Tenses

12 Tenses and 36 Example Sentences

Tenses	Positive	Negative	Question
Present Simple	I prefer my coffee black.	I don’t prefer my coffee black.	Do I prefer my coffee black?
Present Continuous	She is listening the music now.	She is not listening the music now.	Is she listening the music now?
Present Perfect	It has rained a lot lately.	It has not rained a lot lately.	Has it rained a lot lately?
Present Perfect Continuous	She has been singing a song.	She has not been singing a song.	Has she been singing a song?
Past Simple	We watched the news last night.	We did not watched the news last night.	Did we watched the news last night?
Past Continuous	I was learning German last year.	I was not learning German last year.	Was I learning German last year?
Past perfect	He had left when I went to the club.	He had not left when I went to the club.	Had he left when I went to the club?
Past Perfect Continuous	They had been being friend since childhood.	They had not been being friend since childhood.	Had they been being friend since childhood?
Future Simple	They will study math.	They will not study math.	Will they study math?
Future Continuous	They will be loving you.	They will not be loving you.	Will they be loving you?
Future Perfect	By next week, they will have earned lots of money.	By next week, they will not have earned lots of money.	Will they have earned lots of Money, by next week?
Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been shopping on Tuesday.	I will not have been shopping on Tuesday.	Will I have been shopping on Tuesday?