English Tenses Manual: Turi4B
English Tenses Manual: Turi4B
English Tenses Manual: Turi4B
Present
Present Simple
Form Form Subject + verb simple Uses Simple Present tense is used to describe habitual actions that occur with some frequency and makes no reference to whether it is happening in the present. Examples
Present Perfect
Form Form Have + Past Participle verb Uses Is a perfect time used to express the action has been completed with respect to the time that is the speaker. Examples
Affirmative: I speak English and French Negative: I don't (do not) smoke Interrogative: Do you speak Spanish?
Affirmative: He has walked Negative: He has not walked. Interrogative: Has he walked?
Present Progressive
Form Form Have + be +infinitive + "-ing
Uses is used to express actions happening at the same time you are talking
Examples
Affirmative: You are playing Negative: You are not playing Interrogative: Are you playing?
Past
Past Simple
Form Personal Pronoun + Past Simple Verb Uses Is used to describe actions that have happened at an earlier time and have already completed Examples Affirmative: He Speaks. Negative: He Does Not Speak. Interrogative: Does He Speak? Form
Past Perfect
Structure Subject + "Had" + Past Participle Uses
Is used to refer to an action that took place in a time before another action, although both have happened in the past by establishing an order among them
Examples Affirmative You had cleaned the house. Negative You had not cleaned the house. Interrogative Had you cleaned the house?
Past progressive
Form Be + Verb + Ing Uses
is a past tense, which is used to talk about the development of an action that took place in a given time, the end does not know or does not matter, as well as to express that an action occurred when another interrupted finally refer to actions occurring simultaneously.
Examples Affirmative: Alina was running in the court football last weekend. Negative: Alina wasnt running in the court football last weekend. Interrogative: Was Alina running in the court football last weekend?
Future
Future Simple
Form Structure Subject + "will" + main verb Uses Examples
Future Perfect
Form Subject + "will have" + main verb Uses Examples
Future Progressive
Form Subject + "will be" + gerund Uses Examples Examples