This document presents a summary of tenses in English grammar. It discusses the 12 tenses in English - present, past, and future - covering their simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous forms. For each tense, it provides the helping verbs, formulas for simple, negative, interrogative, and interrogative-negative sentences. The summary is presented by a group of 8 students to their teacher, Miss Rabia Irum.

2. Akbar Humayoun

3. Presentation:
Summery of Tenses
Presented to:
Miss Rabia Irum
Presented by:
Quaid-e-Azam Group

4. Group Members:
M. Umer Farooq BC11029
Aitezaz Cheema BC11044
Kafeel Ahmed BC11011
Awais Ahmed BC11039
Farhat Abbas BC11045
Hafiz M. Usman BC11020
Mian Faisal Iqbal BC11004
M. Gohar Iqbal BC11050

5. Tenses are forms of verb that show the time, completion of
an action or a state that is expressed in connection with the
moment at which a statement is made about it.

7. Present
Tense
Present
Indefinite
Tense
Present
Continuous
Tense
Present
Perfect
Tense
Present
Perfect
Continuous
Tense

8. Past Tenses
Past
Indefinite
Tense
Past
Continuous
Tense
Past Perfect
Tense
Past Perfect
Continuous
Tense

9. Future
Perfect
Continuous
Tense
Future
Perfect
Tense
Future
Continuous
Tense
Future
Indefinite
Tense
Future
Tenses

10. Present Indefinite Tense

11. Present Indefinite Tense

12. Helping Verb:
Do, Does
In Simple Form

13. In Negative Form
Formula:
S + Helping verb + not +1st form + O

14. In Interrogative Form
Formula:
H.Verb + S + 1st form + O

15. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
H. Verb + S + not +1st form + O

16. Present Continuous Tense

17. Helping Verb:
Is, Are, Am

18. Simple
Formula:
S+ H.Verb + 1st form + Ing + O

19. Negative
Formula:
S+ H.Verb+ not+ 1st form+ Ing+ O

20. Interrogative
Formula:
H.Verb+ S+ 1st form+ Ing+ O

21. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
H.Verb+S+Not+1st form+Ing+O

22. Present Perfect Tense

23. Helping Verb:
Has, Have

24. Simple
Formula:
S + H.Verb + 3rd form + O

25. Negative
Formula:
S+ H.Verb+ not+ 3rd form+ O

26. Interrogative
Formula:
H.Verb+ S+ 3rd form+ O

27. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
H.Verb + S + Not + 3rd form + O

28. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

29. Helping Verb:
Has been, Have been

30. Simple
Formula:
S+ H.Verb+ 1st form+ Ing + O+ since/for

31. Negative
Formula:
S+ H.Verb+ not+ 1st form+ O+ since/for

32. Interrogative
Formula:
H.Verb +S + been + 1st form + Ing + O + since/for

33. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
H.Verb + S + Not + been + 1st form + Ing + Since/for

34. Past Indefinite Tense

35. Helping Verb:
Did (For both singular & plural)

36. Simple
Formula:
S + 2nd form + O

37. Negative
Formula:
S + H. verb + not +1st form + Object

38. Interrogative
Formula:
H. Verb + S +1st form + Object

39. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
H. Verb + S + Not +
1st form + Object

40. Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense

41. Helping Verb:
was, were

42. Simple
Formula:
Subject + helping verb +1st form
+ Ing + Object

43. Negative
Formula:
Subject + helping verb + not + 1st form + Ing + Object

44. Interrogative
Formula:
helping verb + Subject + 1st form + Ing + Object

45. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
helping verb + S + not + 1st form + Ing + Object

46. Helping Verb:
Had (For both singular & plural)

47. Simple
Formula:
Subject+ H.V (Had) +3rd form of verb + Object

48. Negative
Formula:
Subject + H.V + not +3rd form +object

49. Interrogative
Formula:
H.V +subject +3rd form +object

50. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
H.V + subject + not + 3rd form +object

51. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

52. Helping Verb:
Had been (For both singular & plural)
Use of since & for

53. Simple
Formula :
Subject + had+ been+1stform+ing+ object+since/for

54. Negative
Formula :
S+ had+ not + been+
1st form+ Ing+ O
+since/for

55. Interrogative
Formula:
Had+subject+been+1stform+ing+O+since/ for

56. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
Had+subject+been+1stform+ing+O+since/ for

57. Future Indefinite Tense
Future Continuous Tense

58. Future Indefinite Tense
Two helping verb are used in future indefinite tense.
 will
 Shall

59. Simple
Formula:
Subject +Helping Verb + 1st form + o

60. Negative
Formula:
Subject +Helping Verb + not + 1st form + O

61. Interrogative
Formula:
Helping Verb + Subject + 1st form + O

62. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
Helping Verb + Subject + not + 1st form + O

63. Helping Verbs:
Shall be , Will be

64. Simple
Formula:
Subject+h.v+1st form of verb+Ing+O

65. Negative
Formula:
Subject+h.v+not+1st form +Ing +O

66. Interrogative:
Formula:
H.Verb+ Subject+ be+ 1st form with “Ing”+ O

67. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
H.Verb + Subject + not + be + 1st form with “Ing”+ O

68. Future Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Continuous Tense

69. Helping Verbs:
Will have , Shall have

70. Simple
Formula:
Subject + H.Verb+ 3rd form of verb+ O

71. Negative
Formula:
S+ will not have/ shall not have+ 3rd form+ O

72. Interrogative:
Formula:
Will / Shall + S + have + 3rd form + O

73. Interrogative-Negative
Formula:
Will / Shall + S + not + have
+ 3rd form + O

74. Helping Verbs :
 Will have been
 Shall have been
Use of Since and For:
 For
 Since

75. Simple
Formula:
S + helping verb + 1st form + ing + since/for + O

76. Negative
Formula:
S+ H.v (will/shall not have been)
+1st form+Ing +since/for +O

77. Interrogative
Formula:
Will/shall + S + have been + 1st form
+ Ing + since/for + O

78. Negative & Interrogative
Formula:
Will/Shall + S + not+ have been
+ 1st form + Ing + since/for + O

80. Questions ?