kind of tenses and example

1. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

(+) Subject+Verb 1 (s/es)+Object

(-) Subject+do/does not+V1

(?) Do/does+Subject+V1



(+) Subject+to be+noun, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+to be+not+noun, adjective, adverb

(?) To be+Subject+noun, adjective, adverb


example

I work in the office

He catches a bird

We are happy everytime


2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE


(+) Subject+to be (is/am/are)+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+to be+not+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(?) To be+subject+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

example

a, She is singing at the zoo

b. I am studying English

3. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE


(+) Subject+have/has+been/Verb-3+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+have/has+not+been/V-3+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Have/has+Subject+V-3+object, adjective, adverb


example

a. I have painted this house

b. She has eaten some food in dining room

4. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

 (+) Subject+have/has+been+Verb-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+have/has+not+been+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Have/has+been+Subject+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

example

a. They have been sleeping since ten until now.

b. She has been working in the workshop

5. SIMPLE PAST TENSE

(+) Subject+Verb-2+ object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+did not+V-1+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Did+Subject+Verb-1+object, adjective, adverb

example

1. We stopped the bus at the bus stop yesterday

2. She wrote letter all day yesterday


6. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

 (+) Subject+be (was/were)+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+was/were+not+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Was/were+Subject+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

7. PAST PERFECT TENSE

 (+) Subject+had+been/V-3+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+had+not+been/V-3+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Had+subject+V-3+object, adjective, adverb

8. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

 (+) Subject+had+been+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+had+not+been+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Had+subject+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

9. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

 (+) Subject+will/shall+be/Verb-1+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+will/shall+not+be/Verb-1+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Will/shall+Subject+be/V-1+object, adjective, adverb

10. FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

(+) Subject+will/shall+be+Verb-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+will/shall+not+be+Verb-1+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Will/shall+Subject+be+V-1+object, adjective, adverb

example

This time next week I will be shopping in Malaysia

By two o’clock next Sunday I will be playing golf


11. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

 (+) Subject+will/shall+have+V-3+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+will/shall+not+have+Verb-3+object, adjective, adverb

(?) Will/shall+Subject+have+V-3+object, adjective, adverb

example

The Congress will have been over by two o’clock tomorrow

By the end of this month we shall have arrived I London


12. FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

 (+) Subject+will/shall+have+been+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb

(-) Subject+will/shall+not+have+been+Verb-ing+object, adj, adverb

(?) Will/shall+Subject+have+been+V-ing+object, adjective, adverb


13. PAST FUTURE TENSE

 (+) Subject+should/would+Verb-1

(-) Subject+should/would+not+V-1

(?) Would/should+Subject+V-1


example

I would buy a new house

You would get wet

If I were you, I wouldn’t do that

14. PAST FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

 (+) Subject+should/would+be+Verb-ing

(-) Subject+should/would+not+V-1

(?) Would/should+Subject+V-1


example

I would be playing football

15. PAST FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

 (+) Subject+should/would+have+Verb-3

(-) Subject+should/would+not+V-1

(?) Would/should+Subject+V-1

example

If I had worked harder I would have passed the exam

If I hadn’t helped you, you would have failed


16. PAST FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

 (+) Subject+should/would+have+been+Verb-ing

(-) Subject+should/would+not+V-1

(?) Would/should+Subject+V-1

example

I would have been learning English