Tense

Positive

Helping
Verb

Form of
the verb

Verb + ?

Present
Indefinite
Present
Continuous
Present
Perfect
Present
Perfect
Continuous

, , ,

first

, ,

Is3, am4 ,
are5
has6, have7

first

Verb+S es in third
person singular
Verb+ing

third

, ,

first

with point of time

has been6,
have been7

Past
Indefinite

, ,

second

+ing with since or

for. Since with
certainity and for
with uncertainity

Past
Continuous
Past Perfect

, ,

was8,
were9
had10

first

Verb+ing

third

had been10

first

Verb+ing with since

or for. Since with
certainity and for
with uncertainity

Past Perfect
Continuous

, ,

, ,

, ,

with point of time

Negative
helping verb
do not1, does
not2
Is not, am
not, are not
has not, have
not
has not been,
have not
been
did not, First
form of the
verb
was not,
were not
had not
had not been

Interrogative

Helping verb do1, does2

subject
Helping Verb Subject

Helping Verb Subject

Helping Verb Has, Have

Subject
Helping verb did
Subject with first
form of the verb
Helping verb
Subject
Helping verb
Subject
Helping verb had
Subject

shall11,
first
shall not, will Helping verb
will12
not
Subject
11
, ,
shall be ,
first
verb+ing
shall not be,
Helping verb Shall or Will

will be12
will not be
Subject
, ,
shall
third
shall have
Helping verb Shall or Will


have11,
not, will have Subject
will have12
not
Future
, ,
shall have first
verb+ing with since shall not
Helping verb Shall or Will
Perfect
with point of
been11,
or for. Since with
have been,
Subject
Continuous
time
will have
certainity and for
will not have
been12
with uncertainity
been
Tense Chart For translation from Hindi to English
Sentence is made in the form of SVO i.e. Subject, Verb, Object.
First Person Singular: I, Plural=We. Second Person: You. Third Person Singular: He, She. Third Person Plural=They and Any thing
other than I, We and You either in singular or plural. 1. With First Person singular plural, Second person and third person plural
subject. 2. With Third person singular subject. 3. With 3rd person singular. 4. With 1st person singular 5. With second person, first,
third person plural. 6 with third person singular. 7 with first, second person singular, plural and third person plural. 8. First, third
person singular. 9 with second, first, third person plural. 10 with all persons 11. With first person singular, plural. 12 with Second,
third person singular plural.
From Government High School, Village Post office Rohjari, Tehsil Bhogpur, Distt. Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

Future
Indefinite
Future
continuous
Future
Perfect

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