Tenses in English Language Cheat Sheet
Tenses in English Language Cheat Sheet
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Present Simple Tense Past Simple Tense
Positive/AffirmativeNegative Question/Interrogative Positive/Affirmative Negative Question/Interrogative
Subject + Verb Subject + do/does Do/Does + Subject Subject + V2 Subject + did not Did + Subject + V1
(v1) + -s/es not + Verb (v1) + Verb (v1) + V1
He / She / It + He / She / It + does Does + He / She /
start-s not start It + start Past Continuous Tense
I / You / We / I / You / We / You / Do + I / You / We Positive/Affirmative Negative Question/Interrogative
You / They + They + do not start / You / They +start
Subject + Subject + was/were Was/Were +
start
was/were + V-ing not + V-ing Subject + V-ing
I/He/She/It + was I/He/She/It + was Was +
Present Continuous Tense + Ving not + V-ing I/He/She/It +
Positive/Affirmative Negative Question/Interrogative V-ing
Subject + be Subject + be be (am/is/are) + You/We/You/Th- You/We/You/They Were + You/We/-
(am/is/are) + V-ing (am/is/are) + not Subject + V-ing + ey + were + V-ing + were not + V-ing You/They + V-ing
+ Object + V-ing + Object Object
I + am + working + I + am + not + Am + I + working Past Perfect Tense
working
Positive/Affirmative Negative Question/Interrogative
He/She/It + is + He/She/It + is + Is + He/She/It +
Subject + had Subject + had + not Had + Subject +
working not + working working
+past participle + past participle (V3) past participle (V3)
You/We/You/They You/We/You/They Are+ (V3)
+ are + working + are + not + You/We/You/They
working + working
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Positive/Affirmative Negative Question/Interrogative
Present Perfect Tense
Subject + had Subject + had not Had + Subject +
Positive/Affirmative Negative Question/Interrogative
been + V-ing been + V-ing been + V-ing
Subject + have/has Subject + have/has Have/Has +
+ past participle + not + past subject + past
(V3) participle (V3) participle (V3)
Future Simple Tense Will/Shall or be going to
He/She/It + has + He/She/It + has Has + He/She/It +
Positive/Affirmative Negative Question/Interrogative
watched not + watched watched
Subject + Subject + will/shall Will + Subject +
I/You/We/You/Th- I/You/We/You/T- Have + I/You/We-
will/shall + V1 + not + V1 V1
ey + have + hey + have not + /You/They +
watched watched watched Subject + be Subject + be not be + Subject +
going to + V1 going to + V1 going to + V1