Saturday, February 4, 2012

Tenses at a glance

Tense
Example
Affirmative/Negative/Question
Simple Present
A: He speaks.
N: He does not speak.
Q: Does he speak?
Present Progressive
A: He is speaking.
N: He is not speaking.
Q: Is he speaking?
Simple Past

A: He spoke.
N: He did not speak.
Q: Did he speak?
Past Progressive
A: He was speaking.
N: He was not speaking.
Q: Was he speaking?
Present Perfect Simple
A: He has spoken.
N: He has not spoken.
Q: Has he spoken?
Present Perfect Progressive
A: He has been speaking.
N: He has not been speaking.
Q: Has he been speaking?
Past Perfect Simple
A: He had spoken.
N: He had not spoken.
Q: Had he spoken?
Past Perfect Progressive
A: He had been speaking.
N: He had not been speaking.
Q: Had he been speaking?
Future I Simple
A: He will speak.
N: He will not speak.
Q: Will he speak?
Future I Simple
(going to)
A: He is going to speak.
N: He is not going to speak.
Q: Is he going to speak?
Future I Progressive
A: He will be speaking.
N: He will not be speaking.
Q: Will he be speaking?
Future II simple
A: He will have spoken.
N: He will not have spoken.
Q: Will he have spoken?
Future II Progressive
A: He will have been speaking.
N: He will not have been speaking.
Q: Will he have been speaking?

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