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Chart of Grammar Tenses

Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous

+ V1((e)s) + am/is /are + Ving + have/has + V3 + have/has + been + V3


-do/does not V1 -am/is/are not+Ving - have /has not V3 -have/has not+been+ V3
Present

?Do/Does_+V1 ?Am/Is /Are_+ Ving ? Have /Has _+ V3 ? Have/Has_+been + V3

I eat I am eating I have eaten I have been eating


He eats He is eating He has eaten He has been eating
We eat We are eating We have eaten We have been eating

+ V2 + was /were + Ving + had + V3 + had + been + V3


-did not + V1 -was/were not+Ving - had not + V3 -had not + been + V3
? Did _ + V1 ?Was/Were_+ Ving ? Had _+ V3 ? Had_+ been + V3
Past

I ate I was eating I had eaten I had been eating


He ate He was eating He had eaten He had been eating
We ate We were eating We had eaten We had been eating

+ will + V1 +will + be + Ving + will + have + V3 +will + have + been +V3


- will not + V1 -will not be + Ving - will not + have + V3 -will not+have+been+V3
? Will _ + V1 ? Will _ be + Ving ? Will_ have + V3 ? Will_have+ been + V3
Future

I will eat I will be eating I will have eaten I’ll have been eating
He will eat He will be eating He will have eaten He’ll has been eating
We will eat We will be eating We will have eaten We’ll have been eating
Future in the Past

+would + V1 +would + be + Ving + would + have + V3 +would+ have+ been+ V3


-would not + V1 -would not+be+ Ving -would not+ have + V3 -would not+have+been+V3
?Would _ + V1 ? Will _+ be + Ving ? Would _+ have + V3 ? Would_+have+been+V3

I would eat I would be eating I would have eaten I’d have been eating
He would eat He would be eating He would have eaten He ‘d have been eating
We would eat We would be eating We would have eaten We’d have been eating
Chart of Grammar Tenses
Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect Continuous

+ V1((e)s) + am/is /are + Ving + have/has + V3 + have/has + been + V3


-do/does not V1 -am/is/are not+Ving - have /has not V3 -have/has not+been+ V3
Present

?Do/Does_+V1 ?Am/Is /Are_+ Ving ? Have /Has _+ V3 ? Have/Has_+been + V3

I eat I am eating I have eaten I have been eating


He eats He is eating He has eaten He has been eating
We eat We are eating We have eaten We have been eating

+ V2 + was /were + Ving + had + V3 + had + been + V3


-did not + V1 -was/were not+Ving - had not + V3 -had not + been + V3
? Did _ + V1 ?Was/Were_+ Ving ? Had _+ V3 ? Had_+ been + V3
Past

I ate I was eating I had eaten I had been eating


He ate He was eating He had eaten He had been eating
We ate We were eating We had eaten We had been eating

+ will + V1 +will + be + Ving + will + have + V3 +will + have + been +V3


- will not + V1 -will not be + Ving - will not + have + V3 -will not+have+been+V3
? Will _ + V1 ? Will _ be + Ving ? Will_ have + V3 ? Will_have+ been + V3
Future

I will eat I will be eating I will have eaten I’ll have been eating
He will eat He will be eating He will have eaten He’ll has been eating
We will eat We will be eating We will have eaten We’ll have been eating
Future in the Past

+would + V1 +would + be + Ving + would + have + V3 +would+ have+ been+ V3


-would not + V1 -would not+be+ Ving -would not+ have + V3 -would not+have+been+V3
?Would _ + V1 ? Will _+ be + Ving ? Would _+ have + V3 ? Would_+have+been+V3

I would eat I would be eating I would have eaten I’d have been eating
He would eat He would be eating He would have eaten He ‘d have been eating
We would eat We would be eating We would have eaten We’d have been eating

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