ENGLISH TENSES

PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST

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

(-) S + dont/doesnt + V

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

(+) S + V
2
/V+ed

(-) S + didnt + V

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

(+) S + will + V

(-) S + wont + V

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

(+) S + would + V

(-) S + wouldnt + V

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

C
O
N
T
I
N
U
O
U
S


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

(-) S + m not/isnt/arent +
Ving

(?) (Q) am/is/are + s + Ving?

(+) S + was/were + Ving

(-) S + wasnt/werent + Ving

(?) (Q) was/were + s + Ving?


(+) S + will be + Ving

(-) S + wont be + Ving

(?) (Q) will + s + be Ving?


(+) S + would be + Ving

(-) S + wouldnt be + Ving

(?) (Q) would + s + be
Ving?


P
E
R
F
E
C
T


(+) S + have/has + V
3
/V+ed

(-) S + havent/hasnt +
V
3
/V+ed

(?) (Q) have/has + s +
V
3
/V+ed..?

(+) S + had + V
3
/V+ed

(-) S + hadnt + V
3
/V+ed

(?) (Q) had + s + V
3
/V+ed..?

(+) S + will have + V
3
/V+ed

(-) S + wont have +
V
3
/V+ed

(?) (Q) will + s + have
V
3
/V+ed..?

(+) S + would have +
V
3
/V+ed

(-) S + wouldnt have +
V
3
/V+ed

(?) (Q) would + s + have
V
3
/V+ed..?

P
E
R
F
E
C
T

C
O
N
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N
U
O
U
S


(+) S + have/has been + Ving

(-) S + havent/hasnt been +
Ving

(?) (Q) have/has + s + been +
Ving?

(+) S + had been + Ving

(-) S + hadnt been + Ving

(?) (Q) had + s + been +
Ving?

(+) S +will have been + Ving

(-) S + wont have been +
Ving

(?) (Q) will + s + have been
+ Ving?

(+) S would have been +
Ving

(-) S + wouldnt have been
+ Ving

(?) (Q) would + s + have
been + Ving?

S subject/ V verb/- Q question word/
ENGLISH TENSES



PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST

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M
P
L
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I (you, we, they) work and
live in Aktau.

He (she, it) lives and studies
in Astana.

I (you, we, they) worked and
lived in Almaty last year.

He (she, it) lived and studied
in Moscow 2 years ago.

I think I (you, we, they) will
work and live in Aktau next
year.
I dont think he (she, it) will
live and study in Astana this
year.

I said I (you, we, they)
would work and live in
Aktau.

I said he (she, it) would
live and study in Astana.

C
O
N
T
I
N
U
O
U
S


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 (he, she, it) was reading a
book at 7 p.m. yesterday.

You (we, they) were working
all day long last Friday.



I (you, we, they) will be
working and living in Aktau
during next two years.

He (she, it) will be living and
studying in Astana till 2012.

I said I (you, we, they)
would be working and living
in Aktau next year.

I said he (she, it) would be
living and studying in Astana
from 2011 till 2015.

P
E
R
F
E
C
T


I (you, we, they) have worked
and taught English in Aktau.

He (she, it) has visited a lot
of countries.

Have you ever been to .?

I (you, we, they) had worked
and taught English in Aktau
before I moved to Almaty.

He (she, it) had done
everything when the boss
came.


I (you, we, they) will have
finished school by 2012.

He (she, it) will have built
the house by the time he
gets married.


I said I (you, we, they)
would have finished school
by 2012.

I said he (she, it) would
have built the house by the
time he got married.

P
E
R
F
E
C
T

C
O
N
T
I
N
U
O
U
S


I (you, we, they) have been
working and teaching English
in Aktau for 3 years.

He (she, it) has been learning
English since 2008.


I (you, we, they) had been
working in Aktau for a year
before I moved to Almaty.

He (she, it) had been doing
karate for a long time when
he decided to stop it.


Next year I (you, we, they)
will have been teaching
English for 6 years.

He (she, it) will have been
building the house for 10
years in 2011.

I said I (you, we, they)
would have been teaching
English for 6 years next
year.

I said he (she, it) would
have been building the
house for 10 years in
2011.