Below is the Chart of English Grammar Tenses that helps the learners to understand the rules effectively.
Simple | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous | |
Present | – V1 – do/does (not) + V1 – Do/Does + V1? I/You eat. He/She/Smith eats. We/They eat. Do they eat? Does he eat? | – am/is/are + Ving – am/is/are +not + Ving Am/Is/Are (not) + Ving? I am eating. He/She/ Smith is eating. We/They are eating. Is he eating? Are they eating? Is Smith not eating? | – have/ has + V3 – have/ has + not + V3 Have/ Has (not) + V3? I/You have eaten. He/She/ Smith has eaten. We/They have eaten. Have you eaten? Has Smith not eaten? | – have/ has + been – have/ has + not + been Have/ has + (not) + been? I/You have been eating. He/She/ Smith has been eating. We/They have been eating. Have they been eating? Has Smith not been eating? |
Past | – V2 – did (+ not) + V1 Did (not) + V1? I/You ate. He/She/ Smith ate. We/They ate Did you eat? Did they not eat? | – was/were + Ving – was/were + not + Ving Was/Were (not) + Ving? I was eating. He/She/ Smith was eating. We/They/You were eating. Was Smith eating? Were they not eating? | – had + V3 – had + not + V3 Had (not) + V3? I had eaten He/She/ Smith had eaten We/They/You had eaten Had they eaten? Had he not eaten? | – had + been + Ving – had + not + been + Ving Had (not) + been + Ving? I had been eating He/She/ Smith had been eating We/They/You had been eating Had you been eating? Had they not been eating? |
Future | – will + V1 – wii + not + V1 Will (not) + V1? I/You will eat He/She/ Smith will eat We/They will eat You will not eat. Will Smith eat? Will you not eat? | – will + be + Ving – will + not + be + Ving – Will (not) + be + Ving? I/You will be eating He/She/ Smith will be eating We/They will be eating. Smith will not be eating. Will you be eating? Will they not be eating? | – will + have + V3 – will + not + have + V3 – Will (not) + have + V3? I/You will have eaten He/She/ Smith will have eaten We/They will have eaten He will not have eaten Will Smith have eaten? Will they not have eaten? | – will + have + been + Ving – will + not + have + been + Ving – Will (not) + have + been + Ving? I will have been eating He/ She/ Smith will have been eating We/They will have been eating Will Smith have been eating? Will they not have been eating? |
Future in the Past | – would + V1 – would + not + V1 – Would (not) + V1? I/You would eat. He/She/ Smith would eat. We/They would eat. I would not eat. Would Smith eat? Would they not eat? | – would + be + Ving – would + not + be + Ving Would (not) + be + Ving? I/You would be eating. He/She/ Smith would be eating. We/They would be eating. She would not be eating. Would Smith be eating? Would you not be eating? | – would + have + V3 – would + not + have + V3 – Would (not) + have + V3? I/You would have eaten. He/She/ Smith would have eaten. We/They would have eaten. She would not have eaten. Would we have eaten? Would they not have eaten? | – would + have + been + Ving – would + not + have + been + Ving Would (not) + have + been + Ving? I/You would have been eating. He/She/ Smith would have been eating. We/They would have been eating. I would not have been eating. Would they have been eating? Would Smith not have been eating? |