The document discusses 16 different verb tenses in English including their uses, forms, and examples. It covers simple and continuous forms of the present, past, future, and past future tenses as well as the present perfect, past perfect, future perfect, and past future perfect tenses. Examples are provided to illustrate the formation and use of each tense.

1. 16 Tenses
By Victoria Trinita

2. Present Simpe Tense
Use: To talk about habitual action.
Forms:
Statement: S + base verb (-s/-es) + obj./compl.
Negative: S + do/does + not + base verb + obj./compl.
Interrogative: do/does + S + base verb + obj./compl ?
Negative Interrogative: don’t/doesn’t + S + base verb + obj./compl.
?

3. Examples
 I like hamburger.
 I don’t Iike hamburger.
 Do I like hamburger?
 Don’t I like hamburger?

4. Present Continuous Tense
Use: To talk about something which is going on at the moment
of speaking.
Forms:
Statement: S + am/is/are + present participle + obj./compl.
Negative: S + am/is/are + not + present participle + obj./compl.
Interrogative: am/is/are + S + present participle + obj./compl ?
Negative Interrogative: am/is/are + S + not + present participle
?

5. Examples
 I am eating hamburger.
 I am not eating hamburger.
 Am I eating hamburger?
 Am I not eating hamburger?

6. Present Perfect Tense
Use: To talk about experiences.
Forms:
Statement: S + has/have + past participle + obj./compl.
Negative: S + has/have + not + past participle + obj./compl.
Interrogative: has/have+ S + past participle + obj./compl ?
Negative Interrogative: has/have + not + S + past participle ?

7. Examples
 I have eaten hamburger.
 I haven’t eaten hamburger.
 Have I eaten hamburger?
 Haven’t I eaten hamburger?

8. Present Perfect Continuous
Use: To talk about unexpected/unwanted result which can be
seen in present time.
Forms:
Statement: S + has/have + been + present participle + obj./compl.
Negative: S + has/have + not + been + present participle +
obj./compl.
Interrogative: has/have+ S + been + present participle +
obj./compl ?
Negative Interrogative: has/have + not + S + been + present
participle ?

9. Examples
 I have been eating hamburger.
 I have not been eating hamburger.
 Have I been eating hamburger?
 Haven’t I been eating hamburger?

10. Past Simple Tense
Use: To talk about the past.
Forms:
Statement: S + past verb + obj./compl.
Negative: S +did + not + base verb + obj./compl.
Interrogative: did + S + base verb + obj./compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: didn’t + S + base verb + obj./compl. ?

11. Examples
 I ate hamburger.
 I didn’t eat hamburger.
 Did I eat hamburger?
 Didn’t I eat hamburger?

12. Past Continuous Tense
Use: To talk about something that was going on at a specific
time in the past.
Forms:
Statement: S + was/were + present participle+ obj./compl.
Negative: S + was/were + not + present participle+ obj./compl.
Interrogative: was/were + S + present participle+ obj./compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: wasn’t/weren’t + S + present participle +
obj./compl. ?

13. Examples
 I was eating hamburger yesterday.
 I wasn’t eating hamburger yesterday.
 Was I eating hamburger yesterday?
 Wasn’t I eating hamburger yesterday?

14. Past Perfect Tense
Use: To talk about action which had completed before another
action started.
Forms:
Statement: S + had + past participle + obj./compl.

15. Examples
 I had locked the doors before I left.
 I had unlocked the doors before I came in.
 I had eaten hamburger before I threw up.
 I had eaten sandwich before I went to
school.

16. Past Perfect Continuous
Use: To explain how long an action had been happening before
another action happened.
Forms:
Statement: S + had + been + present participle + obj./compl.

17. Examples
 I was out of breath when I came in because
I had been jogging.
 I had stayed there for a month before I
moved here.
 My eyes were puffy because I had been
crying.

18. Future Simple Tense
Use: To talk about predictions.
Forms:
Statement: S + will + base verb + obj./compl.
Negative: S + will + not + base verb + obj./compl.
Interrogative: will+ S + base verb + obj./compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: will + S + not + base verb + obj./compl.
?

19. Examples
 I will eat hamburger.
 I won’t eat hamburger.
 Will I eat hamburger?
 Won’t I eat hamburger?

20. Future Continuous Tense
Use: To talk about unfinished action that will be in progress later.
Forms:
Statement: S + will + be + present participle + obj./compl.
Negative: S + will + not + be + present participle + obj./compl.
Interrogative: will + S + be + present participle + obj./compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: will +S + not + be + present participle +
obj./compl.

21. Examples
 I will be eating hamburger.
 I won’t be eating hamburger.
 Will I be eating hamburger?
 Won’t I be eating hamburger?

22. Future Perfect Tense
Use: To talk about an action that will already be completed in a
certain time in the future.
Forms:
Statement: S + will have + past participle + obj./compl.
Negative: S + will not have + past participle + obj./compl.
Interrogative: will + S + have + past participle + obj./compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: won’t +S + have + past participle +
obj./compl. ?

23. Examples
 I will have eaten hamburger tomorrow
afternoon.
 I won’t have eaten hamburger tomorrow
afternoon.
 Will I have eaten hamburger tomorrow
afternoon?
 Won’t I have eaten hamburger tomorrow
afternoon?

24. Future Perfect Continuous
Use: To talk about duration of an activity that will be in progress
before another time event in the future.
Forms:
Statement: S + will have + been + present participle +
obj./compl.
Negative: S + won’t have + been + present participle +
obj./compl.
Interrogative: will + S + have + been + present participle +
obj./compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: won’t +S + have +been + present

25. Examples
 I will have been eating hamburger.
 I won’t have been eating hamburger.
 Will I have been eating hamburger?
 Won’t I have been eating hamburger?

26. Past Future Simple
Forms:
Statement: S + should/would + be + obj./compl.
Negative: S + should/would + not + be + obj./compl.
Interrogative: should/would + S + be + obj. /compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: shouldn’t/wouldn’t + S + be + obj.
/compl. ?

27. Examples
 I should be in Jakarta next month.
 I shouldn’t be in Jakarta next month.
 Should I be in Jakarta next month?
 Shouldn’t I be in Jakarta next month?

28. Past Future Continuous
Tense
Forms:
Statement: S + would + be + present participle + obj./compl.
Negative: S + would + not + be + present participle +
obj./compl.
Interrogative: would + S + be + present participle + obj. /compl.
?
Negative Interrogative: wouldn’t + S + be + present participle +
obj. /compl. ?

29. Examples
 I would be eating hamburger.
 I wouldn’t be eating hamburger.
 Would I be eating hamburger?
 Wouldn’t I be eating hamburger?

30. Past Future Perfect Tense
Forms:
Statement: S + would + have + past participle + obj./compl.
Negative: S + would + not + have + past participle + obj./compl.
Interrogative: would + S + have + past participle + obj. /compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: wouldn’t + S + have + past participle +
obj. /compl. ?

31. Examples
 I would have eaten hamburger last week.
 I wouldn’t have eaten hamburger last week.
 Would I have eaten hamburger last week?
 Wouldn’t I have eaten hamburger last
week?

32. Past Future Perfect Continuous
Tense
Forms:
Statement: S + would + have + been + present participle +
obj./compl.
Negative: S + would + have + not + been + present participle +
obj./compl.
Interrogative: would + S + have + been + present participle +
obj./compl. ?
Negative Interrogative: wouldn’t + S + have + been + present
participle + obj. /compl. ?

33. Examples
 I would have been eating hamburger.
 I wouldn’t have been eating hamburger.
 Would I have been eating hamburger?
 Wouldn’t I have been eating hamburger?