16 English Tenses
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Transcript of 16 English Tenses
Nisrina Atikah
16 English Tenses
Present & past Present Simple Present Continuous Present Perfect Present Perfect Continuous
Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous
Future Simple Future Continuous Future Perfect Future Perfect Continuous
Past Future Simple Past Future Continuous Past Future Perfect Past Future Perfect
Continuous
ContentFuture & past future
To talk about Habitual Action (Habit), Timetable, General Truth and Fact.
Forms:
+ S + base verb (-s/-es) + complement.
ex: We pass the national exams.
- S + do/does + not + base verb + complement.
ex: We don’t pass the national exams.
? Do/Does + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Do we pass the national exams?
-? Don’t/Doesn’t + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Don’t we pass the national exams?
PRESENT SIMPLE
OR+ S + am/is/are + adjective + complement.
ex: She is lovely.
- S + am/is/are + not + adjective + complement.
ex: She is not lovely.
? Am/Is/Are + s adjective + complement?
ex: Is she lovely?
-? Isn’t/Aren’t + s + adjective + complement?
ex: Isn’t she lovely?
Something is Happening now, at this very moment.
Forms:
+ S + am/is/are + present participle + complement.
ex: I am daydreaming now.
- S + am/is/are + not + present participle + complement.
ex: I am not daydreaming now.
? Am/Is/Are + s + present participle + complement?
ex: Am I daydreaming now?
-? Isn’t/Aren’t + s + present participle + complement?
ex: Aren’t I daydreaming now?
Present Continuous
To talk about experience.
Forms:
+ S + have/has + past participle + complement.
ex: They have gone there.
- S + have/has + not + past participle + complement.
ex: They haven’t gone there.
? Have/Has + s + past participle + complement?
ex: Have they gone there?
-? Haven’t/Hasn’t + s + past participle + complement?
ex: Haven’t they gone there?
Present Perfect
Something started in the past and has been continuing up until now.
Forms:
+ S + have/has + been + present participle + complement.
ex: He has been talking about it before.
- S + have/has + not + been + present participle + complement.
ex: He has not been talking about it before.
? Have/Has + s + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Has he been talking about it before?
-? Haven’t/Hasn’t + s + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Hasn’t he been talking about it before?
Present Perfect Continuous
An action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
Forms:
+ S + past verb + complement.
ex: You destroyed my book.
- S + did + not + base verb + complement.
ex: You did not destroy my book.
? Did + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Did you destroy my book?
-? Didn’t + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Didn’t you destroy my book?
Past Simple
OR+ S + was/were + adjective + complement.
ex: It was delicious!
- S + was/were + not + adjective + complement.
ex: It wasn’t delicious!
? Was/Were + s + adjective + complement?
ex: Was it delicious?
-? Wasn’t/Weren’t +s + adjective + complement?
ex: Wasn’t it delicious?
To indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted.
Forms:
+ S + was/were + present participle + complement.
ex: She was singing in the bathroom yesterday.
- S + was/were + not + present participle + complement.
ex: She wasn’t singing in the bathroom yesterday.
? Was/Were + s + present participle + complement?
ex: Was she singing in the bathroom yesterday?
-? Wasn’t/Weren’t + s + present participle + complement?
ex: Wasn’t she singing in the bathroom yesterday?
Past Continuous
Completed action before something in the past.
Forms:
+ S + had + past participle + complement.
ex: We had done it very well.
- S + had + not + past participle + complement.
ex: We hadn’t done it very well.
? Had + s + past participle + complement?
ex: Had we done it very well.
-? Hadn’t + s + past participle + complement?
ex: Hadn’t we done it very well.
Past Perfect
Something started in the past and had been continuing up until another time in the past.
Forms:
+ S + had + been + present participle + complement.
ex: He had been locking the door.
- S + had + not + been + present participle + complement.- ex: He hadn’t been locking the door.
? Had + s + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Had he been locking the door?
-? Hadn’t + s + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Hadn’t he been locking the door?
Past Perfect Continuous
Express the idea of a general prediction about the future.
Forms:
+ S + will/shall + base verb + complement.
ex: They will do it.
- S + will/shall + not + base verb + complement.
ex: They will not do it.
? S + will/shall + base verb + complement?
ex: Will they do it?
-? Won’t + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Won’t they do it.
Future Simple
To indicate that a longer action it the future will be interrupted by a shorter action in the future.
Forms:
+ S + will + be + present participle + complement.
ex: She will be going to United Kingdom.
- S + will + not + be + present participle + complement.
ex: She won’t be going to United Kingdom.
? Will + s + be + present participle + complement?
ex: Will she be going to United Kingdom?
-? Won’t + s + be + present participle + complement?
ex: Won’t she be going to United Kingdom?
Future Continuous
Completed action before something in the future.
Forms:
+ S + will/shall + have + past participle + complement.
ex: I will have made it!
- S + will/shall + not + have + past participle + complement.
ex: I will not have made it!
? Will + s + have + past participle + complement?
ex: Will I have made it?
-? Won’t + s + have + past participle + complement?
ex: Won’t I have made it?
Future Perfect
Something will have been continuing up until a particular event or time in the future.
Forms:
+ S + will + have + been + present participle + complement.
ex: You will have been going there.
- S + will + not + have + been + present participle + complement.
ex: You will not have been going there.
? Will + s + have + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Will you have been going there?
-? Won’t + s + have + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Won’t you have been going there?
Future Perfect Continuous
Forms:
+ S + would/should + base verb + complement.
ex: He would write that journal.
- S + would/should + not + base verb + complement.
ex: He wouldn’t write that journal.
? Would + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Would he write that journal?
-? Wouldn’t + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Wouldn’t he write that journal?
Past Future Simple
Forms:
+ S + would/should + be + present participle + complement.
ex: They would be jogging around there.
- S + would/should + not + be + present participle + complement.
ex: They wouldn’t be jogging around there.
? Would + s + be + present participle +complement?
ex: Would they be jogging around there?
-? Wouldn’t + s + be + present participle +complement?
ex: Wouldn’t they be jogging around there?
Past Future Continuous
Forms:
+ S + would/should + have + past participle + complement.
ex: She would have read that book.
- S + would/should + not + have + past participle + complement.
ex: She wouldn’t have read that book.
? Would + s + have + past participle + complement?
ex: Would she have read that book?
-? Wouldn’t + s + have + past participle + complement?
ex: Wouldn’t she have read that book?
Past Future Perfect
Forms:
+ S + would/should + have + been + present participle + complement.
ex: We would have been eating it.
- S + would/should + not + have + been + present participle + complement.
ex: We wouldn’t have been eating it.
? Would + s + have + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Would we have been eating it?
-? Wouldn’t + s + have + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Would we have been eating it?
Past Future Perfect Continuous