Tenses in the English Language

Adverbs Tense Forms

NOW, AT THE PRESENT The affirmative form:
MOMENT, RIGHT NOW, CONTINUOUS SUBJECT + TO BE
THESE DAYS, (PRESENT: AM, IS ARE)
CURRENTLY + VERB + ING

The interrogative form:

TO BE + SUBJECT +
VERB + ING

The negative form:

SUBJECT + TO BE +
NOT + VERB + ING
ALWAYS, NEVER, PRESENT SIMPLE The affirmative form:
OCCASIONALLY, SUBJECT + VERB
OFTEN, SOMETIMES, If the subject of the verb is
USUALLY, EVERY HE, SHE or IT, or any
WEEK, ON MONDAYS, other subject that can be
TWICE A MONTH, replaced by these pronoun
TWICE A YEAR, ONCE forms, then the verb
A WEEK receives S or ES.

The interrogative form:

DO/ DOES (he, she, it) +
SUBJECT + VERB
(without S or ES)?

The negative form:

SUBJECT + DO/ DOES +
NOT + VERB.

LATELY, RECENTLY, PRESENT PERFECT Forma afirmativă:

EVER, NEVER, SIMPLE SUBIECT + HAVE (I,
ALWAYS, YOU, WE, THEY)/ HAS
OCCASIONALLY, (HE, SHE, IT) +
OFTEN, SEVERAL VERB LA FORMA A
TIMES, ALL DAY, ALL TREIA (VERBE
NIGHT, ALL WEEK, ALL NEREGULATE)/ VERB +
THE TIME, SO FAR, ALL ED (VERBE REGULATE)
MY LIFE, JUST,
ALREADY, YET Forma interogativă:
HAVE/ HAS + SUBIECT
+ VERB LA FORMA A
TREIA (VERBE
NEREGULATE)/ VERB +
ED (VERBE REGULATE)
Forma negativă:
 SUBJECT + HAS/ HAVE
+ NOT + VERB LA
FORMA A TREIA
(VERBE
NEREGULATE)/ VERB +
ED (VERBE REGULATE)

SINCE, FOR PRESENT PERFECT Forma afirmativă:

CONTINUOUS SUBIECT + HAS/ HAVE
+ BEEN + VERB + ING

Forma interogativă: HAS/

HAVE + SUBJECT +
BEEN + VERB + ING?

Forma negativă:
SUBJECT + HAS/ HAVE
+ NOT + BEEN + VERB +
ING.
LAST WEEK/ MONTH/ PAST SIMPLE Forma afirmativă:
YEAR/SUMMER, A SUBIECT + VERB + ED
WEEK/ (VERBE REGULATE)
SUMMER/MONTH/YEA
R AGO, YESTERDAY, IN SUBIECT + VERB LA
1978 FORMA A DOUA
(VERBE NEREGULATE)

Forma interogativă: DID +

SUBIECT + VERB (LA
FORMA I)

Forma negativă:
SUBIECT + DIDN’T +
VERB (LA FORMA I)
AT THIS TIME PAST CONTINUOUS Forma afirmativă:
YESTERDAY/ LAST SUBIECT + WAS (I, HE,
MODAY/ LAST WEEK, SHE, IT)/WERE (YOU,
AT SIX/ SEVEN WE, THEY) + VERB +
O’CLOCK YESTERDAY, ING
WHEN SHE CAME,
BETWEEN EIGHT AND Forma interogativă: WAS/
NINE YESTERDAY WERE + SUBIECT +
VERB + ING?

Forma negativă:
SUBIECT + WAS/ WERE
+ NOT + VERB + ING.
BY THE TIME, BEFORE, PAST PERFECT Forma afirmativă:
UNTIL, TILL SUBIECT + HAD + VERB
LA FORMA A TREIA.
 Forma interogativă: HAD
+ SUBIECT + VERB LA
FORMA A TREIA?

Forma negativă SUBIECT

+ HADN’T + VERB LA
FORMA A TREIA
BY THE TIME, BEFORE, PAST PERFECT Forma afirmativă:
UNTIL, TILL + SINCE/ CONTINUOUS SUBIECT + HAD + BEEN
FOR + VERB + ING

Forma interogativă: HAD

+ SUBIECT + BEEN +
VERB + ING?

Forma negativă:
SUBIECT + HADN’T +
BEEN + VERB + ING.
TOMORROW, NEXT FUTURE SIMPLE The affirmative form:
WEEK, NEXT YEAR, IN SUBJECT + SHALL (WE,
TWO DAYS I)/ WILL + VERB IN THE
FIRST FORM

The interrogative form:

WILL/ SHALL +
SUBJECT + VERB IN
THE FIRST FORM

The negative form:

SUBJECT +
SHAN’T/WON’T + VERB
IN THE FIRST FORM
THIS TIME FUTURE CONTINUOUS The affirmative form:
TOMORROW, THIS SUBJECT + WILL + BE +
TIME NEXTWEEK/ VERB + ING
MONTH/ YEAR, AT
SEVEN OʹCLOCK The interrogative form:
TOMORROW, FROM WILL + SUBJECT + BE +
SIX TO SEVEN VERB + ING?
TOMORROW
The negative form:
SUBJECT + WON’T + BE
+ VERB + ING
BY NEXT YEAR, BY FUTURE PERFECT The affirmative form:
NEXT WEEK, BY 2080 SUBJECT + WILL +
HAVE + VERB IN THE
THIRD FORM

The interrogative form:

 WILL + SUBJECT +
HAVE + VERB IN THE
THIRD FORM

The negative form:

SUBJECT + WILL +
HAVE + VERB IN THE
THIRD FORM
BY NEXT YEAR, BY FUTURE PERFECT The affirmative form:
NEXT WEEK, BY 2080 + CONTINUOUS SUBJECT + WILL +
FOR HAVE + BEEN + VERB+
ING

The interrogative form:

WILL+ SUBJECT +
HAVE + BEEN + VERB +
ING

The negative form:

SUBJECT + WILL + NOT
+ HAVE + BEEN + VERB
+ ING
TOMORROW, NEXT GOING TO The affirmative form:
WEEK, NEXT YEAR, IN SUBJECT + AM/ IS/ ARE
TWO DAYS + GOING TO + VERB IN
THE FIRST FORM

The interrogative form:

AM/ IS/ ARE + SUBJECT
+ GOING TO + VERB IN
THE FIRST FORM

The negative form:

SUBJECT + AM/ IS/ ARE
+ GOING TO + VERB IN
THE FIRST FORM