1) The document describes the different tenses and aspects in English including the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms of: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, future with will/shall, future with be going to, conditional present, and conditional past.
2) For each tense/aspect, it provides the conjugation of the main verb (B.V.) or auxiliary verb (être/avoir) used in the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms.
3) Examples are given to illustrate the use of each tense/aspect.
1) The document describes the different tenses and aspects in English including the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms of: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, future with will/shall, future with be going to, conditional present, and conditional past.
2) For each tense/aspect, it provides the conjugation of the main verb (B.V.) or auxiliary verb (être/avoir) used in the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms.
3) Examples are given to illustrate the use of each tense/aspect.
1) The document describes the different tenses and aspects in English including the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms of: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, future with will/shall, future with be going to, conditional present, and conditional past.
2) For each tense/aspect, it provides the conjugation of the main verb (B.V.) or auxiliary verb (être/avoir) used in the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms.
3) Examples are given to illustrate the use of each tense/aspect.
TEMPS / ASPECT FORME AFFIRMATIVE FORME INTERROGATIVE FORME NEGATIVE
B.V. + S ou ES à la 3ème pers.
PRESENT SIMPLE DO ou DOES + SUJET + B.V. S + DON’T ou DOESN’T + B.V. du sing. He talks a lot. Does he talk a lot ? He doesn’t talk much. PRESENT CONTINUOUS BE + B.V. + ING BE + S + B.V. + ING S + BE + NOT + B.V. + ING He’s talking. Is he talking ? He isn’t talking. PAST SIMPLE B.V. + ED ou verbe irrégulier DID + S + B.V. S + DIDN’T + B.V. He talked to her when he saw Did he talk to her ? He didn’t talk. her. WAS ou WERE + S + B.V. + S + WAS / WEREN’T + B.V. + PAST CONTINUOUS BE au prétérit + B.V. + ING ING ING He was talking to her when I saw Was he talking to her when… ? He wasn’t talking. him. HAVE ou HAS + S + PART. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE HAVE ou HAS + PART. PASSE S + HAVE/HASN’T + P.P. PASSE I have talked to her Have you talked to her ? He hasn’t talked. PRESENT PERFECT HAVE ou HAS + BEEN + B.V. HAVE ou HAS + S + BEEN + S + HAVE/HASN’T + BEEN + CONTINUOUS + ING B.V. + ING B.V. + ING He’s been talking all day. What have you been doing ? He hasn't been working. PAST PERFECT SIMPLE HAD + PART. PASSE HAD + S + PART. PASSE S + HADN’T + P.P. He had talked to her when I saw Had he talked to her ? He hadn’t talked. her. PAST PERFECT S + HADN’T + BEEN + B.V. + HAD + BEEN + B.V. + ING HAD + S + BEEN + B.V. + ING CONTINUOUS ING He had been talking for 5 How long had he been talking He hadn’t been talking. minutes when… when…? FUTURE WILL/SHALL WILL ou SHALL + B.V. WILL ou SHALL +S + B.V. S + WON’T ou SHAN’T + B.V. I’ll talk to her. Shall I talk to her ? He won’t talk. S + BE + NOT + GOING TO + BE GOING TO BE GOING TO + B.V. BE + S + GOING TO + B.V. B.V. He’s going to talk to her. Are you going to talk to her ? He isn’t going to talk. CONDITIONAL ( PRESENT ) WOULD + B.V. WOULD + S + B.V. S + WOULDN’T + B.V. He would talk to her if he could. Would you talk to her if… ? He wouldn’t talk if… WOULD + HAVE + PART. WOULD + S + HAVE + PART. S + WOULDN’T + HAVE + CONDITIONAL ( PAST ) PASSE PASSE P.P. Would you have talked to her He would have talked to her if… He wouldn’t have talked if… if…?