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

what is a tenses

·         It is a grammatical category that helps locate a situation in time. The tenses can be present, past or future.

In the English language, tenses are especially important, because they also tell us about the aspect of the main verb. Consider these two sentences:

a.    I play football (Aspect: not progressive, imperfect)

2. I have been playing football (Aspect: progressive, perfect)

Both of the sentences above are in present tense (more specifically, the first one is in Present Simple, the other — in Present Perfect Continuous). But they differ in aspect.

In other opinion Tenses is...

·         "Some grammarians define a tense as an inflection of the verb--a change of meaning you achieve by altering the form of the verb. So the past tense of win is won. In this sense, English has only two tenses, present and past. But for everyday use--especially for those who are studying foreign languages--this strict definition of tense is not very helpful. There is a broader use of the word [tense]: a form of the verb phrase which gives information about aspect and time."
(John Seely, Grammar for Teachers. Oxpecker, 2007)