2. There are 16 tenses in English. There are 4 main tenses:
Present tense
Past tense
Future tense
Past future tense
Every tense is divided in 4 parts which become 16
4. This tense shows daily activity or habitual action.
FORM:
(+) Subject (s) + Verb1 + Object (o)
ex: She eats the rice
(-) S+ do/does not+Verb1+O
ex: She doesn’t eat the rice
(?) Do/Does + S + Verb1 + O
ex: Does she it the rice?
We use do with “I, You, We, They” in negative and
Question form and also does with “He, She, It”
5. This tenses are used to express an action which
is actually being done at this time.
FORM:
(+) S + to be + Verb- ing + O
ex: They are riding the bicycle
(-) S + to be + not + Verb- ing + O
ex: They are not riding the bicycle
(?) to be + S + Verb- ing + O
ex: Are they riding the bicycle?
6. This tenses are used to express your experience. This
sentence can used to say that you have never had a
certain experience. Present Perfect Tense didn’t use to
describe specific event.
FORM:
(+) S + Has/Have + Past Participle (V3)
ex: I have met her once before
(-) S + Has/Have + not + past participle (V3)
ex: I Have not met her before
(?) Has/Have + S + past participle (V3)
ex: Have You met her before?
7. Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used to show that something started in the
past and has continued up until now. ”for two hours’, ‘for two weeks’, ‘since
yesterday’ are all durations which can be used with this sentence. Without the
durations, the tense has a more general meaning of “lately.” We often use the
words “lately” or “recently” to emphasize this meaning.
FORM:
(+) S + have/has + been + Verb-ing + O
ex: We have been practicing our English since Monday.
(-) S + have/has + been + Verb-ing + O
ex: We have not been practicing our English
(?) have/has + S + been + Verb-ing + O
ex: Have they been practicing their English?
8. Past tense is divided into 4 parts:
Simple Past Tense
Past Continues Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continues
9. We use this tense to talk about the past.
FORM:
(+) S + Verb2 + O
ex: She studied math last night
(-) S + did + not + Verb1
ex: She did not studied math last night
(?) did + S + verb1 + O
ex: Did She studied math last night?
10. This tense is used to say when we were in the
middle of doing at a particular moment in the past.
FORM:
(+) S + was/were + Verb-ing
ex: He was reading
(-) S + was/were + not + Verb-ing
ex: He wasn’t reading
(?) Was/were + S + Verb-ing
ex: Was He reading?
11. The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred
before another action in the past. It can also show that something
happened before a specific time in the past.
FORM:
(+) S + Had + past participle
ex: I had Listen to the radio when she come home.
(-) S + Had + not + past participle.
ex: I had not listen to the radio when she come home.
(?) Had + S + past participle
ex: Had I Listen to the radio when she come home?
12. We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past
and continued up until another time in the past. “For five minutes” and “for two
weeks” are both durations which can be used with the Past Perfect Continuous.
Notice that this is related to the Present Perfect Continuous however, the
duration does not continue until now, it stops before something else in the past.
FORM:
(+) S + had + been + Verb-ing
ex: Lina had been study at the university for 1 year before she left to Korea.
(-) S + had + not + been + Verb-ing
ex: Lina had not been study at the university for 1 year before she left to Korea.
(?) had + S + been + Verb-ing
ex: Had Lina been study at the university for 1 year before she left to Korea.
14. It is used to show an action which will take place in the
future.
FORM :
(+) S + WILL + Verb1
ex: I will dance
(-) S+WILL+not+Verb1
ex: I will not dance
(?) will + S + Verb1
ex: Will she dance?
(+) S + To be + going to + Verb
ex: I am going to study.
(-) S + To be + not + going to + Verb
ex: I am not going to study.
(?) To be + S + going to + Verb
ex: Am I going to study?
15. This tense is used to refer to activities that will be continuously in progress
around some future time. Future Continuous has two different forms: “will be
doing ” and “be going to be doing”. Future Continuous forms are usually
interchangeable
FORM:
(+) S + will be + Verb-ing
ex: I will be going to mosque.
(-) S + will not be + Verb-ing
ex: I won’t be going to mosque.
(?) will + S + be + Verb-ing
ex: Will you going to mosque?
(+) S + be + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: I am going to be playing.
(-) S + be + not + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: I am not going to be playing.
(?) Be + S + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: Am I going to be playing
16. This sentence is used when we talk about
the past in the future.
FORM:
(+) S + Will + have + Verb3
ex: I will have finished by 6 PM
(-) S + will + not + have + Verb3
ex: I will not have finished by 6 PM
(?) Will + S + have + Verb3
ex: will you have finished by 6 PM
17. We use the future perfect continuous tense
to talk about a long action before some point
in the future.
FORM:
(+) S + Will + have + been + Verb- ing
ex: Andra will have been drawing the sketch
(-) S + will + not + have + been + Verb- ing
ex: Andra Won’t have been drawing the sketch
(?) Will + S + have + been + Verb- ing ?
ex: Will Andra have been drawing the sketch?
18. Past Future Tense is also divided into 4
Parts:
Simple Past Future Tense
Past Future Continues Tense
Past Future Perfect Tense
Past Future Perfect Continues Tense
19. this tense is used to express the events that WILL
be done, BUT in the past, not the present.
FORM:
(+) S + would + Verb1
ex: I would go
(-) S + Would + not + Verb1
ex: I wouldn’t go
(?) Would + S + Verb1?
ex: Would you go?
20. Past Future Continuous tells an action would be in
progress in the past.
FORM:
(+) S + was/were + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: She was going to be Cooking this morning
(-) S + was/were + not + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: She wasn’t going to be cooking this morning
(?) Was/were + S + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: was she going to be cooking this morning?
time signals for this tense is time in the past like, this morning,
yesterday, last night, last week and so on.
21. This tense is restates the action stated in Future Perfect
Tense but with different time dimension, it is in past time
whilst the Future Perfect is in future time (not happen yet).
FORM:
(+) S + would + have + Verb3
ex: I would have drunk the milk last night
(-) S + would + not + have + Verb3
ex: I wouldn’t have drunk the milk last night
(?) Would + S + have + Verb3
ex: Would you have drunk the milk last night?
22. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense emphasizes on the course and the duration of
the action. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to tell an action which
would have been happening until a certain time (period) in the past.
FORM:
(+) S + would + have + been + verb-ing
ex: Chris would have been working for 6 years when he get fired
(-) S+ would + not + have + been + verb-ing
ex: Chris wouldn’t have been working for 6 years when he get fired
(?) Would + subject + have + been + verb-ing?
ex: Would Chris have been working for 6 years when he get fired?