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Tense Constructions
Simple Present
S+V1+O
Continuous Present
S+am/is/are + ving+O
Perfect Present
S+ have/has + VPP+O
Perfect Continuous Present
S+have/has + been +Ving+O
Simple Past
S+V2+O
Continuous Past
S+was/weret ving+O
Perfect Past
S+had + VPP+O
Perfect Continuous Past
S+had+been +Ving+O
Tense Constructions
Simple Future
S+will+ V1+O
Tense Constructions
Continuous Future
S+wll +be+ving+O
Tense Constructions
Perfect Future
S+will+have+VPP+O
Perfect Continuous Future
S+will+have+been +Ving+O
Example
Simple Present Tense :
Affirmative :
I work.
Negative
I do not work.
Interrogative
Do I work?
Interrogative Negative
Do I not work?
Tense Constructions
Continuous Present Tense :
Affirmative :
I am working
Negative
I am not working.
Interrogative
Am I working?
Interrogative Negative
Am I not working.?
Tense Constructions
Perfect Present Tense :
Affirmative :
I have worked.
Negative
I have not worked.
Interrogative
Have I worked.
Interrogative Negative
Have I not worked.
Tense Constructions
Perfect Continuous Present Tense :
Affirmative :
I have been working.
Negative
I have not been working.
Interrogative
Have I been working?
Interrogative Negative
Have I not been working?
Tense Constructions
Simple Past Tense:
Affirmative :
I worked
Negative
I did not work.
Interrogative
Did I work?
Interrogative
Negative Did I not work?
Tense Constructions
Continuous Past Tense :
Affirmative :
I was working
Negative
I was not working
Interrogative
Was I working?
Interrogative Negative Was I not working.?
Tense Constructions
Perfect Past Tense :
Affirmative :
I had worked.
Negative
I had not worked.
Interrogative
Had I worked?
Interrogative Negative
Had I not worked?
Tense Constructions
Perfect Continuous Past Tense :
Affirmative :
I had been working,
Negative
I had not been working.
Interrogative
Had I been working?
Interrogative Negative
Had I not been working?
Tense Constructions
Simple Future Tense :
Affirmative :
I will work.
Negative
I will not work.
Interrogative
Will I work?
Interrogative Negative
Will I not work?
Tense Constructions
Continuous Future Tense :
Affirmative :
I will be working
Negative
I will not be working.
Interrogative
Will I be working?
Interrogative Negative
Will I not be working?
Tense Constructions
Perfect Future Tense:
Affirmative :
I will have worked,
Negative
I will not have worked.
Interrogative
Will I have worked?
Interrogative Negative
Will I not have worked?
Tense Constructions
Perfect Continuous Future Tense :
Affirmative :
I had been working
Negative
I had not been working.
Interrogative
Had I been working?
Interrogative Negative
Had I not been working?
Tense Constructions
Identify the verb and write the tense.
1) Anil was watching a wrestling match.
2) I approached him.
3) I went back to bazaar.
4) I will send you back to your father.
5) We have arranged it all.
6) A rainbow colours the entire sky.
7) I didn’t have a dorm room.
8) Life hits you in the head with a brick.
9) Why hadn’t you told me so?
10) We live in an age of rapid transformation.
11) I had googled it.
12) He is playing with the tool.
13) I had seen them in the shop.
14) He is good at cooking.
15) He will be buying hair.
16) The doctor will have given the medicine.
17) Didn’t they let you do this?
18) Tomorrow has become today,
19) Her eyes were shining,
20) As soon as I turned the ignition key, the engine caught fire.