ENGLISH TENSES

PRESENT PAST FUTURE FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST

(+) S + V/V+s (es) (+) S + V2/V+ed (+) S + will + V (+) S + would + V

SIMPLE

(-) S + don’t/doesn’t + V (-) S + didn’t + V (-) S + won’t + V (-) S + wouldn’t + V

(?) (Q) do/does + s + V..? (?) (Q) did + s + V…? (?) (Q) will + s + V? (?) (Q) would + s + V?

(+) S + am/is/are + Ving (+) S + was/were + Ving (+) S + will be + Ving (+) S + would be + Ving
CONTINUO

(-) S + ‘m not/isn’t/aren’t + (-) S + wasn’t/weren’t + Ving (-) S + won’t be + Ving (-) S + ‘wouldn’t be + Ving
US

Ving
(?) (Q) was/were + s + Ving? (?) (Q) will + s + be Ving? (?) (Q) would + s + be
(?) (Q) am/is/are + s + Ving? Ving?

(+) S + have/has + V3/V+ed (+) S + had + V3/V+ed (+) S + will have + V3/V+ed (+) S + would have +
V3/V+ed
PERFECT

(-) S + haven’t/hasn’t + (-) S + hadn’t + V3/V+ed (-) S + won’t have +

V3/V+ed V3/V+ed (-) S + wouldn’t have +
(?) (Q) had + s + V3/V+ed..? V3/V+ed
(?) (Q) have/has + s + (?) (Q) will + s + have
V3/V+ed..? V3/V+ed..? (?) (Q) would + s + have
V3/V+ed..?

(+) S + have/has been + Ving (+) S + had been + Ving (+) S +will have been + Ving (+) S would have been +
CONTINUOUS

Ving
PERFECT

(-) S + haven’t/hasn’t been + (-) S + hadn’t been + Ving (-) S + won’t have been +
Ving Ving (-) S + wouldn’t have been
(?) (Q) had + s + been + + Ving
(?) (Q) have/has + s + been + Ving? (?) (Q) will + s + have been
Ving? + Ving? (?) (Q) would + s + have
been + Ving?
 ENGLISH TENSES

PRESENT PAST FUTURE FUTURE-IN-THE-PAST

I (you, we, they) work and I (you, we, they) worked and I think I (you, we, they) will I said I (you, we, they)
SIMPLE

live in Aktau. lived in Almaty last year. work and live in Aktau next would work and live in
year. Aktau.
He (she, it) lives and studies He (she, it) lived and studied I don’t think he (she, it) will
in Astana. in Moscow 2 years ago. live and study in Astana this I said he (she, it) would
year. live and study in Astana.

I am leaving for London I (he, she, it) was reading a I (you, we, they) will be I said I (you, we, they)
CONTINUO

tomorrow. book at 7 p.m. yesterday. working and living in Aktau would be working and living
You (we, they) are working during next two years. in Aktau next year.
US

and living in Aktau at the You (we, they) were working

moment. all day long last Friday. He (she, it) will be living and I said he (she, it) would be
He (she, it) is living and studying in Astana till 2012. living and studying in Astana
studying in Astana next year. from 2011 till 2015.

I (you, we, they) have worked I (you, we, they) had worked I (you, we, they) will have I said I (you, we, they)
and taught English in Aktau. and taught English in Aktau finished school by 2012. would have finished school
PERFECT

before I moved to Almaty. by 2012.

He (she, it) has visited a lot He (she, it) will have built
of countries. He (she, it) had done the house by the time he I said he (she, it) would
everything when the boss gets married. have built the house by the
Have you ever been to ….? came. time he got married.

I (you, we, they) have been I (you, we, they) had been Next year I (you, we, they) I said I (you, we, they)
CONTINUOUS

working and teaching English working in Aktau for a year will have been teaching would have been teaching
PERFECT

in Aktau for 3 years. before I moved to Almaty. English for 6 years. English for 6 years next
year.
He (she, it) has been learning He (she, it) had been doing He (she, it) will have been
English since 2008. karate for a long time when building the house for 10 I said he (she, it) would
he decided to stop it. years in 2011. have been building the
house for 10 years in
2011.