The document describes various tenses in English grammar including:
- Simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and future tenses
- Simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and future perfect tenses
- Usage examples are provided for each tense explaining how it is formed and applied to the verb "to break" based on person and number.
The document describes various tenses in English grammar including:
- Simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and future tenses
- Simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and future perfect tenses
- Usage examples are provided for each tense explaining how it is formed and applied to the verb "to break" based on person and number.
The document describes various tenses in English grammar including:
- Simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and future tenses
- Simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and future perfect tenses
- Usage examples are provided for each tense explaining how it is formed and applied to the verb "to break" based on person and number.
EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN FIRST PERSON : V1 V2 V3 SINGULAR : I HAVE BROKEN APPLICATION PLURAL : WE HAVE BROKEN SECOND PERSON : FIRST PERSON : SINGULAR : YOU HAVE BROKEN SINGULAR : I BREAK PLURAL : YOU HAVE BROKEN PLURAL : WE BREAK THIRD PERSON : SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ HAS BROKEN SINGULAR : YOU BREAK PLURAL : THEY HAVE BROKEN PLURAL : YOU BREAK PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE THIRD PERSON : RULE: I/WE/YOU/THEY +HAVE+BEEN+V1+ING SINGULAR: HE/SHE/IT BREAKS HE / SHE / IT / HAS+BEEN+V1+ING PLURAL : THEY BREAK EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN Note: In the simple present tense, V1 V2 V3 after third person singular –he/she/it, add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the present tense verb(V1) APPLICATION PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE FIRST PERSON : RULE: I + AM + V1 + ING SINGULAR : I HAVE BEEN BREAKING WE/YOU/THEY + ARE +V1+ING PLURAL : WE HAVE BEEN BREAKING HE / SHE / IT + IS + V1 +ING SECOND PERSON : EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN SINGULAR : YOU HAVE BEEN BREAKING V1 V2 V3 PLURAL : YOU HAVE BEEN BREAKING THIRD PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ IT HAS BEEN BREAKING FIRST PERSON : PLURAL : THEY HAVE BEEN BREAKING SINGULAR : I AM BREAKING SIMPLE PAST TENSE PLURAL : WE ARE BREAKING RULE: PERSON + V2(Past tense verb) SECOND PERSON : EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN SINGULAR : YOU ARE BREAKING PLURAL : YOU ARE BREAKING V1 V2 V3 THIRD PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR: HE /SHE/IT IS BREAKING PLURAL : THEY ARE BREAKING FIRST PERSON : SINGULAR : I BROKE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PLURAL : WE BROKE RULE: I/WE/YOU/THEY +HAVE+V3 SECOND PERSON : HE / SHE / IT + HAS +V3 SINGULAR : YOU BROKE EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN PLURAL : YOU BROKE THIRD PERSON : PAS PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE SINGULAR: HE/SHE/IT BROKE RULE: PERSON + HAD + BEEN+ V1+ ING PLURAL : THEY BROKE EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN V1 V2 V3 PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE APPLICATION RULE: I + WAS + V1 + ING WE/YOU/THEY + WERE +V1+ING FIRST PERSON : HE / SHE / IT + WAS + V1 +ING SINGULAR : I HAD BEEN BREAKING EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN PLURAL : WE HAD BEEN BREAKING SECOND PERSON : V1 V2 V3 SINGULAR : YOU HAD BEEN BREAKING APPLICATION PLURAL : YOU HAD BEEN BREAKING FIRST PERSON : THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR : I WAS BREAKING SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ HAD BEEN BREAKING PLURAL : WE WERE BREAKING PLURAL : THEY HAD BEEN BREAKING SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR : YOU WERE BREAKING PLURAL : YOU WERE BREAKING THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR: HE /SHE/IT WAS BREAKING PLURAL : THEY WERE BREAKING SIMPLE FURURE TENSE RULE: I/WE +SHALL + V1(Present tense verb) YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WILL +V1
PAST PERFECT TENSE EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN
RULE: PERSON + HAD +V3 V1 V2 V3 EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN APPLICATION V1 V2 V3 FIRST PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR : I SHALL BREAK FIRST PERSON : PLURAL : WE SHALL BREAK SINGULAR : I HAD BROKEN SECOND PERSON : PLURAL : WE HAD BROKEN SINGULAR : YOU WILL BREAK SECOND PERSON : PLURAL : YOU WILL BREAK SINGULAR : YOU HAD BROKEN THIRD PERSON : PLURAL : YOU HAD BROKEN SINGULAR: HE/SHE/IT WILL BREAK THIRD PERSON : PLURAL : THEY WILL BREAK SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ HAD BROOKEN PLURAL : THEY HAD BROKEN FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE RULE: I / WE + SHALL + BE + V1 + ING YOU/THEY +WILL + BE +V1+ING FIRST PERSON : HE / SHE / IT + WILL + BE+ V1 +ING SINGULAR :I SHALL HAVE BEEN BREAKING EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN PLURAL : WE SHALL HAVE BEEN BREAKING V1 V2 V3 SECOND PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR: YOU WILL HAVE BEEN BREAKING PLURAL :YOU WILL HAVE BEEN BREAKING FIRST PERSON : THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR : I SHALL BE BREAKING SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ /IT +WILL PLURAL : WE SHALL BE BREAKING HAVE BEEN BREAKING SECOND PERSON : PLURAL: THEY WILL HAVE BEEN BREAKING SINGULAR : YOU WILL BE BREAKING SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE PLURAL : YOU WILL BE BREAKING THIRD PERSON : RULE: DO+ PERSON + V1(Present tense verb) SINGULAR: HE/SHE/IT WILL BE BREAKING EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN PLURAL : THEY WILL BE BREAKING V1 V2 V3 FUTURE PERFECT TENSE APPLICATION RULE: I/WE +SHALL+HAVE+V3 FIRST PERSON : YOU/HE/SHE/IT /THEY+WILL+HAVE +V3 SINGULAR : DO I BREAK? PLURAL : DO WE BREAK? EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN SECOND PERSON : V1 V2 V3 SINGULAR : DO YOU BREAK? APPLICATION PLURAL : DO YOU BREAK? THIRD PERSON : FIRST PERSON : SINGULAR: DOES HE/SHE/IT BREAK SINGULAR : I SHALL HAVE BROKEN PLURAL : DO THEY BREAK? PLURAL : WE SHALL HAVE BROKEN Note: In the simple present tense, SECOND PERSON : after third person singular –add ES to do SINGULAR : YOU WILL HAVE BROKEN before he/she/it, PLURAL : YOU WILL HAVE BROKEN THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ IT WILL PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE HAVE BROKEN PLURAL : THEY WILL HAVE BROKEN EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE V1 V2 V3 RULE: I/WE+SHALL +HAVE+BEEN+V1+ING APPLICATION YOU/HE / SHE / IT / + WILL + HAVE + BEEN +V1 + ING FIRST PERSON : EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN SINGULAR : AM I BREAKING? V1 V2 V3 PLURAL : ARE WE BREAKING? APPLICATION SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR : ARE YOU BREAKING? PLURAL : ARE YOU BREAKING? THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR: IS HE /SHE/IT BREAKING? SIMPLE PAST TENSE PLURAL : ARE THEY BREAKING? RULE: DID+PERSON + V1? EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN V1 V2 V3 PRESENT PERFECT TENSE APPLICATION EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN V1 V2 V3 FIRST PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR : DID I BREAK? PLURAL : DID WE BREAK? FIRST PERSON : SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR : HAVE I BROKEN? SINGULAR : DID YOU BREAK PLURAL : HAVE WE BROKEN? PLURAL : DID YOU BREAK? SECOND PERSON : THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR : HAVE YOU BROKEN? SINGULAR: DID HE/SHE/ITBREAK? PLURAL : HAVE YOU BROKEN? PLURAL : DID THEY BREAK? THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR: HAS HE/SHE/ IT BROKEN? PLURAL : HAVE THEY BROKEN? PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN V1 V2 V3 APPLICATION PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE FIRST PERSON : EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN SINGULAR : WAS I BREAKING? V1 V2 V3 PLURAL : WERE WE BREAKING? APPLICATION SECOND PERSON : FIRST PERSON : SINGULAR : WERE YOU BREAKING? SINGULAR : HAVE I BEEN BREAKING? PLURAL : WERE YOU BREAKING? PLURAL : HAVE WE BEEN BREAKING? THIRD PERSON : SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR: WAS HE /SHE/IT BREAKING? SINGULAR : HAVE YOU BEEN BREAKING? PLURAL : WERE THEY BREAKING? PLURAL : HAVE YOU BEEN BREAKING? THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR: HAS HE/SHE/ IT BEEN BREAKING? PLURAL : HAVE THEY BEEN BREAKING? PAST PERFECT TENS EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN V1 V2 V3 APPLICATION SINGULAR : SHALL I BREAK? PLURAL : SHALL WE BREAK? FIRST PERSON : SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR : HAD I BROKEN? SINGULAR : WILL YOU BREAK? PLURAL : HAD WE BROKEN? PLURAL : WILL YOU BREAK? SECOND PERSON : THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR : HAD YOU BROKEN? SINGULAR: WILL HE/SHE/IT BREAK? PLURAL : HAD YOU BROKEN? PLURAL : WILL THEY BREAK? THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR: HAD HE/SHE/ IT BROKEN? PLURAL :HAD THEY BROKEN? FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
PAS PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN
V1 V2 V3 EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN APPLICATION V1 V2 V3 FIRST PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR : SHALL I BE BREAKING? FIRST PERSON : PLURAL : SHALL WE BE BREAKING? SINGULAR : HAD I BEEN BREAKING? SECOND PERSON : PLURAL : HAD WE BEEN BREAKING? SINGULAR : WILL YOU BE BREAKING? SECOND PERSON : PLURAL : WILL YOU BE BREAKING? SINGULAR : HAD YOUBEEN BREAKING? THIRD PERSON : PLURAL : HAD YOU BEEN BREAKING? SINGULAR: WILL HE/SHE/IT BE THIRD PERSON : BREAKING? SINGULAR: HAD HE/SHE/ BEEN PLURAL : WILL THEY BE BREAKING? BREAKING? PLURAL : HAD THEY BEEN BREAKING? FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN
V1 V2 V3 SIMPLE FURURE TENSE APPLICATION FIRST PERSON : EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN SINGULAR : SHALL I HAVE BROKEN? PLURAL : SHALL WE HAVE BROKEN? V1 V2 V3 SECOND PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR :WILL YOU HAVE BROKEN? FIRST PERSON : PLURAL :WILL YOU HAVE BROKEN? THIRD PERSON : PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE SINGULAR: WILL HE/SHE/ IT RULE: I + AM + NOT + V1 + ING HAVE BROKEN? WE/YOU/THEY + ARE +NOT + V1+ING PLURAL : WILL THEY HAVE BROKEN? HE / SHE / IT + IS + NOT+V1 +ING FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN V1 V2 V3 EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN APPLICATION V1 V2 V3 FIRST PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR : I AM NOT BREAKING FIRST PERSON : PLURAL : WE ARE NOT BREAKING SINGULAR : SHALL I HAVE BEEN BREAKING? SECOND PERSON : PLURAL : SHALL WE HAVE BEEN BREAKING? SINGULAR : YOU ARE NOT BREAKING SECOND PERSON : PLURAL : YOU ARE NOT BREAKING SINGULAR:WILL YOU HAVE BEEN BREAKING? THIRD PERSON : PLURAL : WILL YOU HAVE BEEN BREAKING? SINGULAR: HE /SHE/IT IS NOT BREAKING THIRD PERSON : PLURAL : THEY ARE NOT BREAKING SINGULAR: WILL HE/SHE/ /IT HAVE BEEN BREAKING? PLURAL: WILL THEY HAVE BEEN BREAKING? PRESENT PERFECT TENSE RULE: I/WE/YOU/THEY +HAVE+NOT+V3 HE / SHE / IT + HAS +NOT+ V3 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN RULE: PERSON +do+not+ V1(Present tense verb) V1 V2 V3 EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN APPLICATION:FIRST PERSON : V1 V2 V3 SINGULAR : I HAVE NOT BROKEN APPLICATION PLURAL : WE HAVE NOT BROKEN FIRST PERSON : SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR : I DO NOT BREAK SINGULAR : YOU HAVE NOT BROKEN PLURAL : WE DO NOT BREAK PLURAL : YOU HAVE NOT BROKEN ECOND PERSON : THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR : YOU DO NOT BREAK SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ HAS NOT BROKEN PLURAL : YOU DO NOT BREAK PLURAL : THEY HAVE NOT BROKEN THIRD PERSON : PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE SINGULAR: HE/SHE/IT DOES NOT BREAK RULE: I/WE/YOU/THEY +HAVE+NOT+BEEN+V1+ING PLURAL : THEY DO NOT BREAK HE / SHE / IT / HAS+ NOT+ BEEN+V1+ING Note: In the simple present tense, after third person singular –he/she/it, EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN add ‘es’ to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resent tense APPLICATION verb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resent tense V1 V2 V3 verb) APPLICATION YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WILL +NOT+V1 FIRST PERSON : EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN SINGULAR :I SHALL NOT HAVE BROKEN V1 V2 V3 PLURAL : WE SHALL NOT HAVE BROKEN SECOND PERSON : APPLICATION SINGULAR :YOU WILL NOT HAVE BROKEN FIRST PERSON : PLURAL : YOU WILL NOT HAVE BROKEN SINGULAR : I SHALL NOT BREAK THIRD PERSON : PLURAL : WE SHALL NOT BREAK SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ IT WILL SECOND PERSON : NOT HAVE BROKEN SINGULAR : YOU WILL NOT BREAK PLURAL : THEY WILL NOT HAVE BROKEN PLURAL : YOU WILL NOT BREAK THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR: HE/SHE/IT WILL NOT BREAK PLURAL : THEY WILL NOT BREAK
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
RULE: I / WE + SHALL +NOT+ BE + V1 + ING YOU/THEY +WILL + NOT+BE +V1+ING HE / SHE / IT + WILL + NOT+BE+ V1 +ING EX: BREAK BROKE BROKEN V1 V2 V3 APPLICATION FIRST PERSON : SINGULAR :I SHALL NOT BE BREAKING PLURAL : WE SHALL NOT BE BREAKING SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR :YOU WILL NOT BE BREAKING PLURAL :YOU WILL NOT BE BREAKING FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE RULE: I/WE+SHALL +NOT+HAVE+BEEN+V1+ING YOU/HE / SHE /IT / + WILL + NOT+HAVE + BEEN +V1 + ING EX: BREAK(V1) BROKE (V2) BROKEN(V3) APPLICATION FIRST PERSON : SINGULAR :I SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN BREAKING PLURAL : WE SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN BREAKING SECOND PERSON : SINGULAR: YOU WILL NOT HAVE BEEN BREAKING PLURAL :YOU WILL NOT HAVE BEEN BREAKING THIRD PERSON : SINGULAR: HE/SHE/ /IT WILL NOT HAVE BEEN BREAKING PLURAL: THEY WILL NOT HAVE BEEN BREAKING