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Table of English Tenses


The Present Indefinite (Simple) Tense
Examples Examples
Key words Form Examples (?)
(+) (-)
every day
sometimes I​do not
I​
work​ . Do​I ​
work​?
always work​ .
Infinitive She Does​she
often She ​
does
+​he/she/ work​s​
. work​?
usually not​​
work​ .
it​+​-s (es) They ​
go​ . Do​they ​go​?
seldom (​
don’t,
He ​
go​
es​ . Does​he ​go​?
first…then doesn’t​)
regularly
The Past Indefinite (Simple) Tense

Examples Examples Examples


Key words Form
(+) (-) (?)
regular verb:
Infinitive I​
did not
yesterday
+ ​-ed work​ . Did​I
the day I​
work​ed.
irregular She ​did work​ ?
before She
verb:​2nd not​​
work. Did ​
she
last week work​ed​
.
column of He ​did work​ ?
a year ago He ​
went​.
table of not ​
go. Did​he ​go​?
in 1995
irregular (didn’t)
verbs

The Future Indefinite (Simple) Tense

Key Form Example Example Examples


words s (+) s (-) (?)
tomorrow Shall​I
I’​
ll​​
work. I​
shall
next week shall, will​+​ work​?
She’​ ll not
in a year Infinitive Will ​
she
work​ . work.
soon work​?
She ​
will
not
work.
(​
shan’t,
won’t​)

The Present Continuous/Progressive Tense

Key Form Examples Examples Examples (?)


words (+) (-)
to be I​
am not
Now
(am, is, I ​am work​ ing​
. Am​I
at the
are)​+ work​ing​. She ​
is not work​ ing​?
moment
Infiniti She work​ ing​
.​(I’ Is ​
she
Look!
ve​+ is​​work​
ing​
. m not, isn’t, work​ ing​?
Listen!
ing aren’t)

.Процес, привалість.

The Past Continuous/Progressive Tense

Key Form Examples Examples (-) Examples (?)


words (+)
all day
long I​
was not
all the I ​was work​ ing​
. Was​I
was/
time work​ing​. She ​
was not work​ing​?
were​+
the She ​was work​ ing​
. Was ​she
Infinit
whole work​ing​. They ​were work​ing​?
ive​+​in
mornin They ​were not​​
go​ing​. Were​they
g
g go​ing​. (wasn’t, go​
ing​?
from 2 weren’t)
to 5
while
The Future Continuous/Progressive Tense

Key words Form Example Example Examples (?)


s (+) s (-)
all day I​
shall I​
shall
long be not be
the whole shall/will work​in work​in Shall​I​be
morning +​be​+ g​
. g​
. work​ing​?
from 2 Infinitive​+ She ​
will She ​
will Will ​
she ​
be
to5 ing​. be not be work​ing​?
tomorrow work​in work​in
in a year g​
. g​
.

The Present Perfect Tense


Key Form Examples Examples (-) Examples (?)
words (+)
Just have/has
yet + ​regular
never verb: I​
have not
ever Infinitive​+ I ​have Have​I
work​ ed​.
already -ed work​ ed​. work​ed​
?
She ​
has not
so far irregular She ​ has Has ​
she
work​ ed​.
up to verb: work​ ed​. work​ed​
?
He ​
has not
now He ​ has Has​he
3rd column gone​.
since gone​ . gone​
?
of table of (hasn’t)
recently
today irregular
this week verbs)

The Past Perfect Tense

Key words Form Examples (+) Examples (-) Examples (?)


Never I​
had not
had
already I ​had ​
work​
ed​ . work​ ed​
. Had​I ​
work​ed​?
+​regular
by 2 o’clock She ​had She ​
had not Had ​
she
verb:
by work​ ed​. work​ ed​
. work​
ed​ ?
Infinitive​+-​
September He ​had gone​. He ​
had not Had​he ​gone​?
ed
after… gone​.​
(hadn’t)
before… irregular
verb:​3rd
column of
table of
irregular
verbs)

Tense Key Form Examples Example Examples


words (+) s (-) (?)
shall/will
+ have I​shall
+​regular not have
verb: I​
shall​​
have Shall​I​
have
work​ ed​.
by 2 Infinitive​ work​ed​. work​ed​?
She ​
will
o’cloc +​-ed She ​
will Will ​
she
Future not have
k irregular have have
Perfect work​ ed​.
tomor verb: work​ed​. work​ed​?
He ​will
row. He ​
will Will​he
3rd not
have​​
gone​. have​​
gone​?
column of have​​gon
irregular e​
.
verbs)

Tense Key words Form Examples Examples Examples


(+) (-) (?)
for two
hours I​
have I​
have
for one been not​​
been Have​I​​been
Present month wor​king​
. work​ ing​
. work​ing​?
have/has
Perfect for a long She ​
has She ​
has Has ​
she
+ been​+
Continuous/ time been not been been
Infinitive
Progressive since 5 wor​king​
. work​ ing​
. work​ing​?
+ ing
o’clock He ​
has He ​
has Has​he​​been
the whole been not been go​
ing​
?
day go​
ing​. go​
ing​.
how long
Tense Key Form Examples (+) Examples Examples
words (-) (?)
for two
hours
for one
I​
had not
month Had​I ​been
been
for a I​
had been work​ing​?
Past work​ing​
.
long work​ing​
. Had ​she
Perfect had​+ ​bee She ​
had
time She ​
had been been
Continuous n​+​​Infinitive not been
since 5 work​ing​
. work​ing​?
/ +​ing work​ing​
.
o’clock He ​
had been Had​he
Progressive He ​
had
the go​
ing​. been
not been
whole go​
ing​?
go​
ing​.
day
how
long

Tense Key Form Examples (+) Exampl Examples


words es (-) (?)
I​
shall
not
for 5 have​​ bee
I​shall have Shall​I​
have
years n​
work​ in
been​work​ ing been​work​in
for a long g​
.
Future shall/will . g​
?
time She ​will
Perfect + ​have​+​ b She ​
will have Will ​
she​hav
since 5 not have
Continuous/ een​+​Infini been​work​ ing e​​
been​work​i
o’clock been​ wor
Progressive tive​+ i​ng . ng​?
the whole k​
ing​ .
He ​will have Will​he​have
day He ​ will
been​go​ing​
. been​go​ing​?
how long not have
been​ go​ i
ng​.

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