Tense Form Affirmative Negative Yes/No Questions Wh-Questions

Present Verb(base form) I eat I don’t eat Do you eat? Who eats?
Simple
Verb(base She eats She doesn’t eat Does she eat? What does she eat?
form)+s/es

Present Am/is/are+verb I am eating I’m not eating Am I eating? Who is calling?

Continuous +ing
You are eating You aren’t eating Are you eating? Why are you eating?

She is eating She isn’t eating Is he eating?

Simple Past Verb+ed(Reg. I ate/played I didn’t eat Did you eat? Who ate/played?
Verbs)
She ate/played She didn’t play Did she play? Where did she eat?
2nd column (Irr
They ate/played We didn’t eat Did we eat?
Verb)

Past Was/were+verb I was eating I wasn’t eating Was I eating? Who was eating?
continuous +ing
You were eating You weren’t eating Were you eating? What were you
eating?
She was eating She wasn’t eating Was she eating?

Present Have/has+past I have eaten I haven’t eaten Have you eaten? Who had eaten?
Perfect participle
She has eaten She hasn’t eaten Has she played? Why had you eaten?
Simple
You have eaten You haven’t eaten

Present Has/has+been+ I have been eating I haven’t been eating Have you been eating? Who has been eating?
Perfect v-ing
She has been She hasn’t been Has she been eating? Why have you been
Continuous
eating eating eating?

We have been We haven’t been

eating eating

Past Perfect Had+past I had eaten I hadn’t eaten Had you eaten? Who had eaten?
Simple participle
She had eaten She hadn’t eaten Had she eaten? Why had you eaten?

Past Perfect Had+been+v-ing I had been eating I hadn’t been eating Had she been eating? Who had been eating?
Continuous
She had been She hadn’t been Had you been eating? Why had you been
eating eating eating?

Future Will+base form I will eat I won’t eat Will you eat? Who will eat?
Simple
She will eat She won’t eat Will she eat? When will she eat?
=Future
We will eat We won’t eat
with will

Future with Am/is/are+goin
to be+going g to +base form
to
I am going to eat I’m not going to eat Are we going to eat? Who is going to eat?
She is going to eat She isn’t going to eat Is she going to eat? When are you going
to eat?
We are going to We’re not going to
eat eat

Future Will+be+v-ing I will be eating I won’t be eating Will she be eating? Who will be eating?
Continuous
She will be eating She won’t be eating Will we be eating? When will you be
eating?
We will be eating We won’t be eating
Future Will+have+past I will have eaten I won’t have eaten Will you have eaten? Who will have eaten?
Perfect participle
She will have She won’t have Will she have eaten? When will you be
eaten eaten eating?

Future Will+have+been I will have been I won’t have been Will you have been Who will have been
Perfect +v-ing eating eating eating? eating?
Continuous
She will have been She won’t have been What will you have
eating eating been eating?

Imperative Base form! Eat! Don’t eat!

Let’s+base form Let’s eat! Let’s not eat!

Modal Modal I can swim I can’t swim Can you swim? Why can’t you eat?
Verbs verb+base form
Peter must study You mustn’t talk Can she swim? Why can’t she eat?

Used to Used to+base I used to play

form tennis

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