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English Tenses Overview Guide

This document provides an overview of English verb tenses, including: - Simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect, past perfect progressive, simple future, future perfect, and future perfect progressive. For each tense, it lists the conjugations for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. Key helping verbs like "do", "be", "have" are identified for each construction. The tenses covered include both simple and progressive/continuous forms.
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English Tenses Overview Guide

This document provides an overview of English verb tenses, including: - Simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect, past perfect progressive, simple future, future perfect, and future perfect progressive. For each tense, it lists the conjugations for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. Key helping verbs like "do", "be", "have" are identified for each construction. The tenses covered include both simple and progressive/continuous forms.
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SIMPLE PRESENT

Affirmative: Subject + verb (s (he, she it))+ complement


_________ __________ ____________ _____________

Negative: Subject + do not (don’t)/does not (doesn’t) + verb


________ ____________ _______________________________ ___________

+ Complement
_______________

Interrogative: Do/Does + subject + verb + complement


____________ __ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS):

Affirmative: Subject + verb “to be” (am, is, are)+ verb/ing + complement
_________ __________ ________________ ___________ _____________

Negative: Subject + verb “to be” (am not, is not, are not) + verb/ing + complement
________ __________ _____________________ _________ ___________

Interrogative: verb “to be” (am, is, are)+ Subject + verb/ing + complement
____________ _________________ ____________ ___________ ___________
SIMPLE PAST:

Affirmative: Subject + verb (regular -ed / irregular) + complement


_________ __________ ____________________ _____________

Negative: Subject + did not (didn’t) + verb + complement


________ ____________ ________________ ____________ ____________

Interrogative: Did + subject + verb + complement


_________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
PAST PROGRESSIVE (CONTINUOUS):

Affirmative: Subject + verb “to be” (was, were) + verb/ing + complement


_________ __________ ________________ ___________ _____________

Negative: Subject + verb “to be” (wasn’t, weren’t) + verb/ing + complement


________ __________ _____________________ _________ ___________

Interrogative: verb “to be” (was, were) + Subject + verb/ing + complement


____________ _________________ ____________ ___________ ___________
PRESENT PERFECT:
Affirmative: Subject + verb “to have” (have, has) + verb in past
participle +
_________ ________ ____________________ ___________
complement
_____________
Negative: Subject + verb “to have” (have not, has not) + verb in
past participle +
________ __________ _____________________ _________
complement
___________
Interrogative: verb “to have” (have, has) + Subject + verb in past
participle +
____________ _________________ ____________ ___________
complement
___________
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (continuous):
Affirmative: Subject + verb “to have” (have, has) + been +
_________ ________ ____________________ ___________
main verb (-ing) + complement
_____________ _____________

Negative: Subject + verb “to have” (have not, has not) + been +
________ __________ _____________________ _________
main verb (-ing) + complement
_____________ _____________

Interrogative: verb “to have” (have, has) + Subject + been +


____________ ___________________ ____________ _________
main verb (-ing) + complement
_____________ _____________
PAST PERFECT:
Affirmative: Subject + had + verb in past participle +
_________ ________ _______ __________________
complement
_____________

Negative: Subject + had not (hadn’t) + verb in past participle +


________ _______ ______________ ____________________
complement
___________

Interrogative: Had + Subject + verb in past participle +


____________ ______ _________ ___________________
complement
___________
PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (continuous):
Affirmative: Subject + had + been + main verb (-ing) +
_________ ________ _______ ______ _______________
complement
_____________
Negative: Subject + had not (hadn’t) + been +
_________ ________ ______________ ______
main verb (-ing) + complement
_______________ _____________
Interrogative: Had + Subject + been + main verb (-ing) +
____________ ______ _________ _______ _____________
complement
_____________
SIMPLE FUTURE:
Affirmative: Subject + will + complement
_________ ______ _____ __________________

Negative: Subject + will not (won’t) + complement

_________ ______ _______________ ___________

Interrogative: Will + Subject + complement


____________ ______ _________ _______________
FUTURE PERFECT:
Affirmative: Subject + will + have + verb in past participle +
_________ ______ _____ ______ __________________
complement
__________

Negative: Subject + will not (won’t) + have + verb in past participle +


________ _______ ____________ ______ _______________
complement
___________

Interrogative: Will + Subject + have + verb in past participle +


____________ ______ _________ ______ _______________

complement
___________
FUTURE PERFECT PROGRESSIVE (continuous):
Affirmative: Subject + will + have + been + main verb (-ing) +
_________ _______ _____ ______ ______ ______________
complement
___________
Negative: Subject + will not (won’t) + have + been + main verb (-ing) +
_______ _______ _____________ _____ ____ _______________
complement
__________

Interrogative: Will + Subject + have + been + main verb (-ing) +


_________ _____ _______ _______ ______ _____________

complement
__________

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