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Tenses in English Language Cheat Sheet by

Heyy everyone, there are 12 tense in English. So I put them together and created a cheat sheet. I hope it helps. Bye!

Past Simple Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + V2
Subject + did not + V1
Did + Subject + V1

Past Perfect Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + had +past participle (V3)
Subject + had + not + past participle (V3)
Had + Subject + past participle (V3)

Present Simple Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + Verb (v1) + -s/es
Subject + do/does not + Verb (v1)
Do/Does + Subject + Verb (v1)
He / She / It + start-s
He / She / It + does not start
Does + He / She / It + start
I / You / We / You / They + start
I / You / We / You / They + do not start
Do + I / You / We / You / They +start

Present Perfect Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + have/has + past participle (V3)
Subject + have/has + not + past participle (V3)
Have/Has + subject + past participle (V3)
He/She/It + has + watched
He/She/It + has not + watched
Has + He/She/It + watched
I/You/­We/­You­/They + have + watched
I/You/­We/­You­/They + have not + watched
Have + I/You/­We/­You­/They + watched

Future Simple Tense Will­/Shall or be going to

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + will/shall + V1
Subject + will/shall + not + V1
Will + Subject + V1
Subject + be going to + V1
Subject + be not going to + V1
be + Subject + going to + V1

Future Perfect Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + will have + past participle (V3)
Subject + will not have + past participle (V3)
Will + subject + have + past participle (V3)

Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + will have been + V-ing
Subject + will not have been + V-ing
Will + Subject + have been +V-ing
 

Past Continuous Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + was/were + V-ing
Subject + was/were not + V-ing
Was/Were + Subject + V-ing
I/He/S­he/It + was + Ving
I/He/S­he/It + was not + V-ing
Was + I/He/S­he/It + V-ing
You/We­/Yo­u/They + were + V-ing
You/We­/Yo­u/They + were not + V-ing
Were + You/We­/Yo­u/They + V-ing

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + had been + V-ing
Subject + had not been + V-ing
Had + Subject + been + V-ing

Present Continuous Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + be (am/is­/are) + V-ing + Object
Subject + be (am/is­/are) + not + V-ing + Object
be (am/is­/are) + Subject + V-ing + Object
I + am + working +
I + am + not + working
Am + I + working
He/She/It + is + working
He/She/It + is + not + working
Is + He/She/It + working
You/We­/Yo­u/They + are + working
You/We­/Yo­u/They + are + not + working
Are+ You/We­/Yo­u/They + working

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + have/has been + V-ing
Subject + have/has not been + V-ing
Have/Has + Subject + been + V-ing
He/She/It + has been + playing
He/She/It + has not been + playing
Has + He/She/ It + been + playing
I/You/­We/­You­/They + have been + playing
I/You/­We/­You­/They + have not been + playing
Have + I/You/­We/­You­/They + been + playing

Future Continuous Tense

Positi­ve/­Aff­irm­ative
Negative
Questi­on/­Int­err­ogative
Subject + will be + V-ing
Subject + will not + be + V-ing
Will + Subject + be + V-ing
           
 

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