressive
Tense Example
|
Perfect
Tenses
|
Perfect
Tense Example
|
Perfect
Progressive Tenses
|
Perfect
Progressive Tense Example
|
|
Present
|
Present
Simple
|
Jack
usually takes a bus to work.
|
Present
Progressive
|
Alice
is writing her report at the moment.
|
Present
Perfect
|
Billy
has purchased three cars in his life.
|
Present
Perfect Progressive
|
The
students have been writing for twenty minutes.
|
Past
|
Past
Simple
|
We
drove to Yellowstone last
|
Past
Progressive
|
Daniela
was ironing at seven o'clock.
|
Past
Perfect
|
They
had completed the report by the time he requested to see it.
|
Past
Perfect Progressive
|
My
neighbors had been working outside for a few hours when their daughter
telephoned with the news.
|
Future
|
Future
Simple
|
I'll
see you tomorrow afternoon.
|
Future
Progressive
|
Tim
will be making his presentation this time next week.
|
Future
Perfect
|
We'll
have the job finished by six o'clock.
|
Future
Perfect Progressive
|
Mr. Josh
will have been teaching for eight hour straight by the time he finishes.
|
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