THE BASIC ENGLISH TENSE FORMS:

PRESENT PAST FUTURE

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M
P
L
E

T
E
N
S
E
I am here I
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
I
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
You
They
We
The girls
He
She
It is here
The girl
Kevin
You
They
We
The girls
You
They
We
The girls
I
You
We work here
They
The girls
I
You
We
They
The girls
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
I
You
We
They
The girls
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
He
She
It works here
The girl
Kevin
C
O
N
T
I
N
U
O
U
S

T
E
N
S
E

I am working here I
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
I
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
You
They
We
The girls
He
She
It is working here
The girl
Kevin
You
They
We
The girls
You
They
We
The girls
P
E
R
F
E
C
T

T
E
N
S
E
I
You
We have worked here
They
The girls
I
You
We
They
The girls
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
I
You
We
They
The girls
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
He
She
It has worked here
The girl
Kevin
P
E
R
T
E
C
T

C
O
N
T
I
N
U
O
U
S

T
E
N
S
E
I
You
We
They
The girls

I
You
We
They
The girls
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
I
You
We
They
The girls
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
He
She
It
The girl
Kevin
will / shall have
been working here
will / shall have
worked here
had worked here
are here
was here
were here
will be here
worked will / shall work
are working here
was working here
were working here
will be working here
have been
working here
has been
working here
had been working here
PAST AND PERFECT FORMS OF REGULAR VERBS
Most English verbs are regular. The past and perfet tenses of these verbs end in ed.
PRESENT
!every day"
PAST
!yesterday"
PERFECT = past partiiple
!already"
#u$p
lean
ask
knok
#u$ped
leaned
asked
knoked
#u$ped
leaned
asked
knoked
PAST PERFECT FORMS OF IRREGULAR VERBS
So$e verbs are irregular. The for$s of these verbs hange with the tenses%
PRESENT
!every day"
PAST
!yesterday"
PERFECT = past partiiple
!already"
run
see
bite
ath
drink
ran
saw
bit
aught
drank
run
seen
bit
aught
drunk