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Tenses

This document provides information about English verb tenses and their forms. It is organized into sections on the present, past, and future tenses. For each tense, it lists the positive, negative, and question forms using basic verbs like "to be" and auxiliary verbs like "have" followed by the main verb in its appropriate form.

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Tenses

This document provides information about English verb tenses and their forms. It is organized into sections on the present, past, and future tenses. For each tense, it lists the positive, negative, and question forms using basic verbs like "to be" and auxiliary verbs like "have" followed by the main verb in its appropriate form.

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PRESENT TENSES

TENSE

FORM
Positive

Negative

Question

Present Continuous

To be + verb+-ing

Not to be + verb+-ing

To be + subject +
verb+-ing .?

Present Perfect Simple

Has/Have + past
participle

Has/Have not
(Hasnt/Havent)
+ past participle

Has/Have + subject
+ past participle .?

Present Perfect Continuous

Has/Have been +
verb+-ing

Has/Have not
(Hasnt/Werent) been +
verb+-ing

Had + subject
+ past participle .?

Present Simple

PAST TENSES

TENSE

FORM
Positive

Negative

Question

Past Simple

Verb + - ed or d

Did not (didnt)


+ infinitive verb

Did + subject +
infinitive verb .?

Used to

Used to +
infinitive verb

Didnt use to +
infinitive verb

Did + subject + use to +


infinitive verb .?

Past Continuous

Was/Were + verb+-ing

Was/Were not (wasnt


or werent) + verb+-ing

Was/Were + subject +
verb+-ing .?

Past Perfect Simple

Had + past participle

Had not (Hadnt) +


past participle

Had + subject +
past participle .?

Past Perfect Continuous

Had been +
verb+-ing

Had been not


(Hadnt been) +
verb+-ing

Had + subject +
been + verb+-ing .?

FUTURE TENSES
TENSE

FORM
Positive

Negative

Question

Will

Will + infinitive verb

Will not (Wont) +


infinitive verb

Will + subject +
infinitive verb .?

Be going to

Be going to +
infinitive verb

Not be going to +
infinitive verb

Be + subject + going to
+ infinitive verb .?

Present Continuous

To be + verb+-ing

Not to be + verb+-ing

To be + subject +
verb+-ing .?

Future Continuous

Will be + verb+-ing

Will not (Wont) be +


verb+-ing

Will + subject +
be + verb+-ing .?

Future Perfect

Will have +
past participle

Will not (Wont) have +


past participle

Will + subject + have +


past participle .?

Present Simple

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