ENGLISH TENSES (BAC) Teacher: Mr Mourid

FORM
TENSE AUX TIME EXPRESSIONS
[+] [-] [?]
do I/You/We/They sleep/watch/play/study I/You/We/They don’t sleep/watch… Do I/you/we/they sleep? always / usually / often / rarely /
PRESENT He/She/It sleeps/watches/plays/studies He/She/It doesn’t sleep/watch… Does he/she/it sleep? sometimes / never / every day…
does
SIMPLE

I/You/He/She/It/We/They visited (regular)

PAST did I/You/He/She… didn’t visit/go Did I/you/he/she… visit/go? yesterday / last… / in 1990 / …ago
I/You/He/She/It/We/They went (irregular)

FUTURE will I/You/He/She/It/We/They will go I/You/He/She… won’t go Will I/you/he/she… go? tomorrow / next week

am I am going / getting (get) / making (make) I amnot going am I going?

now / at the moment
PRESENT is You/We/They are going You/We/They aren’t going are you/we/they going?
these days / at present
are He/She/It is going He/She/It isn’t going Is he/she/it is going?
CONTINUOUS

at 7.00 yesterday/last week

when + Past Simple + Past Cont.
was I/He/She/It was going I/ He/She/It wasn’t going Was I/ he/she/it going?
PAST while + Past Cont. + Past Simple
were You/We/They were going You/We/They weren’t going Were you/we/they going? while + Past Cont. + Past Cont.
all day / all morning / all evening…

FUTURE will be I/You/He/She/It/We/They will be going I/You/He/She… won’t be going Will I/you/he/she… be going? At 7.00 tomorrow/next week

already / (not) yet / just / ever / never

have I/You/We/They have visited/gone I/You/We/They haven’t visited/gone Have I/you/we/they visited/gone? since / for (Action & State verbs)
PERFECTSIMPLE

PRESENT so far / until now / up to now

has He/She/It has visited/gone He/She/It hasn’t visited/gone Has he/she/it visited/gone?
recently = lately

(Past Perfect) -- before -- (Past Simple)

PAST had I/You/He/She/It/We/They had visited/gone I/You/He/She… hadn’t visited/gone Had I/you/he/she… visited/gone?
(Past Simple) -- after -- (Past Perfect)

I/You/He/She/It/We/They will have Will I/you/he/she… have

FUTURE will have I/You/He/She… won’t have visited/gone by tomorrow / by 2020
visited/gone visited/gone?

have been I/You/We/They have been going I/You/We/They haven’t been going have I/you/we/they been going?
PERFECT

PRESENT since / for (Action verbs)

CONT.

has been He/She/It has been going He/She/It hasn’t been going has he/she/it been going?

PAST had been I/You/He/She/It/We/They had been going I/You/He/She… hadn’t been going Had I/you/he/she… been going? before / after (Action verbs)