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THE BASIC ENGLISH TENSE FORMS:

PRESENT PAST FUTURE


SIMPLE TENSE
I am here I I
He He He
She She was here She
It is here It It
The girl The girl The girl will be here
Kevin Kevin Kevin
You You You
They are here They were here They
We We We
The girls The girls The girls
I I I
You You You
We work here We We
They They They
The girls The girls worked The girls will / shall work
He He He
She She She
It works here It It
The girl The girl The girl
Kevin Kevin Kevin
TENSEPERFECT TENSECONTINUOUS

I am working here I I
He He He
She She was working here She
It is working here It It
The girl The girl The girl will be working here
Kevin Kevin Kevin
You You You
They are working here They were working here They
We We We
The girls The girls The girls

I I I
You You You
We have worked here We We
They They They
The girls The girls The girls will / shall have
had worked here worked here
He He He
She She She
It has worked here It It
The girl The girl The girl
Kevin Kevin Kevin

I I I
You have been You You
We working here We We
They They They will / shall have
The girls The girls had been working here The girls been working here
He
PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE
He He
She has been She She
It working here It It
The girl The girl The girl
Kevin Kevin Kevin

PAST AND PERFECT FORMS OF REGULAR VERBS


Most English verbs are regular. The past and perfect tenses of these verbs end in ‘ed’.
PRESENT PAST PERFECT = past participle
(every day) (yesterday) (already)
jump jumped jumped
clean cleaned cleaned
ask asked asked
knock knocked knocked

PAST PERFECT FORMS OF IRREGULAR VERBS


Some verbs are irregular. The forms of these verbs change with the tenses:
PRESENT PAST PERFECT = past participle
(every day) (yesterday) (already)
run ran run
see saw seen
bite bit bit
catch caught caught
drink drank drunk

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