TENSES

                                           
                                                                                        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 )
Aspect....>  Time	SIMPLE	CONTINUOUS ( .... ‘be’ form+ing)	PERFECT       ( … ‘have’form +V3)	PERFECT CONTINUOUS (…. ‘have’form+ been+ ing)
PRESENT	I/We/You/They speak English. He/She/ speaks English. Verb Form : V1 / ‘s’	I am speaking English. We/You/They are speaking English. He/She/It is speaking English. VF : am/is/are+ ing	I/We/You/They have spoken English. He/She/It has spoken English. VF : has/have + V3	I/We/You/They have been speaking English. He/She/It has been speaking English. VF : has/have+been+ing
PAST	I/We/You/They/ He/She/  spoke English. Verb Form : V2	I/He/She/It was speaking English. We/You/They were speaking English. VF : was/were+ ing	I/We/You/They /He/She/It had spoken English. VF : had + V3	I/We/You/They/ He/She/It had been speaking English VF : had+been+ing
FUTURE	I/We shall speak English. You/They He/She will speak English. VF: shall/will+V1	I/We shall be speaking English. You/They He/She will be speaking English. VF: shall/will+be+ ing	I/We shall have spoken English. You/They/ He/She will have spoken English. VF: shall/will+have+V3	I/We shall have been speaking English. You/They He/She will have been speaking English. VF: shall/will+have+been+ing