English Tenses
The Formulas of English Tenses
It is necessary to learn all tense forms by heart. The best way is to memorize them in the following formula: Personal pronoun + tense form (I write, he writes, we write, you write, etc.) Memorizing tense forms in such constructions will also help you to memorize basic agreement between the subject and predicate in person and number.
The formulas of the tenses in the active
Two verbs are given below, one regular (work – worked – worked), the other irregular (write – wrote – written), in the tenses in the active voice. The most common tenses are marked with the plus sign (+).
+ Simple present
I / we / you / they work, write he / she / it works, writes
+ Present continuous
I am working, am writing he / she / it is working, is writing we / you / they are working, are writing
+ Present perfect
I / we / you / they have worked, have written he / she / it has worked, has written
+ Present perfect continuous
I / we / you / they have been working, have been writing he / she / it has been working, has been writing
+ Simple past
I / he / she / it / we / you / they worked, wrote
+ Past continuous
I / he / she / it was working, was writing we / you / they were working, were writing Past perfect
I / he / she / it / we / you / they had worked, had written Past perfect continuous
I / he / she / it / we / you / they had been working, had been writing + Simple future
I / he / she / it / we / you / they will work, will write
Future continuous
I / he / she / it / we / you / they will be working, will be writing Future perfect
I / he / she / it / we / you / they will have worked, will have written Future perfect continuous
I / he / she / it / we / you / they will have been working, will have been writing The formulas of the tenses in the passive
Two verbs are given below, one regular (call – called – called), the other irregular (choose – chose – chosen), in the tenses in the passive voice. The most common
It is necessary to learn all tense forms by heart. The best way is to memorize them in the following formula: Personal pronoun + tense form (I write, he writes, we write, you write, etc.) Memorizing tense forms in such constructions will also help you to memorize basic agreement between the subject and predicate in person and number.
The formulas of the tenses in the active
Two verbs are given below, one regular (work – worked – worked), the other irregular (write – wrote – written), in the tenses in the active voice. The most common tenses are marked with the plus sign (+).
+ Simple present
I / we / you / they work, write he / she / it works, writes
+ Present continuous
I am working, am writing he / she / it is working, is writing we / you / they are working, are writing
+ Present perfect
I / we / you / they have worked, have written he / she / it has worked, has written
+ Present perfect continuous
I / we / you / they have been working, have been writing he / she / it has been working, has been writing
+ Simple past
I / he / she / it / we / you / they worked, wrote
+ Past continuous
I / he / she / it was working, was writing we / you / they were working, were writing Past perfect
I / he / she / it / we / you / they had worked, had written Past perfect continuous
I / he / she / it / we / you / they had been working, had been writing + Simple future
I / he / she / it / we / you / they will work, will write
Future continuous
I / he / she / it / we / you / they will be working, will be writing Future perfect
I / he / she / it / we / you / they will have worked, will have written Future perfect continuous
I / he / she / it / we / you / they will have been working, will have been writing The formulas of the tenses in the passive
Two verbs are given below, one regular (call – called – called), the other irregular (choose – chose – chosen), in the tenses in the passive voice. The most common