This document provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in different tenses including: present, past, future, present perfect, and present progressive. For each tense, it gives examples using pronouns like I, you, we, she, he, it, and they.
1. Affirmative Negative Interrogative Short
answer
Affirmative
Short
answer
Negative
Past progressive
It/she/he
I was
buildinga
house last
year
I wasn’t
buildinga
house last
year
Was I building
a house last
year
Yes,I was No,I
wasn’t
you/we/they We were
buildinga
house last
year
We weren’t
buildinga
house last
year
Were we
buildinga
house lastyear
Yes,we
were
No,we
weren’t
Future will
I/you/we/they
She/he/it
I will build
a house
tomorrow
I wan’tbuild
a house
tomorrow
Will Ibuilda
house
tomorrow
Yes,I will No,I won’t
Future usingbe
goingto
I
I’mgoing
to builda
house
tomorrow
I’mnot
goingto
builda
house
tomorrow
Am I goingto
builda house
tomorrow
Yes,I am No,I’m not
She/he/it She’sgoing
to builda
house
tomorrow
She isn’t
gointo build
a house
tomorrow
Is she goingto
to builda
house
tomorrow
Yes,she is No,she
isn’t
you/we/they You’re
goingto
builda
house
tomorrow
You aren’t
goingto
builda
house
tomorrow
Are you going
to builda
house
tomorrow
Yes,you are No,you
aren’t
Presenttense I builda
house
everyyear
I don’tbuild
a house
everyyear
Do I builda
house every
year
Yes,I do No,I don’t
you/we/they You builda
house
everyyear
You don’ta
house every
year
Do youa
house every
year
Yes,you do No,you
don’t
She/he/it She builda
house
everyyear
She doesn’t
builda
house every
year
Doesshe build
a house every
year
Yes,she
does
No,she
doesn’t
Simple past
I/you/we/they
She/he/it
She builta
house
everyyear
She didn’t
builda
house every
year
Didshe builda
house every
year
Yes,she did No,she
didn’t
Present
progressive
I
I am
building a
house now
I’mnot
building a
house now
Am I building
a house now
Yes,I am No,I’m not
She/he/it He is
building a
house now
He isn’t
building a
house now
Is he building
a house now
Yes,he is No,he isn’t
2. you/we/they Theyare
building a
house now
Theyaren’t
building a
house now
Are they
building a
house now
Yes,they
are
No,they
aren’t
Presentperfect
I/you/we/they
We have
senta
letterfor
a week
We haven’t
senta letter
for a week
Have we senta
letterfor a
week
Yes,we
have
No,we
haven’t
She/he/it She has
senta
letterfor
She hasn’t
senta letter
for
Has she senta
letterfor
Yes,she has No,she
hasn’t