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English tenses
English tenses - Complex Test 1
Exercises - English tenses
TenseSignal words
Use FormExamplesaffirmative
Examplesnegative
Examplesinterrogative
SimplePresentorPresent Simple
every day
sometimes
always
often
usually
seldom
never
first ... then
something happens repeatedly
how often something happens
one action follows another
things in general
with the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.)
infinitive he/she/it + -s I work. I don't work. Do I work?
He works. He doesn'twork. Does hework
I go. I don't go. Do I go?
He goes. He doesn't go. Does he go
future meaning:
PresentProgressive or Present Continuous
now
at the moment
Look!
Listen!
something is happening at the same time of speaking or around it
future meaning: when you have already decided and arranged to do it (a fixed plan, date)
to be (am/are/is) +infinitive + -ing
I'm working. I'm not working. Am Iworking
He's working. He isn'tworking. Is heworking
I'm going. I'm not going. Am I going
He's going. He isn't going. Is he going
SimplePastor Past Simple
last ...
... ago
in 1990
yesterday
action finished in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present)
regular: infinitive + -edirregular:2nd column of table of irregular verbs
I worked. I didn't work. Did I work
He worked. He didn't work. Did he work
I went. I didn't go. Did I go?
He went. He didn't go. Did he go?
PastProgressive orPast Continuous
while
an action happened in the middle of another action
someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) - you do not know whether it was finished or not
was/were +infinitive + -ing
I was working. I wasn'tworking. Was Iwork
He wasworking.He wasn'tworking.
Was hework
I was going. I wasn't going. Was I going
He was going. He wasn'tgoing. Was hegoing
SimplePresentPerfectorPresentPerfect
just
yet
never
ever
already
so far,
up to now,
you say that sth. has happened or is finished in the past and it has a connection to the present
action started in the past and continues up to the present
have/has + past participle*
*(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)
I have worked. I haven'tworked. Have Iwork
He has worked. He hasn'tworked. Has hework
I have gone. I haven't gone. Have I gone
He has gone. He hasn't gone. Has he gone
since
for
Present PerfectProgressive orPresentPerfectContinuous
all day
the whole day
how long
since
for
action began in the past and has just stopped
how long the action has been happening
emphasis: length of time of an action
have/has +been + infinitive+ -ing
I have beenworking.
I haven't beenworking.
Have I been
He has beenworking.
He hasn't beenworking.
Has he been
I have beengoing.
I haven't beengoing.
Have I been
He has beengoing.
He hasn't beengoing.
Has he been
SimplePastPerfectorPastPerfect(Simple)
already
just
never
mostly when two actions in a story are related to each other: the action which had already happened is put into Past Perfect, the
had + past participle*
*(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)
I had worked. I hadn'tworked. Had Iwork
He had worked. He hadn'tworked. Had hework
I had gone. I hadn't gone. Had I gone
He had gone. He hadn't gone. Had he gone
other action into Simple Past
Past Perfect Progressive orPast Perfect Continuous
how long
since
for
how long something had been happening before something else happened
had + been +infinitive + ing
I had beenworking.
I hadn't beenworking.
Had I been
He had beenworking.
He hadn't beenworking.
Had he been
I had beengoing.I hadn't beengoing.
Had I been
He had beengoing.
He hadn't beengoing.
Had he been
will - future
predictions about the future (you think that sth. will happen)
you decide to do sth. spontaneously at the time of speaking, you haven't
will + infinitive I'll work. I won't work. Will I work
He'll work. He won't work. Will hework
I'll go. I won't go. Will I go?
He'll go. He won't go. Will he go?
made a decision before
going to - future
when you have already decided to do sth. in the future
what you think what will happen
be (am/are/is)+ going to +infinitive
I'm going towork.I'm not going towork.
Am I going to
He's going towork.
He's not going to work.
Is he going to
I'm going to go.I'm not going togo.
Am I going to
He's going togo.He's not going to go.
Is he going to
Future Progressive orFuture Continuous
An action will be in progress at a certain time in the future. This action has begun before the certain time.
Something happens because it
will + be +infinitive + ingI'll be working.
I won't beworking.
Will I bework
He'll beworking.He won't beworking.
Will he bework
I'll be going. I won't begoing. Will I bego
He'll be going. He won't begoing. Will he bego
normally
SimpleFuturePerfectorFuture PerfectSimple
sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future
will + have +past participle*
*(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)
I'll haveworked.I won't haveworked.
Will I have
He'll haveworked.
He won't haveworked.
Will he have
I'll have gone. I won't havegone. Will I have
He'll have gone.He won't havegone.
Will he have
FuturePerfectProgressive orFuturePerfectContinuous
sth. will already have happened before a certain time in the future
emphasis: length of time of an action
will + have +been + infinitive+ ing
I'll have beenworking.
I won't have been working.
Will I havebeenworking?
He'll have beenworking.
He won't have been working.
Will he havebeenworking?
I'll have beengoing.
I won't havebeen going.
Will I havebeenworking?
He'll have beengoing.
He won't havebeen going.
Will he havebeenworking?
Conditional Simple
sth. that might happen
would +infinitiveI would work.
I wouldn't work.
Would I work?
He would work. He wouldn'twork. Would he work?
main clause in type II of the
I would go. I wouldn't go. Would I go
He would go.He wouldn't go.
Would he go?
Conditional ProgressiveorConditionalContinuous
sth. that might happen
emphasis: length of time of an action
would + be +infinitive + ing
I would beworking.
I wouldn't beworking.
Would I be
He would beworking.
He wouldn't beworking.
Would he be
I would begoing.I wouldn't begoing.
Would I be
He would begoing.
He wouldn't begoing.
Would he be
Conditional Perfect
sth. that might have happened in the past(It's too late now.)
main clause in type III of the if clauses
would + have +past participle*
*(infinitive + -ed) or (3rd column of table of irregular verbs)
I would haveworked.
I wouldn't haveworked.
Would I have
He would haveworked.
He wouldn't have worked.
Would hehavework
I would havegone.
I wouldn't havegone.
Would I have
He would havegone.
He wouldn't have gone.
Would I have
Conditional Perfect Progressi
sth. that might have happened in the past
would + have +been + infinitive+ ing
I would have been working.
I wouldn't have been working.
Would I havebeenworking?
He would have beengoing.
He wouldn't have beengoing.
Would he have been
veorConditional
(It's too late now.)
emphasis:
I would have been going.
I wouldn't have been going.
Would I havebeenoing?
He would have been going.
He wouldn't have beengoing.
Would he have been