SOME VERB TENSES OF ENGLISH

PRESENT

VERB TO BE in the present

I am You are He is She is It is We are You are They are

+ ?

am, is, are m, s, re

am not, is not, are not m not, isnt, arent Am I...... Is he, she..? Are......?

Other verbs

I/You/We/They like He/She/It likes I dont like.... He/She/It doesnt like Do I/you/we/they like..? Does he/she/it like......?

Notice:
I have He has I watch He watches I try He tries

I go He goes

I play He plays

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Verb to be in the present + verb -ing form am is are + studying going leaving

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

+ ?

I am working. He is working They are working.

Im not working. He is not (isnt) working They are not (arent) working.

Are you working? Is he working? Are they working?

PAST

VERB TO BE in the past

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

+ ?

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

I/He/She/It wasnt You/We/They werent Was I/he/she/it? Were you/we/they?

OTHER VERBS

REGULAR VERBS

+ ?

+ ed played

+ didnt didnt play

+ Did...? Did you/he/they play....?

IRREGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

+ ?

Look at the list! I/You/He... saw

+ didnt I/You/He didnt see

+ Did...? Did you/he/they see....?

List of Irregular Verbs!

buy come do fall nd get give bought came did fell found got gave ...

...
go have hear leave make meet put run say see swim take tell think throw went had heard left made met put ran said saw swam took told thought threw

PAST CONTINUOUS
Verb to be in the past + verb -ing form was were + studying going leaving

+ -

I WAS working. He WAS working They WERE working.

I WASNT working. He WASNT working They WERENT working.

WERE you working? WAS he working? WERE they working?

PRESENT PERFECT
HAVE HAS

PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB (-ed or irregular)

Ex: I have seen her. He has been there. He hasnt arrived yet.

+ -

I/You/They have done... He/She/It has done...

I/You/They havent done... He/She/It hasnt done...

Have I/You/They done...? Has He/She/It done...?

FUTURE

FUTURE with will

used with uncertain plans, and immediate decisions

+ ?

I/You/He/They

will travel wont travel

I/You/He/They

Will I/you/he/they travel?

FUTURE with going to*

TO BE + GOING TO + VERB They

are going to travel are not going to travel

They

Are they going to travel?

*used with certain plans, and planned decisions

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