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? |
Past Tense Of Watch, Past Participle Form of Watch, Watch Watched V1 V2 V3
Past Tense Of Wake up, Past Participle Form of Wake up, Wake up Woke up…
Past Tense Of Wait, Past Participle Form of Wait, Wait Waited V1 V2 V3
Past Tense Of Try, Past Participle Form of Try, Try Tried V1 V2 V3
Past Tense Of Sow, Past Participle Form of Sow, Sow Sowed V1 V2 V3
Past Tense Of Sink, Past Participle Form of Sink, Sink Sank Sunk V1 V2 V3