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ยท      Tenses structure

                 a.Simple Tenses

                 b.Perfect Tenses

 

 

 

Simple Tenses

 

Present Simple (do/does)

Present Continuous (be+ -ing)

Affirmative

Negative

Afirmative

Negative

I study

I don’t study

I am studying

I’m not studying

You study

You don’t study

You are studying

You aren’t studying

He studies

He doesn’t study, etc.

He is studying

He isn’t studying

She studies

 

She is studying

 

It studies

Interrogative

It is studying

Interrogative

We study

Do I study?

We are studying

Am I studying?

You study

Do you study?

You are studying

Are you studying?

They study

Does he study? etc.

They are studying

Is he studying?

 

 

Past Simple (did)

Past Continuous (was/were + -ing)

Affirmative

Negative

Afirmative

Negative

I studied

I didn’t study

I was studying

I wasn’t studying

You studied

You didn’t study

You were studying

You weren’t studying

He studied

He didn’t study,  etc.

He was studying

He wasn’t studying

She studied

 

She was studying

etc

It studied

Interrogative

It was studying

Interrogative

We studied

Did you study?

We were studying

Were you studying?

You studied

Did she study?

You were studying

Was he studying?

They studied

Did we study?  etc.

They were studying

Were we studying?

 

Future Simple (will)

Future Continuous (will be + -ing)

Affirmative

Negative

Afirmative

Negative

I will study

I won’t study

I will be studying

I won’t be studying

You will study

You won’t study

You will be studying

You won’t be studying

He will study

He won’t study ,    etc.

He will be studying

He won’t be studying

She will study

 

She will be studying

etc.

It will study

Interrogative

It will be studying

Interrogative

We will study

Will you study?

We will be studying

Will I be studying?

You will study

Will he study?

You will be studying

Will you be studying?

They will study

Will we study?

They will be studying

Will we be studying?

 

Perfect Tenses

 

Present Perfect (have+ participle)

Affirmative

Negative

I have studied

I haven’t studied

You have studied

You haven’t studied

He has studied

He hasn’t studied,     etc.

She has studied

 

It has studied

Interrogative

We have studied

Have you studied?

You have studied

Has she studied?

They have studied

Have they studied?

 

Present Perfect Continuous (have been + -ing)

Affirmative

Negative

I have been studying

I haven’t been studying

You have been studying

You haven’t been studying

He has been studying

He hasn’t been studying

She has been studying

 

It has been studying

Interrogative

We have been studying

Have you been studying?

You have been studying

Has he been studying?

They have been studying

Have we been studying?

 

Past Perfect (had + participle)

Affirmative

Negative

I had studied

I hadn’t studied

You had studied

You hadn’t studied

He had studied

She hadn’t studied

She had studied

etc.

It had studied

Interrogative

We had studied

Had you studied?

you had studied

Had she studied?

they had studied

Had they studied?

 

Past Perfect Continuous (had been + -ing)

Affirmative

Negative

I had been studying

I hadn’t been studying

You had been studying

You hadn’t been studying

He had been studying

He hadn’t been studying

She had been studying

etc.

It had been studying

Interrogative

We had been studying

Had you been studying?

You had been studying

Had she been studying?

They had been studying

Had we been studying?

 

Future Perfect (will have + participle)

Affirmative

Negative

I will have studied

I won’t have studied

You will have studied

You won’t have studied

He will have studied

He won’t have studied

She will have studied

etc.

It will have studied

Interrogative

We will have studied

will you have studied?

You will have studied

will he have studied?

They will have studied

will they have studied?

 

Future Perfect Continuous (will have been + -ing)

Affirmative

Negative

I will have been studying

I won’t have been studying

You will have been studying

You won’t have been studying

He will have been studying

He won’t have been studying

She will have been studying

etc.

It will have been studying

Interrogative

We will have been studying

will you have been studying?

You will have been studying

will he have been studying?

They will have been studying

will they have been studying?