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12 english tenses

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Dr.Glaret Shirley Sinnappan
Dr.Glaret Shirley Sinnappan

This document outlines 16 English tenses and provides examples of their affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It lists the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses, followed by the simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. Finally, it outlines the future, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, future going to, conditional simple, conditional progressive, conditional perfect, and conditional perfect continuous tenses.

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16 English Tenses Tense Affirmative Negative Interrogative Present simple I have a car. I don¡¯t have a car. Do I have a car? Present continuous You are playing football now. You are not playing football now. Are you playing football now? Present perfect They have been there. They haven¡¯t been there. Have they been there? Present perfect cont. I have been living here. I haven¡¯t been living here. Have they been living here? Past simple I lived in London. I didn¡¯t live in London. Did I live in London? Past continuous I was playing. I wasn¡¯t playing. Was I playing? Past perfect He had worked. He had not worked. Had he worked? Past perfect cont. I had been watching. I had not been watching. Had I been watching? Future simple I will come. I will not come. Will I come in? Future continuous I will be playing basketball. I won¡¯t be playing basketball. Will I be playing basketball? Future perfect He will have finished. He will not have finished. Will he have finished? Future perfect cont. We will have been starting. We will not have been starting. Will we have been starting?
Future Going to I am going to play basketball this afternoon. I am not going to play basketball this afternoon Are you going to play basketball this afternoon.? Conditional Simple I would play basketball. I would not play basketball. Are you playing basketball? Conditional Progressive I will be playing basketball. I will not be playing basketball. Will you be playing basketball Conditional Perfect I would have played basketball. I would not play basketball Would you play basketball? Conditional Perfect Continues I would have been playing basketball. I would not have been playing basketball Would you have been playing basketball?

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  • 1. 16 English Tenses Tense Affirmative Negative Interrogative Present simple I have a car. I don¡¯t have a car. Do I have a car? Present continuous You are playing football now. You are not playing football now. Are you playing football now? Present perfect They have been there. They haven¡¯t been there. Have they been there? Present perfect cont. I have been living here. I haven¡¯t been living here. Have they been living here? Past simple I lived in London. I didn¡¯t live in London. Did I live in London? Past continuous I was playing. I wasn¡¯t playing. Was I playing? Past perfect He had worked. He had not worked. Had he worked? Past perfect cont. I had been watching. I had not been watching. Had I been watching? Future simple I will come. I will not come. Will I come in? Future continuous I will be playing basketball. I won¡¯t be playing basketball. Will I be playing basketball? Future perfect He will have finished. He will not have finished. Will he have finished? Future perfect cont. We will have been starting. We will not have been starting. Will we have been starting?
  • 2. Future Going to I am going to play basketball this afternoon. I am not going to play basketball this afternoon Are you going to play basketball this afternoon.? Conditional Simple I would play basketball. I would not play basketball. Are you playing basketball? Conditional Progressive I will be playing basketball. I will not be playing basketball. Will you be playing basketball Conditional Perfect I would have played basketball. I would not play basketball Would you play basketball? Conditional Perfect Continues I would have been playing basketball. I would not have been playing basketball Would you have been playing basketball?