ENGLISH TENSES

CONTINUOUS
PERFECT

PERFECT

CONTINUOU
S
SIMPLE

PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST

(+) S + V/V+s (es)

(+) S + V2/V+ed

(+) S + will + V

(+) S + would + V

(-) S + dont/doesnt + V

(-) S + didnt + V

(-) S + wont + V

(-) S + wouldnt + V

(?) (Q) do/does + s + V..?

(?) (Q) did + s + V?

(?) (Q) will + s + V?

(?) (Q) would + s + V?

(+) S + am/is/are + Ving

(+) S + was/were + Ving

(+) S + will be + Ving

(+) S + would be + Ving

(-) S + m not/isnt/arent + (-) S + wasnt/werent + Ving (-) S + wont be + Ving

Ving
(?) (Q) was/were + s + Ving? (?) (Q) will + s + be Ving?
(?) (Q) am/is/are + s + Ving?

(-) S + wouldnt be + Ving

(+) S + have/has + V3/V+ed

(+) S +
V3/V+ed

(-) S +
V3/V+ed

(+) S + had + V3/V+ed

havent/hasnt

(?) (Q) have/has

V3/V+ed..?

+ (-) S + hadnt + V3/V+ed

+

(+) S + have/has been + Ving

(?) (Q) had + s + V3/V+ed..?

(+) S + had been + Ving

(?) (Q) would + s + be

Ving?

(+) S + will have + V3/V+ed

(-) S +
V3/V+ed
(?) (Q) will
V3/V+ed..?

wont
+

have
s

have

(+) S +will have been + Ving

would

have

(-) S + wouldnt have +

V3/V+ed
(?) (Q) would + s + have
V3/V+ed..?
(+) S would have been +
Ving

(-) S + havent/hasnt been + (-) S + hadnt been + Ving

(-) S + wont have been +
Ving
Ving
(-) S + wouldnt have been
(?) (Q) had + s + been +
+ Ving
(?) (Q) have/has + s + been + Ving?
(?) (Q) will + s + have been
Ving?
+ Ving?
(?) (Q) would + s + have
been + Ving?

S subject/

V verb/-

Q question word/

ENGLISH TENSES

CONTINUOUS
PERFECT

PERFECT

CONTINUOU
S

SIMPLE

PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST

I (you, we, they) work and I (you, we, they) worked and I think I (you, we, they) will
live in Aktau.
lived in Almaty last year.
work and live in Aktau next
year.
He (she, it) lives and studies He (she, it) lived and studied I dont think he (she, it) will
in Astana.
in Moscow 2 years ago.
live and study in Astana this
year.

I said I (you, we, they)

would work and live in
Aktau.

I am leaving for London

tomorrow.
You (we, they) are working
and living in Aktau at the
moment.
He (she, it) is living and
studying in Astana next year.

I said I (you, we, they)

would be working and living
in Aktau next year.

I (he, she, it) was reading a I (you, we, they) will be

book at 7 p.m. yesterday.
working and living in Aktau
during next two years.
You (we, they) were working
all day long last Friday.
He (she, it) will be living and
studying in Astana till 2012.

I (you, we, they) have worked I (you, we, they) had worked
and taught English in Aktau.
and taught English in Aktau
before I moved to Almaty.
He (she, it) has visited a lot
of countries.
He (she, it) had done
everything when the boss
Have you ever been to .?
came.

I said he (she, it) would

live and study in Astana.

I said he (she, it) would be

living and studying in Astana
from 2011 till 2015.

I (you, we, they) will have I said I (you, we, they)

finished school by 2012.
would have finished school
by 2012.
He (she, it) will have built
the house by the time he I said he (she, it) would
gets married.
have built the house by the
time he got married.

I (you, we, they) have been I (you, we, they) had been Next year I (you, we, they) I said I (you, we, they)
working and teaching English working in Aktau for a year will
have been
teaching would have been teaching
in Aktau for 3 years.
before I moved to Almaty.
English for 6 years.
English for 6 years next
year.
He (she, it) has been learning He (she, it) had been doing He (she, it) will have been
English since 2008.
karate for a long time when building the house for 10 I said he (she, it) would
he decided to stop it.
years in 2011.
have been building the
house for 10 years in
2011.