Tenses : Rules, Types, and Examples for Students – Practice Test

Tenses : Rules, Types, and Examples for Students – Practice Test

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🔹 TENSES IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR

English tenses are divided into 3 main time frames:

  1. Present
  2. Past
  3. Future

Each of these has 4 aspects:

  • Simple
  • Continuous (Progressive)
  • Perfect
  • Perfect Continuous

🔸 1. PRESENT TENSES

a) Simple Present

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + base verb (add s/es for he/she/it)
    • Negative: Subject + do/does + not + base verb
    • Question: Do/Does + subject + base verb?
  • Use: Habits, facts, general truths
  • Example:
    • She goes to school every day.
    • I do not like coffee.
    • Do you play football?

b) Present Continuous

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing
    • Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not + verb-ing
    • Question: Am/Is/Are + subject + verb-ing?
  • Use: Actions happening now or temporary actions
  • Example:
    • I am studying now.
    • She is not watching TV.
    • Are they playing outside?

c) Present Perfect

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + has/have + past participle
    • Negative: Subject + has/have + not + past participle
    • Question: Has/Have + subject + past participle?
  • Use: Actions that happened at an unspecified time or just completed
  • Example:
    • He has finished his work.
    • I have not seen that movie.
    • Have you eaten lunch?

d) Present Perfect Continuous

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + has/have + been + verb-ing
    • Negative: Subject + has/have + not + been + verb-ing
    • Question: Has/Have + subject + been + verb-ing?
  • Use: Actions started in the past and still continuing
  • Example:
    • They have been working for 3 hours.
    • She has not been feeling well.
    • Have you been studying all day?

🔸 2. PAST TENSES

a) Simple Past

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + past verb
    • Negative: Subject + did not + base verb
    • Question: Did + subject + base verb?
  • Use: Completed actions in the past
  • Example:
    • I visited Paris last year.
    • He did not go to school.
    • Did you see the movie?

b) Past Continuous

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + was/were + verb-ing
    • Negative: Subject + was/were + not + verb-ing
    • Question: Was/Were + subject + verb-ing?
  • Use: Ongoing actions at a specific time in the past
  • Example:
    • She was reading a book at 8 PM.
    • They were not listening.
    • Were you watching the match?

c) Past Perfect

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + had + past participle
    • Negative: Subject + had + not + past participle
    • Question: Had + subject + past participle?
  • Use: Action that happened before another action in the past
  • Example:
    • I had eaten before he came.
    • She had not finished her work.
    • Had they arrived?

d) Past Perfect Continuous

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + had + been + verb-ing
    • Negative: Subject + had + not + been + verb-ing
    • Question: Had + subject + been + verb-ing?
  • Use: Action that was ongoing before another past event
  • Example:
    • He had been working all day.
    • We had not been sleeping.
    • Had you been waiting long?

🔸 3. FUTURE TENSES

a) Simple Future

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + will + base verb
    • Negative: Subject + will not + base verb
    • Question: Will + subject + base verb?
  • Use: Promises, predictions, decisions made at the moment
  • Example:
    • I will help you.
    • She will not come tomorrow.
    • Will you call me?

b) Future Continuous

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + will be + verb-ing
    • Negative: Subject + will not be + verb-ing
    • Question: Will + subject + be + verb-ing?
  • Use: Ongoing actions in the future
  • Example:
    • We will be traveling at this time tomorrow.
    • He will not be staying there.
    • Will she be waiting for us?

c) Future Perfect

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + will have + past participle
    • Negative: Subject + will not have + past participle
    • Question: Will + subject + have + past participle?
  • Use: Completed action before a certain future time
  • Example:
    • By 10 AM, I will have finished the work.
    • He will not have arrived by then.
    • Will they have left?

d) Future Perfect Continuous

  • Structure:
    • Positive: Subject + will have been + verb-ing
    • Negative: Subject + will not have been + verb-ing
    • Question: Will + subject + have been + verb-ing?
  • Use: Ongoing action continuing up to a point in the future
  • Example:
    • By next month, she will have been working here for 5 years.
    • I will not have been waiting long.
    • Will he have been studying all day?

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