THE ENGLISH TENSES

ACTIVE
TO BE - ser/estar Affirmative PRESENT SIMPLE (-s// do / does)
I am You are He is She is It is We are You are They are Im being (rude) You are being (friendly)

OTHER VERBS (regular / irregular*) Interrogative

Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we? Are you? Are they? Am I being ? Are you being ?

Negative
Im not You arent He isnt She isnt It isnt We arent You arent They arent Im not being (helpful) You arent being

Affirmative
I go You sing He waits She laughs It rains We eat You drink They have I am reading You are sitting He is listening She is buying It is snowing We are hearing You are thinking They are running I wanted You brought* He laughed She came* It played We wrote* You studied They caught* I was beginning You were stealing He was saying She was drawing It was flying We were building You were feeling They were teaching

Negative
I dont feel You dont hear He doesnt read She doesnt like It doesnt look We dont walk You dont dance They dont stop Im not cutting You arent calling He isnt jumping She isnt talking It isnt happening We arent seeing You arent holding They arent standing I didnt chat You didnt feel He didnt send She didnt sleep It didnt close We didnt clean You didnt take They didnt give I wasnt choosing You werent doing He wasnt putting She wasnt hitting It wasnt leaving We werent losing You werent riding They werent fighting

Interrogative
Do I begin? Do you wear? Does he get? Does she win? Does it sound? Do we know? Do you understand? Do they walk? Am I surfing? Are you making? Is he falling? Is she speaking? Is it sinking? Are we working? Are you living? Are they cooking? Did I find? Did you follow? Did he tell? Did she practise? Did it skate? Did we drive? Did you break? Did they put? Was I answering ? Were you burning? Was he counting? Was she deciding? Was it shining? Were we biting? Were you asking? Were they ringing?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (am/is/are + verb-ing)

PAST SIMPLE* (did / didnt)

PAST CONTINUOUS (was/were + verb-ing)

I was You were He was She was It was We were You were They were I was being

I wasnt You werent He wasnt She wasnt It wasnt We werent You werent They werent I wasnt being

Was I? Were you? Was he? Was she? Was it? Were we? Were you? Were they? Was I being?

TO BE - ser/estar Affirmative FUTURE SIMPLE (will - ll / wont + inf.)

I will be You will be He will be She will be It will be We will be You will be They will be Im going to be Youre going to be Hes going to be Shes going to be Its going to be Were going to be Youre going to be Theyre going to be I have been You have been He has been She has been It has been We have been You have been They have been

OTHER VERBS (regular / irregular*) Interrogative

Will I be? Will you be? Will he be? Will she be? Will it be? Will we be? Will you be? Will they be? Am I going to be? Are you going to be? Is he going to be? Is she going to be? Is it going to be? Are we going to be? Are you going to be? Are they going to be? Have I been? Have you been? Has he been? Has she been? Has it been? Have we been? Have you been? Have they been?

Negative
I wont be You wont be He wont be She wont be It wont be We wont be You wont be They wont be Im not going to be You arent going to be He isnt going to be She isnt going to be It isnt going to be We arent going to be You arent going to be They arent going to be I havent been You havent been He hasnt been She hasnt been It hasnt been We havent been You havent been They havent been

Affirmative
I will dream You will circle He will spend She will throw It will freeze We will wake You will grow They will cut Im going to phone Youre going to move Hes going to start Shes going to help Its going to return Were going to open Youre going to hurry Theyre going to travel I have shut* You have disappeared He has made* She has parked It has cost* We have shouted You have fed* They have tidied

Negative
I wont feed You wont visit He wont watch She wont meet It wont swing We wont swim You wont learn They wont stay Im not going to discover You arent going to cry He isnt going to enjoy She isnt going to climb It isnt going to skate We arent going to ski You arent going to cross They arent going to reach I havent prepared You havent lent* He hasnt organised She hasnt realised It hasnt shown* We havent hurt* You havent pushed They have sold*

Interrogative
Will I share? Will you worry? Will he paint? Will she arrive? Will it die? Will we hate? Will you love? Will they hope? Am I going to complete? Are you going to smile? Is he going to finish? Is she going to care? Is it going to hide? Are we going to say? Are you going to arrest? Are they going to check? Have I paid*? Have you stored? Has he bitten*? Has she scanned? Has it kept*? Have we printed? Have you forgotten*? Have they argued?

BE-GOING -TO FUTURE (am/is/are going to + inf.)

PRESENT PERFECT* (have/has + past participle)

PASSIVE
Affirmative Negative Im not made* You arent arrested He isnt forgotten* She isnt helped It isnt started We arent examined You arent woken* They arent hated Interrogative Am I hidden*? Are you loved? Is he met? Is she visited? Is it watched? Are we frozen? Are you looked at? Are they bitten*? Affirmative Negative I wasnt had* You werent carried He wasnt shown* She wasnt fed* It wasnt read* We werent talked to You werent liked They werent discussed Interrogative Was I listened to? Were you found*? Was he phoned? Was she thrown*? Was it held*? Were we driven*? Were you lied to? Were they called?

PRESENT SIMPLE (am/is/are + past participle)

I am seen* You are brought* He is heard* She is hurt* It is said* We are pushed You are fed* They are prepared

PAST SIMPLE (was/were + past participle)

I was followed You were shouted at He was lost* She was fought* It was hung* We were told* You were washed They were printed