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Table of English Tenses

The Present Simple Tense
Examples Examples
Key words Form Examples (?)
(+) (-)
every day
sometimes I do not
I work. Do I work?
always work.
Infinitive She Does she
often She does
+he/she/ works. work?
usually not work.
it+-s (es) They go. Do they go?
seldom (don’t,
He goes. Does he go?
first…then doesn’t)
regularly
Вживання:
 Постійна дія
 Повторювана дія
 Послідовна дія
 Загальні речі, факти
 Після дієслів – to hate, to love, to think etc.
 Майбутня дія – розклади руху, програми.
The Past Indefinite (Simple) Tense

Examples Examples Examples

Key words Form
(+) (-) (?)
regular verb:
Infinitive I did not
yesterday
+ -ed work. Did I
the day I worked.
irregular She did work?
before She
verb:2nd not work. Did she
last week worked.
column of He did work?
a year ago He went.
table of not go. Did he go?
in 1995
irregular (didn’t)
verbs
Вживання:
 Дія, що відбувалась чи відбулась у минулому і не пов’язана з
теперішнім.
 The Future Simple Tense

Key Form Example Example Examples

words s (+) s (-) (?)
I shall
not
tomorrow work. Shall I
I’ll work.
next week shall, will+ She will work?
She’ll
in a year Infinitive not Will she
work.
soon work. work?
(shan’t,
won’t)

Допоміжні дієслова: shall, will.

Вживання:
 Майбутня дія.
 Передбачення, що щось відбудеться.
The Present Continuous/Progressive Tense

Key Form Examples (+) Examples Examples (?)

words (-)
to be I am not
Now
(am, is, I am working. Am I
at the
are) + working. She is not working?
moment
Infiniti She working. Is she
Look!
ve+ is working. (I’m not, working?
Listen!
ing isn’t, aren’t)

Допоміжне дієслово: to be (am, is, are).

Вживання:
 Дія відбувається в момент мовлення.
 Процес, привалість.
 The Past Continuous/Progressive Tense

Key Form Examples Examples (-) Examples (?)

words (+)
all day
long
I was not
all the
I was working. Was I
time
was/ working. She was not working?
the
were+ She was working. Was she
whole
Infiniti working. They were working?
mornin
ve+ing They were not going. Were they
g
going. (wasn’t, going?
from 2
weren’t)
to 5
while
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (was, were)
Вживання:
 Дія відбувалась (тривала) в певний момент чи період часу в
минулому.
The Future Continuous/Progressive Tense

Key words Form Example Example Examples (?)

s (+) s (-)
all day I shall I shall
long be not be
the whole shall/will workin workin Shall I be
morning +be + g. g. working?
from 2 Infinitive+ She will She will Will she be
to5 ing. be not be working?
tomorrow workin workin
in a year g. g.
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (shall be, will be).
Вживання:
 Дія відбуватиметься в момент чи період часу у майбутньому.
NB: Дієслова, що виражають відчуття та сприйняття, не вживаються в часах групи
Continuous: to see, to hear, to believe, to know, to recognize, to understand, to fear, to
love, to like, to hate, to prefer, to deserve, to contain, to seem, to resemble, to belong,
to feel.
 The Present Perfect Tense
Key Form Examples Examples (-) Examples (?)
words (+)
Just have/has
yet + regular
never verb: I have not
ever Infinitive + I have Have I
worked.
already -ed worked. worked?
She has not
so far irregular She has Has she
worked.
up to verb: worked. worked?
He has not
now He has Has he
3rd column gone.
since gone. gone?
of table of (hasn’t)
recently
today irregular
this week verbs)

Допоміжне дієслово: to have

Вживання:
 Дія відбулась до моменту мовлення і важливий результат
цієї дії.
The Past Perfect Tense

Key words Form Examples (+) Examples (-) Examples (?)

had
+regular
Never verb:
I had not
already Infinitive+-
I had worked. worked. Had I worked?
by 2 o’clock ed
She had She had not Had she
by irregular
worked. worked. worked?
September verb:3rd
He had gone. He had not Had he gone?
after… column of
gone.(hadn’t)
before… table of
irregular
verbs)

Допоміжне дієслово: to have (had)

Вживання:
 Дія, що закінчилася до певного моменту в минулому.
 The Future Perfect Tense
Tense Key Form Examples Example Examples
words (+) s (-) (?)
shall/will
+ have I shall
+regular not have
verb: I shall have Shall Ihave
worked.
by 2 Infinitive worked. worked?
She will
o’cloc +-ed She will Will she
Future not have
k irregular have have
Perfect worked.
tomor verb: worked. worked?
He will
row. He will Will he
3rd not
have gone. have gone?
column of have gon
irregular e.
verbs)
Допоміжне дієслово: to have (shall have, will have)
Вживання:
 Дія, що закінчиться до певного моменту або до початку іншої
дії в майбутньому.


The Present Perfect Continuous

Tense Key words Form Examples Examples Examples
(+) (-) (?)
for two
hours I have I have
for one been not been Have I been
Present month working. working. working?
have/has
Perfect for a long She has She has Has she
+ been+
Continuous/ time been not been been
Infinitive
Progressive since 5 working. working. working?
+ ing
o’clock He has He has Has he been
the whole been not been going?
day going. going.
how long
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (have been, has been)
Вживання:
 Дія, що тривала протягом певного часу до моменту
мовлення.



 The Past Perfect Continuous
Tense Key Form Examples (+) Examples Examples
words (-) (?)
for two
hours
for one
I had not
month Had I been
been
for a I had been working?
Past working.
long working. Had she
Perfect had + been She had
time She had been been
Continuous + Infinitive not been
since 5 working. working?
/ +ing working.
o’clock He had been Had he
Progressive He had
the going. been
not been
whole going?
going.
day
how
long
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (had been)
Вживання:
 Тривала дія, яка почалась до якогось моменту в минулому і
продовжувалась в цей момент або закінчилась безпосередньо перед
ним.

The Future Perfect Continuous

Tense Key Form Examples (+) Exampl Examples

words es (-) (?)
I shall
not
for 5 have bee
I shall have Shall Ihave
years nworkin
beenworking beenworkin
for a long shall/ g.
Future . g?
time will+ hav She will
Perfect She will have Will shehav
since 5 e +been+I not have
Continuous/ beenworking e beenworki
o’clock nfinitive+ beenwor
Progressive . ng?
the whole ing king.
He will have Will hehave
day He will
beengoing. beengoing?
how long not have
beengoi
ng.
В розмовній мові цей час вживається дуже рідко.
Допоміжне дієслово: to be (shall have been, will have been)
Вживання:
 Дія, яка почалась раніше певного моменту в майбутньому і триває до
зазначеного моменту.