Learn English Tenses in Urdu

1. English Tenses
Present Indefinite Present Continuous Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous
Identification:
‫ہو‬ ‫ہیں۔تی‬ ‫ہوں۔تی‬ ‫ہے۔تےہیں۔تا‬ ‫تا‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S + 1st form + O
o For He, She, It or singular
name add s/es at end of verb.
o If these word comes at end of
verb(s, o, x, sh, ch) use “es”
otherwise use “s”.
He goes to school. ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫جاتا‬
We go to school. ‫ہیں‬ ‫جاتے‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫ہم‬
Interrogative Sentence:
Do/Does+ S + 1st form + O
o Use why, when, where,how
before Do/Does
o Do not use Do/Does with “who”
o ‫لیے‬ ‫کی‬ ‫کرنے‬ ‫پیدا‬ ‫زور‬ ‫میں‬ ‫فقرے‬‫ب‬‫ھی‬
‫بعد‬ ‫کے‬ ‫سبجیکٹ‬
(do or does) used.
Doeshe go to school? ‫جات‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬‫ا‬
‫ہے؟‬
Negative sentence:
S + Do/Does+ 1st form + O
o For He, She, It, or Singular name
use Does before Sub.
o For I, we, they, you use Do before
Sub.
o Use first form with “Do not/Does not”.
Identification:
‫ہیں‬ ‫ہے۔رہے‬ ‫ہے۔رہی‬ ‫رہا‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S+ is/am/are + 1st + ing + O
o Use “is” with (He, She, It,
Singular name).
o Use “am” with (I).
o Use “are” with (We, they, you).
He is going to school. ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫جا‬‫رہا‬‫ہے‬
I am going to school. ‫رہا‬ ‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫میں‬
‫۔‬ ‫ہوں‬
We are going to school. ‫ہم‬‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬
‫ہیں۔‬ ‫رہے‬
Interrogative Sentence:
Is/Am/Are + S + 1st + ing + O
Is he goingto school? ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬‫جا‬‫رہا‬
‫ہے‬‫؟‬
Negative sentence:
S + is/am/are +not+ 1st + ing + O
He is not goingto school. ‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
Identification:
‫ہیں‬ ‫چکے‬ ‫ہے۔‬ ‫ہے۔چکی‬ ‫چکا‬‫ہے۔ےہے۔یا‬ ‫۔یا‬
‫ہوں۔ےہو‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S + has/have+ 3rd form + O
o Use “has” with (He, She, It,
Singular name).
o Use “have” with others (I, We,
They, You).
He has gone to school. ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫جا‬‫چکا‬‫ہے‬‫۔‬
They have gone to school. ‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫ہیں‬ ‫چکے‬
Interrogative Sentence:
Has/Have+ S + 3rd form + O
o Use why, when, where, how before
has/ have.
Has he gone toschool? ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬
‫جا‬‫چکا‬‫ہے‬‫؟‬
Negative sentence:
S + has/have+ not + 3rd form + O
Identification:
‫ہیں‬ ‫ہے۔رہے‬ ‫ہے۔رہی‬ ‫رہا‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S+ has/have been+1st
+ing + O+
since/for+ Remaining
o Use “has been” with (He,She, It,
Singular name).
o Use “have been” with others (I, We,
They, You).
o For period of time use “for”.
(Two hours, one month etc.)
o For point of time use “since”.
(morning, 1990, January etc.)
‫وہ‬‫دو‬‫سے‬ ‫دن‬‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬‫رہا‬‫ہے‬
He has been going to school for two days.
‫وہ‬1990‫ہے۔‬ ‫رہا‬ ‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫سے‬
He has been going to school since 1990.
Interrogative Sentence:
Has/Have +S+ been+1st
+ing + O+
since/for+ Remaining
‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬‫سے‬ ‫دن‬ ‫دو‬‫سکول‬‫جا‬‫ہے؟‬ ‫رہا‬
Has he not been going to schoolfor two days?
Negative sentence:
S+ has/ have + not + been+1st
+ ing + O+
since/for+ Remaining
. ‫نہیں‬ ‫سےسکول‬ ‫دن‬ ‫دو‬ ‫وہ‬‫جا‬‫رہاہے‬
He has not been going to schoolfor two days.

2. He does not go to school. ‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫ہے‬ ‫جاتا‬
‫جا‬‫ہے‬ ‫رہا‬ He has not gone to school. ‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫جاچکاہے۔‬
Past Indefinite Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous
Identification:
‫تا‬‫۔‬ ‫تھا‬‫تی‬‫تھی۔‬‫تے‬‫تھے۔‬‫تھیں۔ا۔ی۔‬ ‫تی‬‫ۓ‬‫۔‬
Affirmative Sentence:
Subject + 2nd form + Object
He went to school. ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫جاتا‬‫تھا‬‫۔‬
o ‫تھا،کرتے‬ ‫"کرتا‬ ‫میں‬ ‫آخر‬ ‫کے‬ ‫فقرات‬ ‫جن‬
‫تھی‬ ‫تھے،کرتی‬‫فق‬ ‫ان‬ ‫آے‬ ‫تھیں‬ ‫،کرتی‬‫رات‬
‫ہوتی‬ ‫استعمال‬ ‫فارم‬ ‫پہلی‬ ‫کی‬ ‫ورب‬ ‫میں‬
‫بعد‬ ‫کے‬ ‫فاعل‬ ‫ہےاور‬‫ہے۔‬ ‫ہوتا‬ ‫استعمال‬
‫تھا۔‬ ‫کرتا‬ ‫جایا‬ ‫کو‬ ‫سیر‬ ‫روزانہ‬ ‫میں‬
I used to go for walk daily.
Interrogative Sentence:
Did+ S + 1st form + O
Didhe go to school? ‫جاتا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬‫تھ‬‫ا‬
‫؟‬
Negative sentence:
S + did not+ 1st form + O
He did not go to school. ‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
Identification:
‫تھے‬ ‫تھی۔رہے‬ ‫تھا۔رہی‬ ‫رہا‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S+ was/were + 1st
+ ing + O
o Use “was” with (I, He, She, It,
Singular name).
o Use “were” with (We, they,
you).
‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬‫رہا‬‫تھا‬‫۔‬
He was going to school.
‫تھے‬ ‫رہے‬ ‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫ہم‬
We were going to school.
Interrogative Sentence:
Was/Were + S + 1st
+ ing + O
Was he going to school? ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬
‫جا‬‫رہا‬‫تھا‬‫؟‬
Negative sentence:
S+ was/were + not+ 1st
+ ing + O
‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬‫جا‬‫تھا‬ ‫رہا‬
He was not going to school.
Identification:
‫تھے‬ ‫تھی۔چکے‬ ‫تھا۔چکی‬ ‫چکا‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S + had+ 3rd form + O
o For double sentence use 3rd
form of
verb first then use 2nd
form of verb.
o Already, Till, Before are
identification for past perfect tense.
He had gone to school. ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫جا‬‫چکاتھا‬‫۔‬
Interrogative Sentence:
Had+ S + 3rd form + O
Had he gone to school? ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬
‫جا‬‫چکاتھا‬‫؟‬
Negative sentence:
S + had+ not + 3rd form + O
Identification:
‫تھے‬ ‫تھی۔رہے‬ ‫تھا۔رہی‬ ‫رہا‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S+ had been+1st
+ ing + O+ since/for + R
o Use “had been” with (He, She, It, I,
We, They, You).
o For period of time use “for”.
(Two hours, one month etc.)
o For point of time use “since”.
(Morning, 1990, January etc.)
‫وہ‬‫سے‬ ‫دن‬ ‫دو‬‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬‫رہا‬‫تھا‬
He had been going to school for two days.
‫وہ‬1990‫سکول‬ ‫سے‬‫جا‬‫رہا‬‫۔‬ ‫تھا‬
He had been going to school since 1990.
Interrogative Sentence:
Had + S + been + 1st
form + ing+ since/for
+Remaining part
‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬‫سے‬ ‫دن‬ ‫دو‬‫سکول‬‫جا‬‫تھا؟‬ ‫رہا‬
Had he not been going to schoolfor two days?
Negative sentence:
S + had+ not+ been + 1st
form + ing+
since/for +Remaining part
. ‫نہیں‬ ‫سےسکول‬ ‫دن‬ ‫دو‬ ‫وہ‬‫جا‬‫رہا‬‫تھا‬
He had not been going to schoolfor two days.
Usedto

3. ‫تھا‬ ‫جاتا‬ ‫جاچکاتھا‬ ‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
He had not gone to school. ‫۔‬
Future Indefinite Future Continuous Future Perfect Future Perfect Continuous
Identification:
‫ون‬‫گا‬‫۔‬‫ےگا‬‫۔‬‫و‬‫گے‬‫گی۔‬ ‫گی۔وں‬ ‫یں‬ُ‫ا‬‫۔‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S + will/shall +1st form + O
o Use shall with I and we.
o Use will with all others.
He will go to school. ‫جاتا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬
o ‫پختہ‬ ‫میں‬ ‫جملے‬ ‫اگر‬،‫خواہش‬ ، ‫ارادہ‬
‫تو‬ ‫جاے‬ ‫پایا‬ ‫حکم‬ ‫نصیحت،یا‬
 Use Will in place of Shall with I
and We.
 Use Shall in place of Will with
He,She, It, They, You.
‫گا۔‬ ‫کروں‬ ‫پورا‬ ‫ظرور‬ ‫وعدہ‬ ‫اپنا‬ ‫میں‬
I will fulfill my promise.
Interrogative Sentence:
S+ will/shall+ not +1st
form + O
Identification:
‫گی۔رہے‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫گا۔رہی‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫رہا‬‫گے‬ ‫ہوں‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S + Will be/Shall be + 1st
+ ing + O
o Use shall be with I and we.
o Use will be with all others.
‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬‫رہا‬‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬
He will be going to school.
‫ہونگے۔‬ ‫جارہے‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫ہم‬
We shall be going to school.
Interrogative Sentence:
Will /Shall + s + be + 1st + ing + O
‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬‫جا‬‫رہا‬‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬‫؟‬
Will he be goingto school?
Identification:
‫گا۔چکی‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫چکا‬‫گے۔‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫گی۔چکے‬ ‫ہو‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S+ will have/shall have+ 3rd + O
o Use shall have with I and we.
o Use will have with all others.
o ‫تو‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫رہے‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫کام‬ ‫دو‬ ‫میں‬ ‫جملے‬ ‫اس‬ ‫اگر‬
‫بعدتیس‬ ‫کی‬ ‫شل‬ ‫اور‬ ‫ول‬ ‫میں‬ ‫جملے‬ ‫پہلے‬‫ری‬
‫جملہ‬ ‫دوسرا‬ ‫ہوگی۔جبکہ‬ ‫استعمال‬ ‫فارم‬
Will be according to Present
Indefinite.
‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫چکا‬
He will have gone to school.
Interrogative Sentence:
Will /Shall + S + have +3rd + O
‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬‫؟‬ ‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫چکا‬
Will he have gone to school?
Identification:
‫گے‬ ‫ہوں‬ ‫گی۔رہے‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫گا۔رہی‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫رہا‬
Affirmative Sentence:
S+ will have been/shall have been
+ 1st
+ ing + O+ since/for+R
o Use shall have been with I and we.
o Use will have been with all others.
o For period of time use “for”.
(Two hours, one month etc.)
o For point of time use “since”.
(Morning, 1990, January etc.)
‫وہ‬‫سے‬ ‫دن‬ ‫دو‬‫جا‬ ‫سکول‬‫رہا‬‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬
He will have been going to school for two days.
‫وہ‬1990‫سکول‬ ‫سے‬‫جا‬‫رہا‬‫ہوگا‬‫۔‬
He will have been going to school since
1990.
Interrogative Sentence:
Will/Shall + S + have been+ 1st
+ ing +
O+ since/for+ Remaining
‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬‫سے‬ ‫دن‬ ‫دو‬‫سکول‬‫جا‬‫؟‬ ‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫رہا‬
Will he have been going to school for two days?

4. Will he go to school? ‫ہو‬ ‫جاتا‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬ ‫کیا‬
‫؟‬ ‫گا‬
Negative sentence:
will/shall+ S +1st form + O
He will notgo to school. ‫جات‬ ‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬‫ا‬
‫۔‬ ‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬
Negative sentence:
S + will /shall+ not + be + 1st + ing + O
‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬‫جا‬‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫رہا‬
He will notbe goingto school.
Negative sentence:
S + will /shall+ not + have +3rd
+ O
‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬ ‫جاچکا‬ ‫نہیں‬ ‫سکول‬ ‫وہ‬
He will not have gone to school.
Negative sentence:
S+ will/shall+ not+ have been+ 1st + ing + O+
since/for+ Remaining
. ‫نہیں‬ ‫سےسکول‬ ‫دن‬ ‫دو‬ ‫وہ‬‫جا‬‫رہا‬‫گا‬ ‫ہو‬
He will not have been going to school for two days.