Table of English Tenses
Table of English Tenses
Table of English Tenses
am have have
Present
been + V-ing
V, V-s/-es is + V-ing V-ed/III has
has
are + They (He) have (has)
+ They (He) play been playing chess for
(plays) chess every + They (He) are (is) + They (He) have (has) three hours.
Saturday and Sunday. just finished a game of
playing chess now.
chess. They (He) haven’t
They (He) don’t They (He) aren’t (hasn’t) been playing
(doesn’t) play chess They (He) haven’t chess for two hours.
(isn’t) playing chess
on Monday. (hasn’t) finished a game
now.
of chess yet. ? Have (Has) they (he)
? Do (Does) they ? Are (Is) they (he) been playing a game of
(he) play chess on ? Have (Has) they (he) chess for five hours?
playing chess now?
Wednesday? Who finished a game of chess?
plays chess on
Wednesday?
was
V-ed, VII + V-ing had + V-ed/III had been + V-ing
were
+ They played chess + They (I) were (was) + They had played + They had been
last Wednesday. playing chess at 7 p.m. chess before we returned. playing chess for three
They hadn’t played hours before I came
Past
yesterday.
He didn’t play chess before we returned. home.
They (he) weren’t
chess (wasn’t) playing chess ? Had they played chess They had been playing
last Wednesday. at 7 p.m. yesterday. before she returned? chess for three hours
before I came home.
? Were (was) they (he)
? Did you play chess playing chess at 7 p.m.
? Had you been playing
last Wednesday? yesterday? chess for three hours
when I came?
shall shall shall
will/shall + V be + V-ing will
have + V-ed/III
will
have been + V-ing
will
+ They will have played
+ They will play + They will have been
chess next week. + They will be playing chess by the time mother
comes. playing for about three
chess at this time
Future
should should
+ He said he would + He told us he would + He thought they would + He said they would
be playing chess at this have played chess by the have been playing for
play chess next day.
time next day. time mother came. two hours by the time I
He said he He said they wouldn’t He said they wouldn’t came.