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How to Make English Tense Forms

Present Past Future Future in the


Past
Simple + (I, you, we, they) V + ______ V2: + ______ will V + ______ would V
(Indefinite) (He, she, it) Vs/es regular verbs (Ved)
irregular verbs (2nd form)
? Do (I, you, we, they) V …? ? Did _____ V …? ? Will _______ V …? ?
Does (he, she, it) V …?
- (I, you, we, they) don’t V … - ______ didn’t V … - ______ will not - ____ wouldn’t V...
(He, she, it) doesn’t V … (won’t) V …
Continuous + am/is/are Ving: + was/were Ving: + will be Ving + would be Ving
(Progressive) I am Ving I/he/she/it was Ving
He/she/it is Ving You/we/they were Ving
You/we/they are Ving
to be Ving
? Am/Is/Are ____ Ving …? ? Was/Were ____ Ving…? ? Will ___ be Ving …? ?
- I am not (aren’t) Ving - I/he/she/it wasn’t Ving - _____ will not - _____ wouldn’t be
He/she/it isn’t Ving You/we/they weren’t Ving (won’t) be Ving Ving
You/we/they aren’t Ving
Perfect + (I/you/we/they) have V3 + _______ had V3 + _______ will have V3 + ______ would have V3
(He/she/it) has V3 V3: V3: V3:
V3: regular verbs (Ved) regular verbs (Ved) regular verbs (Ved)
regular verbs (Ved) irregular verbs (3rd form) irregular verbs (3rd irregular verbs (3rd
to have V3 irregular verbs (3rd form) form) form)
? Have (I/you/we/they) V3...? ? Had _______ V3 …? ? Will _______have V3 ?
Has (he/she/it) V3 …? …?
- (I/you/we/they) haven’t V3 - _______ hadn’t V3 - _______ will not - _______ wouldn’t
(He/she/it) hasn’t V3 (won’t) have V3 have V3
Perfect + (I/you/we/they) have been + _______ had been Ving + _______ will have + _______ would have
Continuous Ving been Ving been Ving
(He/she/it) has been Ving
? Have (I/you/we/they) been ? Had _______ been Ving …? ? Will _______have ?
to have been Ving...? been Ving …?
Ving Has (he/she/it) been Ving
…?
- (I/you/we/they) haven’t - _______ hadn’t been Ving - _______ will not - _______ wouldn’t
been Ving (won’t) have been Ving have been Ving
(He/she/it) hasn’t been Ving

1. Andrew is an actor. He ____________ (play) in romantic comedie.


2. ______ you ________ (to go) skiing near Lake Tahoe next week?
3. By the time we _________ (to get) to the train station, Susan ___________________ (to wait)for us for more than
two hours.
4. John _________________ (not to travel) to New York last month.
5. He told us he __________________ (to visit) his parents in Liverpool next weekends.
6. Sam ____________ (to arrive) in Portugal a week ago.
7. Right now, Jimmy _________________ (to read) the newspaper and Katerina __________________ (to make)
dinner.
8. Be quiet! Jack __________________ (to sleep)! He _____________________ (to sleep) for an hour.
9. I have not travelled much yet. However, I ____________________ (to visit) the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by
the time I leave the United States.
10. It ___________________ (to rain) the whole week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach.
11. Tomorrow at this time Joan ______________________ (to have) an online conference.
12. I __________________ (to see) a lot of pictures of the pyramid before I went to Egypt.
13. When I _____________ (to come) home last night my family ___________________ (to have) dinner for half an
hour.
14. _______ you ever ___________ (to be) in the British museum?
15. Every day I __________________ (to wake up) at 6 a.m.
16. What ____________ you ____________ (to do) when I rang you?
17. He said he _______________________ (to complete) his assignment by 9 p.m.
18. _________ you _________ (to help) me carry these bags?
19. It ________________________ (to snow) since morning.
20. We are busy. We _____________________ (revise for) our final exam.

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