Tense chart
In this article I am going to discuss in detail about different tenses with the help of tense charts
Tense chart with helping verb and verb form
TENSE | Helping verb | Verb form |
Present simple tense | Do does | First form |
Present continuous | Is,iam,are | ing form |
Present perfect | Has ,have | Third form |
Present perfect continuous | Has been , have been | ing form |
Past simple tense | Did | 2nd or 3rd form |
Past continuous | Was were | ing form |
Past perfect | had | 3rd form |
Past perfect continuous | Had been | Ing form |
Future simple | Will,shall | 1st form |
Future continuous | Will be ,shall be | Ing form |
Future perfect | Will have shall have | 3rd form |
Future perfect continuous | Will have been/shall have been | ing form |
Tense chart with simple form ,negative form and interrogative form
Tense | Simple form | Negative form | Interrogative form |
Present simple tense | Subject + verb 1st form+object | Sub+do/does+obj | Do/does+sub+v1+obj? |
Present continuous | Sub+am/is/are+Ving | S+am/is/are+not+ing+obj | Am/is/are/ing+obj |
Present perfect | Subject+have/has+v3+object | S+have/has+not+V3+OBJ | Have/has+s+v3+obj |
Present perfect continuous | S+has been+have been+V ing + obj | S+has/have+not been+ V ing+obj | Has/have+S+been+V ing+OBJ |
Past simple tense | S+v2+obj | S+did+not+V ing +OBJ | Did+s+Ving+obj |
Past continuous | S+was/were+Ving+obj | S+was/were+not+Ving+obj | Was/were+S+Ving+obj |
Past perfect | S+had+V3+obj | S+had not+v3+obj | Had+S+V3+OBJ |
Past perfect continuous | S+had/have been+ V ing+OBJ | S+had/have not been+ V ing +obj | Had+S+been+V ing +obj |
Future simple | S+will/shall+v1+obj | S+will/shall+not+v1+obj | Will/shall+s+v1+obj |
Future continuous | S+will be/shall be+Ving+obj | S+will/shall+not+be+V ing | Will/shall+s+be+V ing+obj |
Future perfect | S+will/shall+have+ v3+obj | S+will/shall+not+have+v3+obj | Will/shall+subj+have+v3+OBJ |
Future perfect continuous | S+will/shall+have been+V ing+obj | S+will/shall+ not have been+v ing | Will/shall+S+have/been+V ing+ obj |
Examples
Simple present tense present continuous tense
I speak I am speaking
You speak you are speaking
He speaks he is speaking
We speak we are speaking
They speak they are speaking
Present perfect tense present perfect continuous tense
I have spoken I have been speaking
You have spoken you have been speaking
He has spoken he has been speaking
We have spoken we have been speaking
They have spoken they have been speaking
Simple past tense past continuous tense
I spoke I Was speaking
You spoke you were speaking
He spoke he was speaking
We spoke we were speaking
They spoke they were speaking
Past perfect tense past perfect continuous
i had spoken I had been speaking
you had spoken you had been speaking
he had spoken he had been speaking
we had spoken we had been speaking
they had spoken they had been speaking
simple future tense future continuous tense
i shall/will speak I shall/will be speaking
you will speak you will be speaking
he will speak he will be speaking
we shall /will speak we shall/will be speaking
they will speak they will be speaking
future perfect tense future perfect continuous tense
I shall/will have spoken I shall/will have been speaking
You will have spoken you will have been speaking
He will have spoken he will have been speaking
We shall/will have spoken he shall/will have been speaking
They will have spoken they will have been speaking
Tense chart explaining examples of affirmative negative and interrogative sentences
TENSE | Affirmative | Negative | interrogative |
Present simple tense | I go to school | I do not go school | Do I go to school? |
Present continuous | Iam going to school | Iam not going to school | Am I going to school |
Present perfect | The patient has died | The patient has not died | Has the patient died |
Present perfect continuous | They have been catching fish | They have not been catching the fish | Have they been catching the fish |
Past simple tense | Sobia plucked a flower | Sobia did not plucked the flower | Did sobia plucked the flower |
Past continuous | He was telling a lie | He was not telling a lie | Was he telling a lie |
Past perfect | Arif had told a lie | Arif had not told a lie | Had arif told a lie |
Past perfect continuous | He had been playing since morning | He had not been playing since morning | Had he been playing since morning |
Future simple | Sobia will pluck flowers | Sobia will not pluck flowers | Will sobia pluck the flowers |
Future continuous | He will be solving his sums | He will not be solving his sums | Will he be solving his sums |
Future perfect | He will have been taken his breakfast | He will not have taken his breakfast | Will he have taken his breakfast |
Future perfect continuous | He will have been playing since afternoon | He will not have been playing since afternoon | Will he have been playing since morni |
Tense chart explaining passive voice formula
Tense | Passive voice formula |
Present simple tense | Subject +is/am/are+3rd from of verb+by+agent |
Present continuous tense | Subject +is/am/are+being+3RD form of verb +by+agent |
Present perfect tense | Subject +has/have+been+3rd form of verb +by +agent |
Past simple tense | Subject+was/were+3rd form of verb+by+agent |
Past continuous tense | Subject+was/were+being+3rd form of verb+by+agent |
Note in passive voice subject will take place of object and object becomes subject
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