Study Guide -Main Tenses-

Tense Affirmative Negative Question

Verb be in Verb be: Verb be negative: Verb be:
present Am Am not Am
Is Is not Is
Are Are not Are
Before the subjects
Verb be in past Verb be: Verb be negative Verb be:
Was Was not Was
Were Were not Were
Before the subjects
Simple Present Just remember the 3rd person Don’t Do
forms: “s” “es” “ies”
Doesn’t (third person Does (third person subjects)
subjects)
Before the subjects
Base form of the verb Base form of the verbs
Present Verb be: am, is, are Verb be negative Verb be: Am, Is, Are
Continuous Am not Before the subjects
Is not
Are not
Verb-ing
Verb-ing
Verb-ing
Simple Past Regular verbs -ed ending Didn’t Did

Irregular verbs Base form of the verbs Before the subjects

Base form of the verb

Used to Used to Didn’t use to Did______ used to

Verbs in the base form Verbs in the base form Verbs in the base form
 Past Verb be in past: Was, Were Ver be negative Verb be past: Was, Were
Continuous Was not
Were not Before the subjects
Verb-ing

Verb-ing Verb-ing

Present Perfect Have Haven’t Have

Has Hasn’t Has
Before the subjects

Verb past participle Verb past participle

Verb past participle
Past Perfect Had Hadn’t Had

Before the subjects

Verb past participle Verb past participle Verb past participle

Future with Be Verb be: am, is, are Verb be negative: Am
going to Am not Is
Is not Are
Going to
Are not Before the subjects

Going to and the base form of Going to and the base form of
Base form of the verbs
the verbs the verbs

Future with Will Will not Will

will Won’t
Before the subjects

The base form of the verbs

The base form of the verbs
The base form of the verbs