Hello guys !! How are you ?
Gladly we held our first english
discussion at March 11th 2016 that led by the member of R&D (Research and
Development). At the first ED (English
Discussion) we discussed about tenses. So here are the complete 16 tenses we
have to know :
ENGLISH
TENSES
There are 16 Tenses in English. There are:
·
Simple Present Tense
·
Present Continuous Tense
·
Present Perfect Tense
·
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
·
Simple Past Tense
·
Past Continuous Tense
·
Past Perfect Tense
·
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
·
Simple Future Tense
·
Future Continuous Tense
·
Future Perfect Tense
·
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
·
Past Future Tense
·
Past Future Continuous Tense
·
Past Future Perfect Tense
·
Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
1. Simple
Present Tense
This tenses are used to denote something that is
fixed, habitual or an essential truth. Because it is often related to the
incident at about past, present and future, this at least has the Tenses
description for a certain time.
FORM:
(+) Subject
(s) + Verb1 + Object (o)
ex: She eat
the rice
(-)
S+do/does not+Verb1+O
ex: She
doesn’t eat the rice
(?) Do/Does
+ S + Verb1 + O
ex: Does she
eat the rice?
I, You,
They, We use do when it come to negative and question sentence. While He, She,
It use does.
2. Present Continuous Tense
This tenses
are used to express an action which is actually being done at this time.
FORM:
(+) S + to
be + Verb-ing + O
ex: They are
riding the bicycle
(-) S + to
be + not + Verb-ing + O
ex: They are
not riding the bicycle
(?) to be +
S + Verb-ing + O
ex: Are they
riding the bicycle?
3. Present Perfect Tense
This tenses
are used to express your experience. This sentence can used to say that you
have never had a certain experience. Present Perfect Tense didn’t use to describe
specific event.
FORM:
(+) S +
Has/Have + Past Participle (V3)
ex: I have
met her once before
(-) S +
Has/Have + not + past participle (V3)
ex: I Have
not met her before
(?) Has/Have
+ S + past participle (V3)
ex: Have You
met her before?
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Present
Perfect Continuous Tense is used to show that something started in the past and
has continued up until now. ”for two hours’, ‘for two weeks’, ‘since yesterday’
are all durations which can be used with this sentence. Without the durations,
the tense has a more general meaning of “lately.” We often use the words
“lately” or “recently” to emphasize this meaning.
FORM:
(+) S +
have/has + been + Verb-ing + O
ex: We have
been practicing our English since Monday.
(-) S + have/has
+ been + Verb-ing + O
ex: We have
not been practicing our English
(?) have/has
+ S + been + Verb-ing + O
ex: Have
they been practicing their English?
5. Simple Past Tense
We used this
tense to talk about the past.
FORM:
(+) S +
Verb2 + O
ex: She studied
math last night
(-) S + did
+ not + Verb1
ex: She did
not study math last night
(?) did + S
+ verb1 + O
ex: Did She
study math last night?
As
for (-) and (?) there is already “did” so the verb back in verb1
6. Past Continuous Tense
This tense
is used to say when we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment in
the past.
FORM:
(+) S + was/were + Verb-ing
ex: He was
reading
(-) S +
was/were + not + Verb-ing
ex: He
wasn’t reading
(?) Was/were
+ S + Verb-ing
ex: Was He
reading?
7. Past Perfect Tense
The Past
Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the
past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the
past.
FORM:
had+past
participle
ex: I had Visited the City several times
I had lost my wallet
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense
We use the
Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and
continued up until another time in the past. “For five minutes” and “for two
weeks” are both durations which can be used with the Past Perfect Continuous.
Notice that this is related to the Present Perfect Continuous however, the
duration does not continue until now, it stops before something else in the
past.
FORM:
S + had +
been + Verb-ing
ex: Lina had
been studying at the university for 1 year before she left to Korea.
9. Simple Future Tense
often called
will. because, the modal auxiliary verb in this sentence is will.
FORM :
(+) S + WILL
+ Verb1
ex: I will
dance
(-)
S+WILL+not+Verb1
ex: I will
not dance
(?) will + S + Verb1
ex: Will she
dance?
10. Future Continuous Tense
Future
Continuous has two different forms: “will be doing ” and “be going to be
doing”. Future Continuous forms are usually interchangeable.
FORM:
(+) S + will
be + Verb-ing
ex: I will
be going to mosque.
(-) S + will
not be + Verb-ing
ex: I won’t
be going to church
(?) will + S
+ be + Verb-ing
ex: Will you
be going to mosque?
11. Future Perfect Tense
This
sentence is used when we talk about the past in the future.
FORM:
(+) S + Will
+ have + Verb3
ex: I will
have finished by 6 PM
(-) S + will + not + have + Verb3
ex: I will
not have finished by 6 PM
(?)
Will + S + have + Verb3
ex: will you
have finished Verb3
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense
We use the
future perfect continuous tense to talk about a long action before some point
in the future.
FORM:
(+) S + Will
+ have + been + Verb-ing
ex: Andra
will have been drawing the sketch
(-) S + will
+ not + have + been + Verb-ing
ex: Andra
Won’t have been drawing the sketch
(?) Will + S
+ have + been + Verb-ing ?
ex: Will
Andra have been drawing the sketch?
13. Past Future Tense
this tense
is used to express the events that WILL be done, BUT in the past, not the
present.
FORM:
(+) S +
would + Verb1
ex: I would
go
(-) S +
Would + not + Verb1
ex: I wouldn’t
go
(?) Would + S + Verb1?
ex: Would
you go?
14. Past Future Continuous Tense
Past Future
Continuous tells an action would be in progress in the past.
FORM:
(+) S +
was/were + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: She was
going to be Cooking this morning
(-) S
+ was/were + not + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: She
wasn’t going to be cooking this morning
(?) Was/were
+ S + going to be + Verb-ing
ex: was she
going to be cooking this morning?
time signals
for this tense is time in the past like, this morning, yesterday, last night,
last week and so on.
15. Past Future Perfect Tense
This tense
is restates the action stated in Future Perfect Tense but with different
time dimension, it is in past time whilst the Future Perfect is in future time
(not happen yet).
FORM:
(+) S +
would + have + Verb3
ex: I would
have drunk the milk last night
(-) S +
would + not + have + Verb3
ex: I
wouldn’t have drunk the milk last night
(?) Would +
S + have + Verb3
ex: Would
you have drunk the milk last night?
16. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Future
Perfect Continuous Tense emphasizes on the course and the duration of the
action. Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense is used to tell an action
which would have been happening until a certain time (period) in the past.
FORM:
(+) S +
would + have + been + verb-ing
ex: Chris
would have been working for 6 years when he get fired
(-)
S+ would + not + have + been + verb-ing
ex: Chris
wouldn’t have been working for 6 years when he get fired
(?) Would + subject + have +
been + verb-ing?
ex: Would
Chris have been working for 6 years when he get fired?
