Type of verb Root verb Ends in Verb termination

Present Participle All -ing

Most of verbs -ed or -d
Consonant followed by a -y -ied.
Double the last consonant
One-syllable verb ends in consonant-vowel-consonant.
and added -ed.
Slit.
Slitted
Don’t double the last
If a one syllable verb ends in -w, -x, or -y, we.
consonant
Flex
Past Participle Flexed
Only double the last
constant if the verb ends in
Longer verbs. consonant-vowel-consonant
omit and the last syllable is
deposit stressed
omitted
deposited
 TENSE
Simple Present
Action or event that takes place,
or just happened in the given
context at the present moment
Present
Continuous Tense
Action that is ongoing or
occurring in that current
moment.
Present Perfect
Action that just happened in the
recent past and still has its
effect in the present or an
action that represents an
indefinite time in the past.
Present Perfect
Continuous
Action that started in the recent
past and is still continuing in the
present
Simple Past
action/event that took place in
the past
Past Continuous
action or event that was going
on in the past
Past Perfect
clearly states that one action
took place before another
action in the past
POSITIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
Subject + Verb* Subject + do not/does not + Verb* Don’t/Doesn’t + Subject +
Do/Does + Subject + Verb?
*(base/3rd person plural) *(base/3rd person plural) Verb?
Subject + am/is/are + Subject + am/is/are + not + present Am/is/are + subject + present Am/is/are + subject + not +
present participle + the participle* + the rest of the participle* + the rest of the present participle* + the rest of
rest of the sentence sentence sentence? the sentence?
Subject + have/has + past Have/has + subject + past Have/has + subject + not +past
Subject + have/has + not + past
participle + the rest of the participle + the rest of the participle + the rest of the
participle + the rest of the sentence
sentence sentence? sentence?
Subject + have/has + been Subject + have/has + not been + Have/has + subject + been + Have/has + subject + not been
+ present participle + the present participle + the rest of the present participle + the rest of + present participle + the rest
rest of the sentence sentence the sentence? of the sentence?
Subject + Verb in the past Subject + Didn’t + Verb in the base Did + Subject + Verb in the base Didn’t + Subject + Verb in the
form form form? base form?
Subject + was/were +
Subject + was/were + not + present
Was/were + subject + present Was/were + subject + not +
present participle + the participle + the rest of the present participle + the rest of
participle + the rest of the sentence
rest of the sentence sentence? the sentence?
Subject + had + past
Subject + had not + past participle + Had + subject + past participle +
Had + subject + not + past
participle + the rest of the participle + the rest of the
the rest of the sentence the rest of the sentence?
sentence sentence?
 TENSE
Past Perfect
Continuous
Action that started at some time
in the past and continued until a
specific time in the past
POSITIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
Subject + had been + Had + subject + been + present Had + subject + not been +
present participle + the
Subject + had not been + present
participle + the rest of the present participle + the rest of
participle + the rest of the sentence
rest of the sentence sentence? the sentence

Simple Future Subject + will + Base form Will + Subject + not + Base
Subject + Won’t + Base form of the Will + Subject + base form of the
Tense of the verb + the rest of
verb + the rest of the sentence verb + the rest of the sentence
form of the verb + the rest of
Action that takes place in the the sentence the sentence
future

Future
Subject + will be + Past Subject + Will not be/Won’t be + Will + Subject + Be + Past Will + Subject + not be + Past
Continuous Tense participle form of the verb Past participle form of the verb + participle form of the verb + the participle form of the verb +
Action that is happening at a
certain point of time in the
+ the rest of the sentence the rest of the sentence rest of the sentence the rest of the sentence
future

Future Perfect
Subject + will have + past Will + subject + have + past I’ll + subject + not have + past
Tense participle + the rest of the
Subject + will not have + past
participle + the rest of the participle + the rest of the
Action or event that will be over participle + the rest of the sentence
within a particular time in the
sentence sentence sentence
future

Future Perfect Subject + will have been +

Continuous
Action that will be continuing
until a certain point of time in
the future
Subject + will not have been + Will + subject + have been + Will + subject + not have been
present participle of the
present participle of the main verb present participle of the main + present participle of the main
main verb + the rest of the
+ the rest of the sentence verb + the rest of the sentence verb the rest of the sentence
sentence