TENSES
- The following TENSES chart gives you a clear idea of the English Tenses & how to use the right Verb Form suitable to Time and Aspect.
- We can't equate the Tenses of English to any other language.
- Tenses are primarily Three : Present, Past & Future .
- Each Tense has four aspects: Simple, Continuous, Perfect & Perfect Continuous.
- So, we can make 12 types of VERB FORMS in Active Voice i.e. starting the sentence with a Subject ( Agent or Doer of Action)
- The selection of the verb form depends on two things in the sentence. (i) Time ( Present/past/future) (ii) Subject ( Person&singular/plural )
- Verb Form ( VF) is either a single word of the verb or the combination of a helping verb + a main verb
- Be- forms : am, is, was, are, were, be, been, being
- Have- forms : has, have, had
- Do- forms : does, do, did, done
- Main Verb forms: Take ( V1 or Present Tense or Base form) , Takes ( S-form or Present singular), Took ( V2 or Past Tense), Taken ( V3 or Past Participle), Taking ( ing-form or Present Participle)
- There is no main verb form to indicate Future tense. Shall / Will + main verb gives Future Tense.
- This chart tells you HOW ( form) to use the Verb only, further you need to learn WHEN ( context) to use a particular form. For continuation please follow the blog....
TENSES ( ACTIVE VOICE )
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Aspect....>
Time
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SIMPLE
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CONTINUOUS
( .... ‘be’ form+ing)
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PERFECT
( … ‘have’form +V3)
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PERFECT CONTINUOUS
(…. ‘have’form+ been+ ing)
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PRESENT
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I/We/You/They speak English.
He/She/ speaks English.
Verb Form
: V1 / ‘s’
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I am speaking English.
We/You/They are speaking English.
He/She/It is speaking English.
VF :
am/is/are+ ing
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I/We/You/They have spoken English.
He/She/It has spoken English.
VF :
has/have + V3
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I/We/You/They have been speaking
English.
He/She/It has been speaking English.
VF : has/have+been+ing
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PAST
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I/We/You/They/ He/She/ spoke English.
Verb Form
: V2
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I/He/She/It was speaking English.
We/You/They were speaking English.
VF : was/were+
ing
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I/We/You/They /He/She/It had spoken
English.
VF : had +
V3
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I/We/You/They/
He/She/It had been speaking English
VF : had+been+ing
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FUTURE
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I/We shall speak English.
You/They He/She will speak English.
VF:
shall/will+V1
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I/We shall be speaking English.
You/They He/She will be speaking
English.
VF:
shall/will+be+ ing
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I/We shall have spoken English.
You/They/ He/She will have spoken
English.
VF:
shall/will+have+V3
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I/We shall have been speaking
English.
You/They He/She will have been
speaking English.
VF:
shall/will+have+been+ing
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