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Tenses in English Language Cheat Sheet

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Past Simple Tense Future Perfect Tense

Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​ogative Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐


Subject + V2 Subject + did not + V1 Did + Subject + V1 ogative
Subject + will have Subject + will not Will + subject + have
Past Perfect Tense + past participle have + past participle + past participle (V3)
(V3) (V3)
Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐
ogative
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Subject + had Subject + had + not + Had + Subject +
+past participle past participle (V3) past participle (V3) Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐
(V3) ogative
Subject + will have Subject + will not Will + Subject + have
Present Simple Tense been + V-ing have been + V-ing been +V-ing

Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​‐ Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​ogative


Past Continuous Tense
ative
Subject + Verb Subject + do/does not Do/Does + Subject + Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐
(v1) + -s/es + Verb (v1) Verb (v1) ogative

He / She / It + He / She / It + does Does + He / She / It + Subject + was/were Subject + was/were Was/Were + Subject
start-s not start start + V-ing not + V-ing + V-ing

I / You / We / You I / You / We / You / Do + I / You / We / I/He/S​he/It + was + I/He/S​he/It + was not Was + I/He/S​he/It +
/ They + start They + do not start You / They +start Ving + V-ing V-ing
You/We​/Yo​u/They You/We​/Yo​u/They + Were + You/We​/Yo​‐
Present Perfect Tense + were + V-ing were not + V-ing u/They + V-ing

Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐


Past Perfect Continuous Tense
ogative
Subject + have/has Subject + have/has + Have/Has + subject Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐
+ past participle not + past participle + past participle ogative
(V3) (V3) (V3) Subject + had been Subject + had not Had + Subject +
He/She/It + has + He/She/It + has not + Has + He/She/It + + V-ing been + V-ing been + V-ing
watched watched watched
Present Continuous Tense
I/You/​We/​‐ I/You/​We/​You​/They + Have + I/You/​We/​‐
You​/They + have + have not + watched You​/They + Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐
watched watched ogative
Subject + be Subject + be be (am/is​/are) +
Future Simple Tense Will​/Shall or be going to (am/is​/are) + V-ing (am/is​/are) + not + V- Subject + V-ing +
Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐ + Object ing + Object Object
ogative I + am + working + I + am + not + working Am + I + working
Subject + will/shall Subject + will/shall + Will + Subject + V1 He/She/It + is + He/She/It + is + not + Is + He/She/It +
+ V1 not + V1 working working working
Subject + be going Subject + be not going be + Subject + going You/We​/Yo​u/They You/We​/Yo​u/They + Are+ You/We​/Yo​‐
to + V1 to + V1 to + V1 + are + working are + not + working u/They + working

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Tenses in English Language Cheat Sheet
by allthetimestudy via cheatography.com/140362/cs/29768/

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​ative Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐


ogative
Subject + have/has Subject + have/has Have/Has + Subject
been + V-ing not been + V-ing + been + V-ing
He/She/It + has He/She/It + has not Has + He/She/ It +
been + playing been + playing been + playing
I/You/​We/​‐ I/You/​We/​You​/They + Have + I/You/​We/​‐
You​/They + have have not been + You​/They + been +
been + playing playing playing

Future Continuous Tense

Positi​ve/​Aff​irm​‐ Negative Questi​on/​Int​err​‐


ative ogative
Subject + will be + Subject + will not + be Will + Subject + be +
V-ing + V-ing V-ing

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