2. Present & past
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Future Simple
Future Continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous
Past Future Simple
Past Future Continuous
Past Future Perfect
Past Future Perfect
Continuous
Future & past future
3. To talk about Habitual Action (Habit), Timetable, General Truth
and Fact.
Forms:
+ S + base verb (-s/-es) + complement.
ex: We pass the national exams.
- S + do/does + not + base verb + complement.
ex: We don’t pass the national exams.
? Do/Does + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Do we pass the national exams?
-? Don’t/Doesn’t + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Don’t we pass the national exams?
4. OR
+ S + am/is/are + adjective + complement.
ex: She is lovely.
- S + am/is/are + not + adjective + complement.
ex: She is not lovely.
? Am/Is/Are + s adjective + complement?
ex: Is she lovely?
-? Isn’t/Aren’t + s + adjective + complement?
ex: Isn’t she lovely?
5. Something is Happening now, at this very moment.
Forms:
+ S + am/is/are + present participle + complement.
ex: I am daydreaming now.
- S + am/is/are + not + present participle + complement.
ex: I am not daydreaming now.
? Am/Is/Are + s + present participle + complement?
ex: Am I daydreaming now?
-? Isn’t/Aren’t + s + present participle + complement?
ex: Aren’t I daydreaming now?
6. To talk about experience.
Forms:
+ S + have/has + past participle + complement.
ex: They have gone there.
- S + have/has + not + past participle + complement.
ex: They haven’t gone there.
? Have/Has + s + past participle + complement?
ex: Have they gone there?
-? Haven’t/Hasn’t + s + past participle + complement?
ex: Haven’t they gone there?
7. Something started in the past and has been continuing up until
now.
Forms:
+ S + have/has + been + present participle + complement.
ex: He has been talking about it before.
- S + have/has + not + been + present participle + complement.
ex: He has not been talking about it before.
? Have/Has + s + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Has he been talking about it before?
-? Haven’t/Hasn’t + s + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Hasn’t he been talking about it before?
8. An action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
Forms:
+ S + past verb + complement.
ex: You destroyed my book.
- S + did + not + base verb + complement.
ex: You did not destroy my book.
? Did + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Did you destroy my book?
-? Didn’t + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Didn’t you destroy my book?
9. OR
+ S + was/were + adjective + complement.
ex: It was delicious!
- S + was/were + not + adjective + complement.
ex: It wasn’t delicious!
? Was/Were + s + adjective + complement?
ex: Was it delicious?
-? Wasn’t/Weren’t +s + adjective + complement?
ex: Wasn’t it delicious?
10. To indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted.
Forms:
+ S + was/were + present participle + complement.
ex: She was singing in the bathroom yesterday.
- S + was/were + not + present participle + complement.
ex: She wasn’t singing in the bathroom yesterday.
? Was/Were + s + present participle + complement?
ex: Was she singing in the bathroom yesterday?
-? Wasn’t/Weren’t + s + present participle + complement?
ex: Wasn’t she singing in the bathroom yesterday?
11. Completed action before something in the past.
Forms:
+ S + had + past participle + complement.
ex: We had done it very well.
- S + had + not + past participle + complement.
ex: We hadn’t done it very well.
? Had + s + past participle + complement?
ex: Had we done it very well.
-? Hadn’t + s + past participle + complement?
ex: Hadn’t we done it very well.
12. Something started in the past and had been continuing up until
another time in the past.
Forms:
+ S + had + been + present participle + complement.
ex: He had been locking the door.
- S + had + not + been + present participle + complement.
- ex: He hadn’t been locking the door.
? Had + s + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Had he been locking the door?
-? Hadn’t + s + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Hadn’t he been locking the door?
13. Express the idea of a general prediction about the future.
Forms:
+ S + will/shall + base verb + complement.
ex: They will do it.
- S + will/shall + not + base verb + complement.
ex: They will not do it.
? S + will/shall + base verb + complement?
ex: Will they do it?
-? Won’t + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Won’t they do it.
14. To indicate that a longer action it the future will be interrupted
by a shorter action in the future.
Forms:
+ S + will + be + present participle + complement.
ex: She will be going to United Kingdom.
- S + will + not + be + present participle + complement.
ex: She won’t be going to United Kingdom.
? Will + s + be + present participle + complement?
ex: Will she be going to United Kingdom?
-? Won’t + s + be + present participle + complement?
ex: Won’t she be going to United Kingdom?
15. Completed action before something in the future.
Forms:
+ S + will/shall + have + past participle + complement.
ex: I will have made it!
- S + will/shall + not + have + past participle + complement.
ex: I will not have made it!
? Will + s + have + past participle + complement?
ex: Will I have made it?
-? Won’t + s + have + past participle + complement?
ex: Won’t I have made it?
16. Something will have been continuing up until a particular event or
time in the future.
Forms:
+ S + will + have + been + present participle + complement.
ex: You will have been going there.
- S + will + not + have + been + present participle + complement.
ex: You will not have been going there.
? Will + s + have + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Will you have been going there?
-? Won’t + s + have + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Won’t you have been going there?
17. Forms:
+ S + would/should + base verb + complement.
ex: He would write that journal.
- S + would/should + not + base verb + complement.
ex: He wouldn’t write that journal.
? Would + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Would he write that journal?
-? Wouldn’t + s + base verb + complement?
ex: Wouldn’t he write that journal?
18. Forms:
+ S + would/should + be + present participle + complement.
ex: They would be jogging around there.
- S + would/should + not + be + present participle + complement.
ex: They wouldn’t be jogging around there.
? Would + s + be + present participle +complement?
ex: Would they be jogging around there?
-? Wouldn’t + s + be + present participle +complement?
ex: Wouldn’t they be jogging around there?
19. Forms:
+ S + would/should + have + past participle + complement.
ex: She would have read that book.
- S + would/should + not + have + past participle + complement.
ex: She wouldn’t have read that book.
? Would + s + have + past participle + complement?
ex: Would she have read that book?
-? Wouldn’t + s + have + past participle + complement?
ex: Wouldn’t she have read that book?
20. Forms:
+ S + would/should + have + been + present participle + complement.
ex: We would have been eating it.
- S + would/should + not + have + been + present participle +
complement.
ex: We wouldn’t have been eating it.
? Would + s + have + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Would we have been eating it?
-? Wouldn’t + s + have + been + present participle + complement?
ex: Would we have been eating it?