English Tenses List, Positive, Negative and Question Forms, 12 Tenses Formula With Examples
Tense | Affirmative |
Present Simple | I have a car. |
Present Continuous | You are playing football now. |
Present Perfect | They have been there. |
Present Perfect Continuous | I have been living here. |
Past Simple | I lived in London. |
Past Continuous | I was playing. |
Past perfect | He had worked. |
Past Perfect Continuous | I had been watching. |
Future Simple | I will come. |
Future Continuous | I will be playing basketball. |
Future Perfect | He will have finished. |
Future Perfect Continuous | We will have been starting. |
Tense | Negative |
Present Simple | I don’t have a car. |
Present Continuous | You are not playing football now. |
Present Perfect | They haven’t been there. |
Present Perfect Continuous | I haven’t been living here. |
Past Simple | I didn’t live in London. |
Past Continuous | I wasn’t playing. |
Past perfect | He had not worked. |
Past Perfect Continuous | I had not been watching. |
Future Simple | I will not come. |
Future Continuous | I won’t be playing basketball. |
Future Perfect | He will not have finished. |
Future Perfect Continuous | We will not have been starting. |
Tense | Interrogative |
Present Simple | Do I have a car? |
Present Continuous | Are you playing football now? |
Present Perfect | Have they been there? |
Present Perfect Continuous | Have they been living here? |
Past Simple | Did I live in London? |
Past Continuous | Was I playing? |
Past perfect | Had he worked? |
Past Perfect Continuous | Had I been watching? |
Future Simple | Will I come in? |
Future Continuous | Will I be playing basketball? |
Future Perfect | Will he have finished? |
Future Perfect Continuous | Will we have been starting? |