There are three types of tenses:
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
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Present Tense:
There are four forms of present.
Present Indefinite
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
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Present Indefinite:
It is used for repeated action and habits.
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + Helping Verb 1st + Object
I Go To School
He Goes To School
She Goes To School
You Go To School
We Go To School
They Go To School
Note:
S/ES are added after verb in sentence of He/She/It or any singular name.
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + Do not/ Does not Verb 1st + Object
I do not go to school
He does not go to school
She does not go to school
You do not go to school
We do not go to school
They do not go to school
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Present Continuous:
It is used for continue work in present time.
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + is/am/are Verb 4th + Object
I am coming from school
He is coming from school
She is coming from school
We are coming from school
They are coming from school
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + is/am/are/not Verb 4th + Object
I am not eating food
He is not eating food
They are not eating food
Note:
Am is used for "I" and "is" is used for He/She/It and singular persons.
"Are" is used for They/We/You and plural persons.
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Present Perfect:
It is used for work which has been completed in present
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + has/have Verb 3rd + Object
I have taken tea
He has taken tea
She has taken tea
They have taken tea
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + has/have/not Verb 3rd + Object
I have not played cricket
He has not played cricket
She has not played cricket
They have not played cricket
Note:
"Has" is used for He/She/It and singular persons,
"Have" is used for I/You/We/They and plural persons
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Present Perfect Continuous:
It is used for work which has been started in past and still continues with time period
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + have/has/been Verb 4th since/for + Object
I have been studying for two hours in school
He has been studying since morning in home
She has been working for three hours at home
They have been working for three hours at home
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + have/has/not been Verb 4th since/for + Object
I have not been operating the computer since night
He has not been teaching me for one hour in school
Note:
"Since" is used for uncountable period and "For" is used for countable period.
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Past Tense:
There are four forms of past:
Past Indefinite
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
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Past Indefinite:
It is used for past period
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + Verb 2nd + Object
I went to market
He went to market
She spoke English
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + Helping Verb did not Verb 1st + Object
I did not study yesterday at home
You did not go with me
We did not play cricket
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Past continuous:
It is used for continue work in past period
Affirmative: Formula:Subject + was/were Verb 4th + Object
I was teaching you
He was teaching me
They were enjoying in the party
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Negative: Formula:Subject + was/were/not Verb 4th + Object
I was not taking class
They were not teasing her
Note:
"Was" is used with He/She/I/It and singular persons and "Were" is used with We/You/They and plural persons.
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Past Perfect:
It is used for work which has been completed in past
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + had Verb 3rd + Object
I had taken lunch yesterday
He had stolen money
They had told a lie with their parents
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + had/not Verb 3rd + Object
I had not operated computer
He had not taken class
Pakistan had not won the match
We had not stolen money
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Past Perfect Continuous:
It is used for work which has been started in past and still continues with time period
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + had been Verb 4th since/for + Object
I had been living here since 2005
She had been singing for two hours
They had been living here for many years
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + had not Verb 4th since/for + Object
I had not been beating him for to hours
She had not been weeping since morning
They had not been teaching for two days
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Future Tense:
There are four form of future
Future Indefinite
Future Continues
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continues
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Future Indefinite:
It is used for Future period
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + Will Verb 1st + Object
I will eat food
Pakistan will play with India
They will watch TV
She will study the mathematics
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + will not Verb 1st + Object
I will not take tea
He will not beat me
They will not sing a song
We will not play football
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Future continuous:
It is used for continue work in future period
Affirmative:
Formula: Subject + will be Verb 4th + Object
I will be teaching you
He will be going to Lahore
They will be traveling in a train
She will be weeping
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Negative:
Formula: Subject + will not be Verb 4th + Object
I will not be reading bo0k
He will not be playing tennis
She will not be cocking food
They will not be swimming in the river
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FUTURE PERFECT:
Affirmative:
Formula: Sub+will/shall+have+V3+Object
Ravi will have killed the snake
The farmer will have ploughed in the fields
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Negative:
Formula: Sub+will/shall+not+have+V3+Object
She will not have taken tea
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Interrogative:
Formula: Will/shall+Sub+have+V3+Object
Will she have won the match?
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Interrogative + Negative:
Formula: Will/shall+sub+not+have+V3+Object
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