Tense Affirmative/Negative/Question

A: He speaks.
N: He does not speak.

Q: Does he speak?

A: He is speaking.

Present Progressive N: He is not speaking.

Q: Is he speaking?

A: He spoke.

Simple Past N: He did not speak.

Q: Did he speak?

A: He was speaking.

N: He was not speaking.

Past Progressive

Q: Was he speaking?

A: He has spoken.
N: He has not spoken.
Present Perfect Simple Q: Has he spoken?

A: He has been speaking.

Present Perfect Progressive N: He has not been speaking.

Q: Has he been speaking?

A: He had spoken.

Past Perfect Simple N: He had not spoken.

Q: Had he spoken?
 A: He had been speaking.

N: He had not been speaking.

Past Perfect Progressive

Q: Had he been speaking?

A: He will speak.

N: He will not speak.

Future I Simple

Q: Will he speak?

Future I Simple
A: He is going to speak.

N: He is not going to speak.

(going to) Q: Is he going to speak?

A: He will be speaking.
Future I Progressive
N: He will not be speaking.
Q: Will he be speaking?
A: He will have spoken.
Future II Simple N: He will not have spoken.
Q: Will he have spoken?

A: He will have been speaking.

Future II Progressive
N: He will not have been speaking.
Q: Will he have been speaking?
A: He would speak.
Conditional I Simple
N: He would not speak.
Q: Would he speak?
A: He would be speaking.

Conditional I Progressive
N: He would not be speaking.
Q: Would he be speaking?
A: He would have spoken.
Conditional II Simple
N: He would not have spoken.
Q: Would he have spoken?

A: He would have been speaking.

Conditional II Progressive
Conditional II Progressive
N: He would not have been speaking.
Q: Would he have been speaking?
 Use Signal Words
action in the present taking always, every …, never,
place once, never or normally, often, seldom,
several times sometimes, usually
if sentences type I (If I
facts
talk, …)
actions taking place one
after another
action taking place in the
moment of speaking
action taking place only for at the moment, just, just
a limited period of now, Listen!, Look!, now,
action arranged fortime
the
right now
future

action in the past taking yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in

place once, never or
several times
actions taking place one
after another
action taking place in the
middle of another action
1990, the other day, last
Friday
if sentence type II (If I
talked, …)

action going on at a certain

time in the past
actions taking place at the
same time
when, while, as long as
action in the past that is
interrupted by another
action
putting emphasis on the
result
action that is still going on already, ever, just, never,
action that stopped recently not yet, so far, till now, up to
finished action that has an now
influence on the present
putting emphasis on the
course or duration (not the
result)
action that recently stopped all day, for 4 years, since
or is still going on 1993, how long?, the whole
week
finished action that
influenced the present

action taking place before a already, just, never, not yet,

certain time in the past once, until that day
sometimes interchangeable
if sentence type III (If I had
with past perfect
talked, …)
progressive
putting emphasis only on
the fact (not the duration)
action taking place before a
certain time in the past
sometimes interchangeable
with past perfect simple for, since, the whole day, all
putting emphasis on the day
duration or course of an
action

action in the future that

in a year, next …, tomorrow
cannot be influenced
If-Satz Typ I (If you ask her,
spontaneous decision she will help you.)
assumption: I think,
assumption with regard to probably, we might …,
the future perhaps

decision made for the

future in one year, next week,
conclusion with regard to tomorrow
the future

action that is going on at a

certain time in the future
in one year, next week,
action that is sure to
tomorrow
happen in the near future

action that will be finished

at a certain time in the by Monday, in a week
future
action taking place before a
certain time in the future
for …, the last couple of
putting emphasis on the
hours, all day long
course of an action

if sentences type II
(If I were you, I would go
home.)
action that might take place
action that might take place
putting emphasis on the
course / duration of the
action

if sentences type III

(If I had seen that, I would
action that might have have helped.)
taken place in the past
action that might have
taken place in the past
puts emphasis on the
course / duration of the
action
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We express our ideas mostly in terms of time. Tenses come to the aid of communicator in this regard.

There are three type of Tenses :

I) Present Tense
II) Past Tense
III) Future Tense

Each Tense has four sub categories. They are :

I) Present Tense
a) Simple Present
b) Present Continuous
c) Present Perfect
d) Present Perfect Continuous

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II) Past Tense

a) Simple Past
b) Past Continuous
c) Past Perfect
d) Past Perfect Continuous

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III) Future Tense

a) Simple Future
b) Future Continuous
c) Future Perfect
d) Future Perfect Continuous

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And English grammar has classified human beings, animals and things into 7 categories.

They are : I, We, You, He, She, It and They.

‘I’ is called First Person Singular.

‘We’ is called First Person Plural.
‘You’ is called Second Person Singular / Plural.
‘He’ is called Third Person Singular.
‘She’ is called Third Person Singular.
‘It’ is called Third Person Singular.
‘They’ is called Third Person Plural.

One should be extremely careful in the use of third person singular especially in Simple Present
nd Present Perfect Tenses.